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Head Cyber & IT

15-17 Years
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Job Description

  • . Shape enterprise cyber resilience
  • . Drive groupwide tech assurance

Job Description

Key Responsibilities1. Benchmarking with Best Practices

  • Align cyber and technology assurance approaches with global standards and leading frameworks.
  • Translate framework requirements into practical audit and control testing procedures.
  • Continuously update playbooks and maturity models based on emerging practices



2. Enterprise Risk Coverage

  • Support business audit teams in scoping and testing IT processes and controls.
  • Use riskbased sampling and evidencedriven analysis to validate design and operating effectiveness



3. Cyber & IT Risk Governance / Assurance

  • Define audit priorities aligned with standards, board expectations, threat landscape, and technology evolution.
  • Build and refresh a riskbased assurance plan using threat intelligence, criticality, control maturity, and past audit insights.
  • Ensure audit observations translate into clear ownership and risk acceptance decisions.



4. Capability Building

  • Develop tools, templates, training, and analytical mechanisms to enhance auditor and stakeholder capability.



5. Regulatory & Compliance Alignment

  • Ensure alignment with internal audit standards and regulatory/board mandates.
  • Map and test controls based on regulatory and contractual requirements.
  • Produce governanceready reporting for Board and Audit Committee review.



6. HighRisk Coverage

  • Ensure focused coverage of critical cyber and technology risk areas across businesses.
  • Identify highrisk domains based on exposure, criticality, history, and threat levels.
  • Validate remediation and perform closure verification.

The Successful Applicant

  • Candidates from Consulting and Big 4s are most preferred
  • BTech (IT/CS) plus MBA or master's in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Information Security.
  • Professional certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CISM, CRISC.
  • 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity, ISMS audits, technology risk, or digital assurance.
  • Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, NIST, DPDP, CERTIn, Zero Trust.

What's on Offer

  • A leadership opportunity driving cyber and technology assurance across a complex conglomerate.
  • Exposure to highimpact technology domains and enterprisewide risk programs.
  • Collaborative culture with visibility to top leadership and governance bodies.
  • Role based in Mumbai with significant influence across grouplevel technology risk practices.

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About Company

Michael Page has five decades of expertise in professional services recruitment. We were established in London in 1976, and over this period we've grown organically to become one of the best-known and most respected consultancies, with an office network spanning six continents.
While size has its advantages, it doesn't define us - the nature of our organic growth means that each new office is integrated into the region that it serves. It also means that as an employer looking to hire, or as a candidate aiming to grow your career you have the best of both worlds&#x3B; a team that understands the market and geography you operate in, plus the resources and expertise of an international network at your disposal.

Job ID: 145048697