IT Risk Manager recruitment
This is a Director (VP) level role based within SG acting as the SG IT Risk Manager. The incumbent will report directly to the APAC Head of IT Risk Security Technology.
This is a role within APAC IT Operational Risk Management (ORM) team acting as IT Risk Manager with responsibility and oversight for IT risk within Singapore. The primary responsibility of the role is to work within with the IT ORM team and in partnership with Singapore IT functions to provide oversight, guidance and SME support with regards all aspects of IT Risk.
This includes tracking the overall location IT risk position, undertaking thematic analysis of key risk trends and themes, providing IT risk and security education programs, managing IT Regulatory Risk reviews, undertaking risk and control assessments and generally ensuring risks and issues are effectively managed and mitigated.
Key tasks and responsibilities include:
- Manage and coordinate the effective delivery of high quality, cost effective, pragmatic and business driven IT Risk services across the location.
- Build strong relationships with senior IT Business stakeholders across the location to pro actively identify issues and continuously improve IT Risk services.
- Drive catalyst for change in the development and implementation of location and global IT Risk priorities, systems and investments.
- Manage and deliver location specific IT Risk change programs.
- Provide location specific thought leadership for IT Risk topics and input into the Global IT Risk strategic direction.
- Contribute to the definition of IT Risk requirements and represent IT Risk APAC location in the inter-divisional working groups (e.g. for policy development, regulatory engagement).
- Produce IT Risk location risk reporting on key services, audit, risk and regulatory issues and chair the appropriate IT Risk committees.
- Develop and deliver IT Risk briefings and Threat Management workshops.
- Provide engagement into major change programs delivering appropriate IT Risk expertise.
- Lead the team in accordance with the UBS values and performance framework ensuring clear and stretching objectives and personal development plans are in place for all people in team.
- Actively manage IT Risk risks in accordance with the Group’s Risk framework across the location. In particular, ensure risks are properly evaluated, recorded and mitigating action plans are monitored to completion.
Requirements:
Our ideal candidate should have the following requisites:
- Experienced Technology Risk Manager with 8+ years of experience in IS/IT Security/IT Risk or similar subject-matter.
- Proactive and consistently shows initiative.
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to take personal ownership for issues and drive remediation.
- Excellent problem analysis skills and solution synthesis.
- Highest personal integrity.
- Transparent and action oriented.
- Ability to understand complex issues quickly and set priorities according to technical as well as strategic considerations.
- Experience of working under pressure without impact on the quality of deliverables/results.
- Experience of working in the financial sector across a broad spectrum of business types (IB, Wealth etc.)
- Experience of influencing at senior organizational levels, up to and including MD level.
- Knowledge and experience of the legal and regulatory environments within Singapore.
- In-depth IT experience of IT Risk Frameworks and governance methodologies (COBIT/ITIL etc)
- Broad specialist level knowledge of information security technology and IT such as, UNIX, Windows, databases, network infrastructure, firewalls, application development, Information security tools ( logging monitoring tools, break glass processes emergency envelope tools, Public Key Infrastructures, Cryptography)
It starts with you:
We can offer you an exciting, fast-paced working environment, a culture of mutual respect and teamwork and the opportunity to play a vital role in our growth. If you are attracted to joining an organization where every individual's contribution counts and where your talent will impact on our future, please apply for this position. It starts with you.
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