Technical Project Manager (Cybersecurity)

This is a technical project delivery role. The successful candidate is expected to possess practical cybersecurity solution implementation experience and the ability to participate in technical discussions, assess implementation risks, coordinate issue resolution, and support security solution deployment activities.

1. Security Solution Delivery & Implementation

• Coordinate and manage the design, engineering, implementation, integration of enterprise cybersecurity technologies across endpoint, network, cloud, application, and security operations environments.
• Coordinate detailed technical design discussions, solution architecture reviews, and integration planning with internal SMEs and vendors.
• Ensure the proposed solutions follow internal policy, standards, and procedures, as well as regulatory instruments.
• Coordinate technical reviews and facilitate discussions between vendors, security architects, and engineering teams.
• Participate in solution configuration reviews, deployment planning, migration activities, and technical troubleshooting sessions.
• Work closely with Security Architecture, Infrastructure, Application, Cloud and SOC teams to deliver security projects, resolve complex technical issues, remediate security gaps, and ensure solutions meet security and operational requirements.
• Coordinate deployment activities and work with implementation teams to resolve project delivery challenges
• Participate in technical solution workshops and implementation discussions.

2. Project Management & Governance

• Drive project planning, execution, monitoring, and closure in alignment with PMO framework and methodology.
• Manage project budgets, scope, resourcing, dependencies, and change requests.
• Prepare and maintain complete project documentation including RAID logs, implementation plans, UAT plans, cut‑over/runbooks, and post‑implementation reports.
• Provide timely and accurate reporting to management; escalate risks and showstoppers early.

3. Transition to Operations

• Develop the BAU operating model for each security solution in partnership with Security Product Management Services team and Security Operations Centre.
• Ensure Day-2 teams are trained, onboarded, and ready for BAU prior to go‑live.
• Oversee documentation handover, operational playbooks, and Day‑2 readiness.

4. Risk, Compliance & Security Assurance

• Ensure all project activities comply with follow internal policy, standards, and procedures, as well as regulatory instruments.
• Support cybersecurity assessments, solution hardening activities, and monitor remediation progress
• Maintain awareness of emerging security threats, technologies, and industry best practices.

5. Implementation Support Activities

• Coordinate and escort vendors to data centres when required for deployment or migration tasks.
• Oversee implementation testing, including SIT, UAT, security validation, and performance testing
• Coordinate penetration test issue tracking and closure.
• Validate security control effectiveness before production deployment.
• Assess solution hardening compliance against security baseline standards

We are looking for people with

• Bachelor Degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of project delivery experience, including at least 3 years managing cybersecurity or security technology implementation projects.
• Proven experience implementing enterprise cybersecurity solutions from design, integration, testing, and deployment through operational transition.
• Strong hands-on knowledge across several enterprise security domains such as EDR/XDR, network security, IAM, exposure management, cloud security, and application security, with experience integrating and operationalizing security technologies.
• Proven ability to lead complex security implementations, troubleshoot technical issues, engage vendors and cross-functional teams, and translate security requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Experience managing project scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, vendors, and stakeholders across complex security initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive technical discussions, resolve implementation issues, and deliver successful outcomes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
• Experience in banking, financial services, or insurance environments is preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP and PRINCE2 are preferred. Other certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP and other vendor-specific security certifications are advantageous but not mandatory.

How you succeed

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who we are

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei.

The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of AA- by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia.

Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world's most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody's and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World's Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

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