Manager

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Global Incident Planning & Operations Manager (AVP) to lead cyber incident readiness, tabletop exercises, and enterprise-wide incident response planning. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in cybersecurity, incident response, threat management, and security governance, with the ability to drive readiness programs across global stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership

• Lead and manage enterprise cyber incident readiness and cyber wargaming programs.
• Develop incident response strategies aligned with enterprise risk management and business continuity objectives.
• Define governance, priorities, success metrics, and continuous improvement plans for incident readiness.
• Coordinate with global and regional stakeholders to ensure operational preparedness.

Incident Exercise Design & Execution

• Design and facilitate cyber tabletop exercises, red team/blue team simulations, and executive cyber wargames.
• Develop realistic threat scenarios using threat intelligence and emerging cyber risks.
• Prepare exercise scripts, injects, playbooks, and after-action reviews.
• Lead incident simulations for technical teams and executive leadership.

Readiness Assessment & Improvement

• Assess incident response maturity and identify gaps in security processes and playbooks.
• Develop readiness reports, improvement recommendations, and remediation roadmaps.
• Track remediation progress and drive accountability across cross-functional teams.
• Continuously improve incident response capabilities based on lessons learned.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with Information Security, Risk, SOC, Infrastructure, and Business teams.
• Present readiness assessments and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Coordinate with global security teams to ensure consistent incident response practices.
• Support cross-functional collaboration during high-impact cyber incidents.

Continuous Improvement

• Monitor evolving cyber threats, attack techniques, and incident response best practices.
• Update playbooks, response procedures, and exercises based on new threats and business requirements.
• Drive operational excellence through standardized, measurable, and repeatable response processes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, Incident Response, Threat Management, or Security Operations.
• Hands-on experience in cyber incident response planning and operational readiness.
• Experience designing and facilitating tabletop exercises and cyber simulations.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks including NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Risk Management, and Incident Response frameworks.
• Experience in security governance, security audits, risk assessments, and compliance.
• Understanding of security monitoring, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and security operations.
• Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in global, cross-functional environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Threat & Vulnerability Management, Network Security, or Security Governance.
• Knowledge of cloud security, AI security, databases, applications, and enterprise networks.
• Familiarity with SIEM, SOC operations, threat hunting, and data correlation.
• Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCIH, GCFA, CEH, or equivalent.
• Japanese language proficiency is highly preferred for global stakeholder collaboration.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Cyber Incident Response Manager.
• Security Operations / Incident Readiness Lead.
• Cybersecurity Program Manager.
• Security Governance & Risk Manager with incident response expertise.