Assistant Director, Executive Advisory

Ensign is hiring
- Report to the Head of Advisory in engaging executives and leadership (i.e., board of directors), providing advice for business transformation or cybersecurity strategy maturity.
- Engage executives and leadership to build strategic relationships which will be leveraged for transformative outcomes for the clients.
- Lead the development, transformation and execution of cybersecurity strategy for clients, taking into consideration the necessary business context.
- Work with team members, other Consulting functional teams and clients to translate strategic, tactical, operational and project objectives of clients into tangible cybersecurity outcomes with business context.
- Analyse and integrate cyber risks and relevant non-cyber risks to identify thematic areas of concern.
- Perform research and analysis including industry research, best practices, international standards and emerging cyber trends as necessary.
- Develop strategic recommendations and initiatives based on people, process, technology and governance perspectives.
- Develop, lead and support strategic initiatives, organised into roadmaps for implementation, collaborating with the client stakeholders for execution in alignment between cybersecurity and business objectives in a sustainable manner.
- Develop documentation such as frameworks, policies, procedures, standards, baselines, guidelines and other materials in support of transformational initiatives.
- Support development of documentation and artefacts to maintain knowledge management and intellectual capital of the team.

Requirements
- Relevant cybersecurity certification, specifically CISSP.
- Master's degree in Accountancy, Business Administration, Computer Science, Economics, Law, Public Policy, or other equivalents.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other equivalents.
- 3 to 5 years of experience with focus on cybersecurity risk management.
- 3 to 5 years of experience with focus on delivering strategic and transformational programmes.
- Experience in performing maturity / benchmarking assessments, development of roadmaps for improvement and / or development of cybersecurity operational and governance documentation.
- Experience in management, technology and/or cybersecurity consulting, has both internal and client facing engagements.
- Strong social and communication skills with direct client interaction and engagement, especially at executives and leadership levels.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, with a focus on PowerPoint and Excel and track record developing high quality deliverables for client presentations.
- Ability to understand business and technology trends as well as their implications to business.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility, initiative and innovation in dealing with ambiguous, fast-paced situations.
- Ability to travel 25% of the time.

Preferred Skills /Qualities
- Familiar with international regulations such as Cybersecurity Laws, Privacy Laws, and international cybersecurity standards, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-53, IEC 62443, and/or ISO 27001/2.
- Familiarity with developing and implementing cybersecurity strategies is a plus.
- Familiarity with developing and delivering tabletop exercises and executive trainings are a plus.
- Experience in incident or crisis management is a plus.
- Ability to perform threat intelligence analysis.
- Ability to manage small to mid-sized projects independently.
- Ability to work as a part of team or as an individual contributor.
- Ability to perform with mínimal supervision.
- Proficiency in one or more regional (Asian) languages and dialects.
- Strong presentation and briefing skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.