Lead, ICS Sustainability

Job Summary

• As Lead for the Sustainability Operations pillar of WRB CISO, covering sTK, SIA and Vulnerability management.
• Familiar with enterprise level vulnerability management and remediation life cycles.
• Perform risk assessments and providing a mitigating control narrative as a cyber security expert.
• Collaborate with technology team to understand the underlying infrastructure, mitigating controls and provide a strong narrative on the material impact of the open vulnerabilities.
• Drive standardization across cluster CISOs, ensuring aligned execution of Group practices for VM, SIA review, STK review, exception management processes, and ERR TP Action Plans.
• Identify security gaps during the design phase with the domain architects and enforce mandatory remediation plans for any deviation from ICs standards.
• Execute the SIA review process and exercise authority to block vulnerable releases that violate ICs standards or exception management.
• Comprehensive vulnerability management tracking and reporting across all operational and executive risk forums to ensure unified visibility into WRB security posture.
• Drive the residual risk assessment of residual vulnerabilities that cannot be remediated immediately and alignment of residual risk rating with OTCR for endorsement.
• Mandate and oversee the annual penetration test for internet-facing system and crown jewels, ensuring all findings are fixed or formally accepted before go‑live.
• Support the Threat and Governance Team in risk assessment, reporting and forming of the RC update / risk papers / management updates.
• Monitor the vulnerability management BRAM and TSRA metrics and provide regular updates in CCM, TSRA, RCSA cycles.
• Lead the continuous process improvements of ICs workflows (e.g.: ADO, SNC, SIA, exception management, execution discipline, risk assessment).
• Build and drive high‑performing vulnerability management and secure by design team, fostering a culture of continuous upskilling.
• Provide strategic risk guidance for IT projects, including the evaluation and recommendation of technical controls and gaps remediation/assessment.
• Liaise with the WRB architecture team to ensure alignment between the security requirement and gaps of applications.

Strategy

• Manage and support to deliver WRB strategy on Sustainability of ICs controls to maintain and improve ICs security risk posture by proactive risk identification and remediation together with governance of WRB ICs controls risk posture.
• Proven ability to lead on initiatives to embed a sustainable ICs Controls status in WRB. Includes gap findings, understanding solution and driving changes by collaborating with different functions, regional teams, businesses, and countries.
• A strong understanding of the business impact of security tools, technologies and policies.

Business

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with the IT organization, project and application development teams, management and business personnel; in‑depth knowledge and understanding of information risk concepts and principles as a means of relating business needs to security controls; an excellent understanding of information security concepts, protocols, industry best practices.
• Focal point for the pillar for the business and management team in WRB across group and country, working with respective regional leads as well.
• Collaborate with WRB various Business, Technology and Security Teams.

Processes

• Identify opportunities for automation and reducing manual errors especially in a fast moving environment with focused team members.

People & Talent

• Excellent organisation and leadership skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines and effectively prioritise.
• Manage direct reportee/team in KL working with wider WRB CISO team in KL and markets.
• Strong leadership abilities, with the capability to develop and guide information security team members and IT operations personnel, and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to lead and motivate cross‑functional, interdisciplinary teams to achieve tactical and strategic goals.

Risk Management

• Proficiency in performing risk,…