Head of Information Security Job Singapore Singapore,IT/Tech

Head of Information Security - Singapore Our mission

Constructor’s mission is to enable all educational organisations to provide high-quality digital education to 10x people with 10x efficiency.

With strong expertise in machine intelligence and data science, Constructor’s all-in-one platform for education and research addresses today’s pressing educational challenges: access inequality, tech clutter, and low engagement of students.

About the Role

We'relooking fora Head of Cybersecurity toexpandand lead our security function across four areas: application security,securitycompliance, infrastructure & cloud security, and business application security.

You'llreport to the CTO and take over a small existing security team, with a mandate to grow it as the company scales.

This is a hands-on leadership role.

You'llset direction and represent security to leadership, butyou'realso expected to dig into technical detail with engineering, IT, and compliance teams.

Based in Singapore, hybrid (2 days/week in office),occasionalinternational travel may be required.

Duties & Responsibilities Application security

Build and run our App Sec program, including agentic/AI-assisted security reviews of code and pull requests
Integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines so vulnerabilities are caught before production
Run developer security training and champion secure coding practices org-wide
Evaluate and roll out AI coding tools in ways that improve, not undermine, code security

Security compliance

Own ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certification and ongoingsecurityaudits
Collect requirements from stakeholders and build a roadmap for additional certifications as the business requires them
Maintain policies, controls, and evidence in a way that scales without slowing teams down
Work closely with our Dev Ops organization to secure our Kubernetes infrastructure and cloud environments, including sovereign cloud deployments
Define security standards for infrastructure-as-code, network architecture, and access control
Partner with Engineering teams on secure-by-default configurations

Business Application Security

Work closely with ITand Business applicationteamsto secure Microsoft 365 and other line-of-business systems, including CRM and ERP
Own identity, access, and data protection controls across business applications
Manage third-party/vendor risk for business-critical SaaS

Qualifications &

Experience:

8+ years in information security, including 3+ years in a leadership role, preferably in all-remote or hybrid international organizations
Track record running application security programs, ideally with CI/CD-integrated tooling and modern (AI-assisted) code review
Hands-on experience with ISO 27001 and/or SOC 2, proven experience leading and successfully completing the audit, not just reading the standard
Experience securing business applications (M365, CRM, ERP) and vendor risk management
Ability to explain risk and trade-offs clearly to both engineers and executives
Comfortable operating with a small team and prioritizing across competing demands
Working knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud security; sovereign cloud experience is a plus

What We Offer

Choice of work equipment (e.g., laptop, monitor, etc.)
Flexible schedule (we usually work between 09:00/10:00 and 18:00/19:00 CET or EET)
Remote work in locations without our offices
Hybrid work in locations with offices (2 days in-office, 3 days remote)

Constructor fosters equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are led by a gender-balanced board committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can become their best self. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or other protected characteristics. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.

We encourage people belonging to underrepresented groups to apply.

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