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SVP, Identity Security Management & Governance

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Singlife is a leading homegrown financial services company, offering consumers a better way to financial freedom. Through innovative, technology-enabled solutions and a wide range of products and services, Singlife provides consumers coantrol over their financial wellbeing at every stage of their lives. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">In addition to a comprehensive suite of insurance plans, employee benefits, partnerships with financial adviser channels and bancassurance, Singlife offers investment and advisory solutions through its GROW with Singlife platform. It also offers the Singlife Account, a mobile-first insurance savings plan. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Singlife is the exclusive insurance provider for the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Officers Group Insurance Scheme. Singlife is also an official signatory of the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance and the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, affirming its commitment to finding a better way to sustainability. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">The merger of Aviva Singapore and Singlife was announced in September 2020 and created one of the largest homegrown financial services companies in Singapore in a deal valued at S$3.2 billion. It was the largest insurance deal in Singapore at the time. Singlife was subsequently acquired by Sumitomo Life in March 2024, one of Japan’s leading life insurers, which valued Singlife at S$4.6 billion, making the transaction one of the largest insurance deals in Southeast Asia.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Purpose: </span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Provide senior strategic leadership and executive ownership of the enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) function, spanning System Access Management, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), IAM platform operations and identity lifecycle management.<br /> <br /> As a Senior Vice President, the role leads and develops the IAM/PAM leadership and delivery teams, and is accountable for defining and executing the enterprise IAM/PAM strategy, operating model and multi-year transformation roadmap in alignment with business, technology and regulatory objectives.<br /> <br /> The role provides executive oversight of audit and regulatory engagements relating to identity controls, ensures secure, compliant and resilient identity services, drives automation and continuous improvement across the IAM ecosystem, and represents the function to executive management, regulators, auditors and governance committees.<i><span style="color:#FF0000;"></span></i></span></p><p><i></i></p><i></i><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Responsibilities:</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Team Leadership & People Management<i><span style="color:#FF0000;"></span></i></span></u></p><p><u><i></i></u></p><u><i></i></u><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Lead, mentor and develop the IAM/PAM leadership team and delivery functions, including System Access Operations, PAM Operations, IGA Engineering & Operations and 24x7 IAM/PAM support.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Set direction, performance objectives and delivery standards across all IAM/PAM teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Build long-term organisational capability through succession planning, talent development, leadership coaching and workforce planning.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Manage vendors and managed service providers, ensuring performance, value and service quality across a 24x7 operating model.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">IAM/PAM Strategy & Roadmap</span></u></p><p><u></u></p><u></u><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Define and own the enterprise IAM/PAM strategy, operating model and multi-year transformation roadmap across System Access Management, PAM and IGA capabilities.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Set the strategic direction for identity modernisation, automation and Zero Trust adoption across on-premise, cloud and SaaS environments.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Extend identity governance to machine and non-human identities (service accounts, workloads, API and AI/agentic identities), and drive cryptographic-agility and post-quantum readiness across IAM/PAM secrets and credentials.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Own IAM/PAM financial planning, including budget management, vendor contracts, licence optimisation and investment prioritisation.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Drive enterprise onboarding, entitlement modelling, role engineering and access governance design to support digital transformation initiatives.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Audit & Regulatory Oversight</span></u></p><p><u></u></p><u></u><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Provide executive oversight of, and act as senior point of contact for, internal and external audit engagements</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">relating to IAM/PAM controls, including evidence provision and remediation management.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Act as the technology risk owner for IAM/PAM platforms and services, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, mitigated and reported appropriately.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Ensure compliance with MAS TRM guidelines, FSM-N04 Cyber Hygiene requirements, internal policies and industry best practices.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Establish IAM/PAM standards, policies and governance frameworks, and advocate identity hygiene and compliance with Singlife security policies and standards.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">IAM/PAM Operations & Governance</span></u></p><p><u></u></p><u></u><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Provide strategic oversight of System Access operations (Joiner, Mover, Leaver), PAM operations (CyberArk onboarding, privileged credential and session management, breakglass) and IGA operations (HR-to-AD integration, birthright provisioning).</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Ensure continuity, effectiveness and resilience of IGA and PAM solutions, including disaster recovery, business continuity and cyber recovery capabilities.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Provide regular executive reporting on IAM/PAM operational health, risk posture, audit status and strategic initiatives to the CISO, CIO and relevant governance committees.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Requirements:</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><b></b><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, Engineering or a related discipline.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Minimum 10 years of experience in Information Technology, Cyber Security or Identity & Access Management disciplines.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Minimum 8 years of direct experience across IAM domains including System Access Management, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) and Identity Lifecycle Management.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Minimum 5 years of senior leadership experience managing IAM/PAM teams, leaders, vendors or managed service providers.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Proven track record defining and executing enterprise IAM/PAM strategy and multi-year transformation roadmaps in highly regulated environments such as financial services, insurance or banking.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Demonstrated experience providing executive oversight of audit and regulatory engagements relating to identity controls.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Strong understanding of identity concepts, including:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Joiner, Mover and Leaver (JML)</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Birthright access</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Enterprise roles and role hierarchy</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Entitlements and fine-grained permissions</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Role Based Access Control (RBAC)</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC)</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Segregation of Duties (SoD)</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Access certification and recertification</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Machine and Human identities</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Secret Management</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New';">o<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Privileged Access Management</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Good understanding of SAML, OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), LDAP and SCIM.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Able to contribute to IAM solutioning, role engineering, entitlement modelling and access governance design.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Experience supporting audit and regulatory requirements including MAS TRM, FSM-N04, Internal Audit and External Audit activities.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CyberArk or Saviynt certifications are highly desirable.</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p>

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