Cyber Security Manager (hands-on), Japanese Industrial Group, Tokyo

Applications: candidates must already be in Japan. Visa sponsorship: not available. Japanese: Not required. English: Fluent. Japan Dev tags: Engineering, Security, GCP, Manager.

Location requirement

You must already be living in Japan with valid work authorization. We are not sponsoring relocation or visa transfers from overseas for this role. Applications from outside Japan will not be considered.

The context

We support a listed Japanese industrial group operating critical assets internationally. Security is being rebuilt as a real function, driven directly by the CIO. The cybersecurity team is around ten people spread across the group, on a heterogeneous multi-country IS with a large IT and OT surface.

The role

• Coordinate and lead the global cybersecurity team (around ten people)
• Work directly with the CIO as her right hand on everything security
• Stay hands-on: security operations, vulnerability management, pentests and remediation
• Secure cloud, identities and endpoints (IAM, EDR, monitoring)
• Own IT / OT governance and risk, through to audits
• Travel regularly to the group's sites abroad

What we are looking for

• Currently based in Japan with valid work authorization, no relocation or visa sponsorship from overseas for this role
• You have coordinated or managed a security team, ideally across several countries
• You are still hands-on: security engineering, cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP), IAM, EDR / SOC
• Governance and risk: ISO 27001 or equivalent; industrial or OT exposure is a plus
• Fluent English. Daily professional Japanese is a significant advantage
• Comfortable with frequent international travel

The setup

• Based in Tokyo, with travel abroad
• Permanent hire by the client after a probation period
• Start as soon as possible
• Short process, decision maker identified on the client side