Security Leader / CISO-level — Japanese Industrial Group — Tokyo

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. The IT leadership changed hands recently and security is being rebuilt as a real function rather than a layer bolted on afterwards. The perimeter is wide: heterogeneous multi-country IS, large IT and OT surface, serious compliance requirements. The role is anchored on Tokyo and English is the working language.

The role

Own security governance and compliance, from policy through to audit

Do hands-on security engineering, not only oversight

Manage IT risk and carry it up to executive level

Run the penetration testing programme and drive remediation

Secure cloud, APIs and third-party integrations

Frame safe AI adoption in a regulated environment

What we are looking for

You already live in Japan with valid work authorization

15+ years in information security, including CISO-level or equivalent experience

Application, API, cloud and container security on AWS, Azure or GCP

OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT, mTLS

ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, regulated environments

Fluent English. Japanese welcome, not required

The setup

Based in Tokyo

Permanent hire or contract through Abbeal KK: both are open

Start as soon as possible

Short process, decision maker identified on the client side