Regional Remediation Project Manager

The Company 

Our client is a prominent global financial institution with an established and expanding regional presence across Asia. Recognized for delivering high-impact life insurance, bancassurance, and investment solutions, the organization combines global enterprise governance with specialized regional execution to support multi-country markets.

The Team

You will join a dynamic Regional and Governance unit responsible for orchestrating strategic initiatives across Asia. Working alongside regional leadership and senior executive sponsors, the team drives high-priority transformation, permanent control, IT risk mitigation, and cyber security programs across multiple country entities.

The Role 

We are seeking a senior Project Manager / PMO Lead to direct and coordinate a critical regional IT remediation and governance initiative. In this end-to-end management role, you will take full ownership of key workstreams—including Permanent Control & Conduct, IT Risk, and Cyber Security—by defining project roadmaps, establishing governance frameworks, managing cross-functional dependencies, and delivering audit-ready executive status reporting to key stakeholders.

The Requirements

• Experience: At least 10 years of relevant experience in IT project management, technology governance, IT operations, or production management within a complex, multinational financial environment (Insurance or Banking preferred).
• PMO & Risk Expertise: Strong background in managing permanent control, conduct frameworks, IT risk, cyber security, and large-scale regulatory or technical remediation programs.
• Technical Knowledge: Practical exposure to infrastructure rationalization, cloud migration, IT asset management (ITAM), technology obsolescence, vulnerability remediation, observability, incident management, and Business Continuity Planning (BCP/DR).
• Stakeholder Facilitation: Proven ability to manage complex dependencies, facilitate executive workshops, produce C-suite governance materials, and resolve capacity constraints or blockers effectively.
• Autonomy & Traceability: Demonstrated capacity to operate independently, navigate matrixed organizational structures, and maintain audit-ready documentation and traceability.
• Languages: Mandatory fluency in English (written and spoken). Working proficiency in Japanese and/or Traditional Chinese (Taiwanese market context) is a strong advantage for seamless regional coordination.
• Compliance & Legal Awareness: Ability to interface effectively with internal legal and regulatory experts to align technical deliverables with regional compliance expectations.

Contacts

If you are interested in discussing this opportunity, please get in touch with Christine Tsui : [email protected]