VP, Delivery Governance Manager

The Japan Research Institute, Limited (Singapore Branch); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Japan Research Institute, Limited (Singapore Branch) is seeking an experienced IT governance professional to lead APAC risk and control initiatives. You will establish governance processes, coordinate with risk and audit teams, and drive remediation and continuous improvement across regional operations.

Responsibilities include ensuring readiness for audits, tracking remediation outcomes, and standardizing controls across APAC while addressing local needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Engineering or risk-related field.
• Strong knowledge of IT governance, risk and compliance principles.
• Experience in IT governance, technology risk, compliance or service management.
• Experience establishing governance routines and remediation tracking.
• Ability to design governance processes, controls and risk reporting.
• Analytical, root-cause analysis and technical-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain APAC TSG governance processes and escalation paths.
• Provide management with oversight of compliance, control effectiveness and remediation progress.
• Embed controls and risk-aware practices into day-to-day service delivery and operations.
• Identify, escalate and remediate operational and compliance risks and weaknesses.
• Ensure readiness for audits, control reviews, red-team exercises and tests.
• Oversee remediation and convert findings into sustainable improvements.
• Coordinate IT risk, security and audit specialists to deliver governance and improvements.

Skills

IT governance

Risk management

Compliance

Control frameworks

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related

Job description

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• Establish and maintain consistent APAC TSG governance processes, accountabilities, escalation paths and minimum control requirements.


• Provide management with clear oversight of compliance, control effectiveness, risks and remediation progress.

Risks, Issues and Control Management:

• Embed effective controls and risk-aware practices into day-to-day TSG service delivery and operations.


• Drive early identification, escalation and remediation of operational and compliance risks and control weaknesses.

Assurance, Lessons Learned and Continuous Improvement:

• Ensure TSG readiness for audits, control reviews, red-team exercises and penetration tests through timely evidence, ownership and responses.


• Oversee remediation and convert findings into sustainable improvements that reduce recurring risk.

Regional Process and Control Standardization:

• Standardize priority TSG processes, controls and evidence requirements across APAC while addressing justified local needs.


• Drive adoption and continuous process improvement through clear guidance, implementation support and effectiveness reviews.

Stakeholder and Specialist Coordination:

• Partner with APAC branch leads, local PICs and TSG service owners to address local requirements and improve service delivery consistently across the region.


• Coordinate ITSQ, risk, security and audit specialists to resolve dependencies and deliver governance, remediation and process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Risk Management or a related discipline.


• Strong knowledge of IT governance, risk and compliance principles, control frameworks and IT infrastructure operations.


• Relevant experience in IT governance, technology risk, compliance or service management within an IT infrastructure or operations environment.


• Experience establishing governance routines, assessing risks and controls, managing issues, and tracking remediation to closure.


• Experience improving and standardizing processes and controls across multiple teams or locations.


• Ability to design governance processes, controls, evidence standards, risk indicators and management reporting.


• Strong analytical, root-cause analysis, process-improvement and technical-writing skills.


• Working knowledge of IT infrastructure services and operational risk management.