Skillhouse Internal Career Opportunity
VP - Head of Cybersecurity Compliance & Operational Resilience (Japan & UK)
Position Title:
VP - Head of Cybersecurity Compliance & Operational Resilience (Japan & UK)
Employment Type:
Permanent
Working Hours:
English Level - Advanced (TOEIC 860),Japanese Level - Advanced (JLPT Level 1)
Salary
Description
A global Financial Firm is seeking a VP - Head of Cybersecurity Compliance & Operational Resilience for the Japan & UK Market.
Responsibilities:
- Operational Resilience & Cross-Border Requirements
- Drive compliance with Japanese cybersecurity regulations for financial institutions
- Implement CRI guidelines within the cyber resilience framework facilitating the continuous compliance with regulations
- Monitor and implement changes from JFSA's regulatory horizon scanning as well as DORA and UK operational resilience requirements (PS6/21 and SS2/21)
- Identify and map Important Business or Critical Services across UK and Japanese operations jointly with the operational resilience team
- Set and monitor impact tolerances aligned with both jurisdictions
- Develop cross-border incident response protocols leveraging supporting other CISO teams
- CBEST and Japanese Regulatory Compliance
- Lead CBEST remediation activities, oversee implementation of security improvements.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external providers for threat intelligence-led penetration testing
- Ensure alignment with Japanese Critical Infrastructure Protection standards
- Develop and maintain relationships with Japanese regulatory bodies
- Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Report to senior management and board committees on multi-jurisdictional compliance
- Engage with Japanese regulators and external auditors
- Coordinate with global teams and business units, particularly Japanese operations
Required Skills:
- Minimal 10 years’ experience in Information Security
- Experience with Japanese Cyber Operational Resilience Regulatory Frameworks such as JFSA Cybersecurity guidelines and CRI requirements
- Experience with CBEST or Similar Threat Led Programs
Why should you apply:
- You will be part of a Global IT team to be part of winning asset banking
- Diverse environment (Good mix of female and male management team, international)
- Stable environment
- First-hand experience on high level digital transformation
Company Details:
Headquartered in Tokyo with offices in Hong Kong, London, and New York, it is Japan's largest securities firm, employing approximately 26,000 staff worldwide and offering a full range of equity, fixed income, foreign exchange, and other investment products and services.
Working Hours: 08:40 – 17:40
Workstyle: By principle, it will be 1 day working in office, 4 days working from home (Depending on nature of the job, it will be decided by department head)
Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, and National Holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays, Paid Holidays, Other Special Holidays
Benefits: Social insurance, pension, transportation, etc.
I nterview Process: 3~5 rounds