Senior GRC Specialist, APAC

Airwallex
Shanghai, Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Autonomy","Self-reliance","Collaboration","Stakeholder communication","Project management"]

Serve as a regional hub for information security governance, risk, and compliance across APAC. Act as the trusted contact for government/regulatory bodies and external stakeholders, help design and implement security policies and procedures, and oversee the implementation and monitoring of security controls. Coordinate with global Information Security teams on regulatory compliance, data privacy, and risk, while using AI and automation to streamline reporting, communications, and compliance evidence.

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Senior GRC Specialist, APAC

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Job Summary

Serve as a regional hub for information security governance, risk, and compliance across APAC. Act as the trusted contact for government/regulatory bodies and external stakeholders, help design and implement security policies and procedures, and oversee the implementation and monitoring of security controls. Coordinate with global Information Security teams on regulatory compliance, data privacy, and risk, while using AI and automation to streamline reporting, communications, and compliance evidence.
Location: Shanghai, Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as a regional anchor for the security compliance team and integrate regional requirements into the global effort.
  • •Serve as a trusted contact for regulatory bodies, customers, partners, and vendors.
  • •Manage implementation and monitoring of security controls, continuously refining and iterating.
  • •Implement AI and automation to streamline compliance and security work, including reporting and communications.
  • •Develop and maintain security documentation and evidence artifacts to support internal and external stakeholders.

Key Requirements

  • •Deep knowledge of compliance, regulatory, and control frameworks such as PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and how information security audits work.
  • •Strong familiarity with information security concepts, practices, and solutions, with comfort speaking to technical teams.
  • •Working knowledge of security policy creation and maintenance, including tuning policies to meet complex regulatory requirements.
  • •A working understanding of complex cloud environments and how they impact security and compliance operations.
  • •Understanding of financial services or payments, especially prior fintech experience; an ability to solve complex challenges in high-growth startups.
Experience:FintechInformation securityHigh-growth startups
Skills:AutonomySelf-relianceCollaborationStakeholder communicationProject management
Certifications:CISSPCEHCISA
Tech Stack:PCI-DSSISO 27001SOC 2CloudAIAutomationSecurity controlsSecurity documentationDashboards

Company Brief

Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, cross-border payments, treasury, corporate cards, and embedded finance APIs to help companies manage global financial operations and scale internationally.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2015
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