Asia Cybersecurity Transformation and Capability Lead

About the role

Based in the Asia Cyber Portfolio Delivery team, this role is a key enabler for the entire Asia CISO function. It leads the transformation needed to turn the Global Cybersecurity Strategy, enterprise services and Asia priorities into practical changes that business and technology teams can adopt and sustain. The position combines security expertise with change leadership, stakeholder engagement and process improvement, and partners with the enterprise Change Enablement CoE using Manulife's Change Enablement Framework.

Key responsibilities

• Cybersecurity transformation and adoption: translate the Global Cybersecurity Strategy and Asia priorities into coordinated transformation plans linking risk, controls, services, market readiness and sustained adoption; assess impacts, identify dependencies and adoption risks, and sequence delivery with proportionate mitigations
• Partner with Asia CISO capabilities, Global Cybersecurity teams, markets, portfolio leads and service owners to embed change, adoption and benefits realization
• Coach delivery teams and use data, feedback and reinforcement to sustain adoption
• Build trust through early engagement and structured listening, and communicate complex risks, controls and service requirements clearly to each audience and market
• Promote clear engagement pathways and give decision-focused reporting on progress, adoption, stakeholder sentiment and required actions
• Lead security behavior and culture initiatives, using learning, behavioral insights and reinforcement to embed secure behaviors in onboarding and delivery
• Map and reengineer cybersecurity processes and stakeholder journeys to remove duplication and delay, and establish transparent intake, triage and prioritization based on risk, regulatory urgency, dependencies, business value, stakeholder impact, effort and capacity

Required profile

• 10+ years of relevant experience in cybersecurity transformation, security capability uplift or complex technology change, including leading complex initiatives in large or regulated organizations
• Demonstrated experience leading process reengineering, intake, prioritization and demand management, with strong analytical and benefits-measurement skills
• Experience in financial institutions or insurance companies with regional exposure to global teams, enterprise CoEs, regional leaders and diverse Asia market stakeholders
• English required; Mandarin advantageous

Required skills

• Proven application of structured change methods such as ADKAR in large-scale programs; Prosci or CCMP certification preferred
• Excellent written, verbal and visual communication, including executive presentations
• Preferred certifications: CISSP, CISM or CRISC; PMP; Lean Six Sigma