Chief Product Officer — Cybersecurity Hub

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability within a institutionally backed multinational global-capability-centre network. The immediate arena is the cybersecurity hub during a multi-site consolidation. For mandate 247, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Product Officer operating perimeter covers approximately PHP 3,600 million in annual global services budget, with activity spanning several cybersecurity hub customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Product Officer Global Capability Centres remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,775 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Chief Product Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the cybersecurity hub. The Chief Product Officer Global Capability Centres seat must resolve a multi-site consolidation, while preserving the underlying strengths of the cybersecurity hub. For mandate 247, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Product Officer’s first year on the cybersecurity hub is expected to end with portfolio coherence, product economics and customer adoption. In mandate 247, 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 Chief Product Officer — Cybersecurity Hub seat, established because a multi-site consolidation 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 Chief Product Officer 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 3,600 million in annual global services budget, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Product Officer Global Capability Centres organisation of about 1,775 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 multi-site consolidation, with Chief Product Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Product Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the cybersecurity hub; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have owned portfolio economics, roadmap choices and adoption across a multi-product customer base in mandate 247.
• Build the Chief Product Officer’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 a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Product Officer 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 coherence, product economics and customer adoption, 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 Chief Product Officer’s agreed first-year cybersecurity hub value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Product Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the cybersecurity hub’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Product Officer 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 Chief Product Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Product Officer-owned improvement in the cybersecurity hub operating constraint behind a multi-site consolidation, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 247: 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 Chief Product Officer, SVP Product or Product Business GM in a institutionally backed Global Capability Centres or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the cybersecurity hub, your Chief Product Officer 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 Chief Product Officer brief.

As a Chief Product Officer candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of PHP 2,100 million and led an organisation of at least 1,250 people.

For mandate 247, the board wants two transitions: a difficult cybersecurity hub portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a multi-site consolidation. As the prospective Chief Product Officer for this cybersecurity hub, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 247 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Product Officer 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 Chief Product Officer, SVP Product or Product Business GM, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Global Capability Centres governance forum.
• Proven Chief Product Officer ownership of at least PHP 2,100 million and leadership of no fewer than 1,250 employees in a comparable cybersecurity hub context.
• One completed Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector example of a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability 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 Chief Product Officer-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 247.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Product Officer package is PHP 20–28 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 247 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Product Officer 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 247.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 247. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 247.