Skillhouse Internal Career Opportunity
Assistant VP, Information Security Governance, Risk & Control
Position Title:
Assistant VP, Information Security Governance, Risk & Control
Employment Type:
Permanent
Working Hours:
English Level - Fluent (TOEIC 990),Japanese Level - Fluent
Salary
Description
A Global and one of the world’s largest Insurance Service provide is looking for a strong bilingual Assistant VP, Information Security Governance, Risk & Control professional.
Responsibilities:
- Lead development and continuous enhancement of MetLife Japan’s information security governance framework
- Establish, maintain, and enforce enterprise-wide security policies, standards, and procedures
- Ensure alignment with global security strategy, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices
- Drive the implementation of risk management methodologies including assessments, scoring, mitigation tracking, and escalation governance
- Ensure enterprise compliance with laws, regulations, and internal audit requirements, including JFSA, FISC, NIST, PCI-DSS, and MetLife global standards.
- Lead enterprise risk identification, assessment, quantification, and mitigation planning across infrastructure, applications, data, and cloud domains.
- Oversee design, implementation, and monitoring of security controls that protect sensitive information from unauthorized access, misuse, or loss.
- Drive control automation, continuous monitoring, and uplift of key controls supporting operational resilience.
- Facilitate security reviews, threat assessments, and remediation activities in collaboration with technical teams and global experts.
- Drive improvements in governance processes, compliance workflows, reporting automation, and overall GRC operational efficiency.
- Lead initiatives to enhance audit readiness, reduce risk exposure, and uplift overall cybersecurity posture.
- Act as a senior advisor to Line of Business leaders, COO/CFO/CIO stakeholders, and Group Information Security leadership by presenting reports for Executive Committees, global risk bodies, and regulatory agencies.
- Partner with Infrastructure, Applications, Data, Cloud, Risk, Legal, and Internal Audit teams to ensure all security programs are aligned, controlled, and well-governed.
- Ensure disaster recovery, cyber resilience, privacy controls, and technology currency across all Policy Servicing platforms.
- Oversee stability, monitoring, and operational readiness for mission-critical Policy Servicing systems.
- Track and manage performance metrics, financials, project KPIs, and delivery outcomes to meet annual business and technology commitments.
Required Skills:
- 10+ years of cybersecurity experience with at least 5 years in a senior leadership or governance role.
- Information security governance frameworks
- Risk management methodologies
- Compliance ®gulatory standards (FISC, JFSA, NIST CSF, PCI DSS)
- Security control design, testing, and continuous monitoring
- Third-party cyber risk management
- Audit engagement & remediation
- Proven background managing security programs in complex, regulated environments (financial services strongly preferred)
- Strong understanding of automation tools, GRC platforms, and data visualization tools (Power BI preferred)
- Professional certifications highly desirable: CISSP, CISM, CISA
- Excellent communication skills, especially in simplifying complex security topics for business audiences
Why should you apply:
- Opportunity to work with global teams and great Work-Life-Balance
- Great team dynamics and learning opportunity
- Opportunities to work with World’s leading insurance company (fortune 500 company)
Company Details:
A US based world’s leading insurance providers, offering a broad range of life, health, and retirement solutions to individuals, families, and businesses. The company is heavily invested in digital transformation, utilizing advanced technologies like cloud computing, data analytics, AI, and cybersecurity to enhance customer experience and streamline operations. As part of its values, it has a strong focus on creating a diverse environment, and in particular on the appointment of women in high-level position.
Working Hours: 9:00 - 18:00 (Mon-Fri)
Working Style: 3 days’ work in office, and 2 days’ work from home
Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays, Paid Holidays
Services/Benefits: Transportation expenses up to 20,000 yen per month, plus Paid leave, plus social insurance (health insurance, welfare pension, and work-related accident insurance), Periodic health examination, and Employment insurance
