Managing Director – Regional Business — Cybersecurity Hub

The mandate

A change in the economics of the sector has made urgent several country operations requiring a single commercial and operating owner within a institutionally backed multinational global-capability-centre network. The immediate arena is the cybersecurity hub during a leadership succession. For mandate 235, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Managing Director – Regional Business operating perimeter covers approximately PHP 2,550 million in annual global services budget, with activity spanning several cybersecurity hub customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Director – Regional Business Global Capability Centres remit carries direct influence over roughly 2,900 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Managing Director – Regional Business who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the cybersecurity hub. The Managing Director – Regional Business Global Capability Centres seat must resolve a leadership succession, while preserving the underlying strengths of the cybersecurity hub. For mandate 235, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Director – Regional Business’s first year on the cybersecurity hub is expected to end with portfolio profitability, leadership consistency and selective expansion. In mandate 235, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created Managing Director – Regional Business — Cybersecurity Hub seat, established because a leadership succession now requires one accountable executive rather than distributed ownership. The board has classified the appointment as urgent and intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 6–8 weeks. Interim governance protects the cybersecurity hub, but it is not a substitute for a permanent appointee. The external search remains confidential to avoid unnecessary disruption before the appointment is agreed.

What you will own

• Set the Managing Director – Regional Business value-creation thesis for the cybersecurity hub, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately PHP 2,550 million in annual global services budget, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Director – Regional Business Global Capability Centres organisation of about 2,900 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the cybersecurity hub economics and execution constraints created by a leadership succession, with Managing Director – Regional Business-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Director – Regional Business operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the cybersecurity hub; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 235.
• Build the Managing Director – Regional Business’s three-year succession and capability plan for the cybersecurity hub, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Global Capability Centres organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the cybersecurity hub baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to several country operations requiring a single commercial and operating owner, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Managing Director – Regional Business portfolio and organisation choices for the cybersecurity hub, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable cybersecurity hub trend against portfolio profitability, leadership consistency and selective expansion, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Managing Director – Regional Business’s agreed first-year cybersecurity hub value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Managing Director – Regional Business forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the cybersecurity hub’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Director – Regional Business mandate’s highest-priority cybersecurity hub risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical cybersecurity hub talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Director – Regional Business’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Director – Regional Business-owned improvement in the cybersecurity hub operating constraint behind a leadership succession, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 235: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Regional MD, Area President or multi-country General Manager in a institutionally backed Global Capability Centres or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the cybersecurity hub, your Managing Director – Regional Business track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from GCCs, shared services, enterprise technology, business services or multinational operations will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Managing Director – Regional Business brief.

As a Managing Director – Regional Business candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 28-plus experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of PHP 1,500 million and led an organisation of at least 2,025 people.

For mandate 235, the board wants two transitions: a difficult cybersecurity hub portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a leadership succession. As the prospective Managing Director – Regional Business for this cybersecurity hub, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 235 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Director – Regional Business must be based in Manila; international relocation is supported, but this Global Capability Centres role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Regional MD, Area President or multi-country General Manager, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Global Capability Centres governance forum.
• Proven Managing Director – Regional Business ownership of at least PHP 1,500 million and leadership of no fewer than 2,025 employees in a comparable cybersecurity hub context.
• One completed Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector example of several country operations requiring a single commercial and operating owner with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from GCCs, shared services, enterprise technology, business services or multinational operations; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Director – Regional Business-level cybersecurity hub consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Manila location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 235.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Director – Regional Business package is PHP 30–42 million base + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final cybersecurity hub scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 235 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Director – Regional Business appointment in Manila, centred on the cybersecurity hub, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 235.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 235. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 235.