Your new company
A leading enterprise organization is seeking an experienced IT Director (Infrastructure & Cybersecurity) to lead the strategy, governance, and operations of its technology infrastructure landscape across Hong Kong and Mainland China. This is a senior leadership position responsible for driving enterprise technology transformation, strengthening cybersecurity capabilities, and ensuring a secure, scalable, and resilient technology environment that supports both business operations and future growth.

Your new role

• Develop and execute the enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, and transformation initiatives.
• Lead the overall infrastructure function covering cloud platforms, data centres, networks, servers, workplace technologies, endpoint management, and enterprise technology services.
• Drive infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, platform standardization, automation, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Establish and enhance cybersecurity governance, security controls, risk management frameworks, and security operations capabilities.
• Ensure enterprise technology platforms remain secure, resilient, highly available, and aligned with business requirements.
• Oversee IT operations, service management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational resilience programs.
• Lead technology governance, architecture standards, technical policies, and operational procedures across the organization.
• Manage regional technology teams across Hong Kong and Mainland China, providing leadership, mentoring, and performance management.
• Drive collaboration between infrastructure, cybersecurity, applications, digital, and business teams to deliver enterprise-wide technology initiatives.
• Manage strategic vendor partnerships, outsourcing providers, technology contracts, and investment decisions.
• Support executive decision-making through technology planning, budgeting, risk management, and long-term capability development.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management on infrastructure strategy, cybersecurity posture, and emerging technology trends.

What you'll need to succeed

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 20+ years of experience across IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Network, Data Centre, or Enterprise Technology functions.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale infrastructure, cloud and cybersecurity environments within large commercial organizations.
• Strong preference for candidates from enterprise environments across commercial sectors such as construction, property, transportation, logistics, retail, utilities etc.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing enterprise technology and cybersecurity strategies.
• Solid leadership experience managing technology teams across Hong Kong and Mainland China is highly preferable.
• Solid experience overseeing cloud platforms, enterprise networks, servers, workplace technologies, endpoint management, and IT operations.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity governance, risk management, security architecture, vulnerability management, identity and access management, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience managing large-scale technology vendors, managed service providers, and strategic outsourcing partners.
• Track record of driving technology transformation, operational improvement, standardization, and modernization initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience engaging executive leadership and business users.
• Fluent English, Cantonese, and Mandarin communication skills are essential.
• Willingness to travel between Hong Kong and Mainland China when required.
• With a valid Hong Kong work permit is a must.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this exciting opportunity, please click APPLY NOW. For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Kelvin Chu at kelvin.chu@hays.com.hk.