IT Security Manager APAC

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead implementation of security standards, policies, and programs across Asia Pacific.
• Identify security risks and develop mitigation strategies to protect people, assets, and operations.
• Monitor regional risk trends, including crime, civil unrest, natural hazards, and regulatory changes.
• Conduct security assessments, audits, and risk reviews across office locations and business operations.
• Support office openings, relocations, acquisitions, and closures, ensuring security requirements are met.
• Manage access control, CCTV, visitor management, and intrusion detection systems.
• Coordinate responses to security incidents, investigations, employee safety matters, and crisis events.
• Support travel risk management, executive travel, and security planning for corporate events and leadership meetings.
• Build stakeholder partnerships, deliver security awareness initiatives, and manage vendor performance.
• Provide reporting, risk insights, and recommendations; drive continuous improvement across regional and global programs.

Candidate requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5–7+ years of experience in corporate security, risk management, investigations, emergency management, law enforcement, military security, or a related field.
• Experience conducting security risk assessments and managing incidents.
• Knowledge of physical security systems and technologies.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.
• Fluent English; regional languages are preferred.
• Ability to travel within Asia and the Pacific, approximately 25%, and participate in after-hours incident response.

Benefits

• Benefits include professional development, mentoring, flexible working arrangements, lifestyle leave, volunteering opportunities, wellbeing support, incentive opportunities, and an employee stock purchase plan.
• Other listed benefits include annual leave, novated leasing, paid parental leave, recognition programs, and retailer discounts.

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