Join us in a pivotal role where your expertise in cybersecurity and risk management shapes our global tech resilience.
As a Tech Risk Assurance Director in the Cyber and Tech Controls line of business, you will provide confidence to the firm's leaders by ensuring products and Lines of Businesses achieve their objectives while effectively measuring and managing risk. Developing and implementing revised or new policies and processes will be a central responsibility, with a focus on anticipating and prioritizing unknown thematic technical risk 'hotspots'. Collaborating with cross-product and functional teams, you will analyze high-priority risks, evaluate gaps in related standards and controls, and create outputs that propel remediation plans, controls and standards development, and strategy. Your expertise in risk management, data security, and security governance will be crucial in navigating the dynamic landscape of evolving cyber threats, technology advancements, and global regulations.
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Aligned to the key security domains within the Cybersecurity Cyber Risk Pillar, this role will focus on governance and compliance of regulatory and control obligations for the Cybersecurity of the firm including such disciplines as SIEM, DLP, Digital Forensics, Network Telemetry and File Analysis, Cyber Intel, Vulnerability Management, Attack Simulation, Security Configuration, and Endpoint Detection and Response. You will play an important role in securely enabling the firm through managing the risk profile, and aligning cybersecurity and technology controls requirements and product capabilities. The Cybersecurity Assurance Cyber Risk Pillar Lead is responsible for coordinating the organization, framework, program, and approach for the JPMC security architecture, policies, standards, risk assessments, monitoring, and certification around technology. This role engages in areas of development, design, and monitoring of corporate and global control programs, and acts as a liaison between management, the Lines of Business, internal and external audit, and regulators. The key focus of this role will be to lead a team of professional cybersecurity experts in the areas of Security Operations (SIEM, DLP, Digital Forensics, Attack Simulation, Fraud Intel, Threat Intel, and Cybersecurity Incident management and Attack Analysis).
Job responsibilities
- Understand and have experience supporting regulatory engagements aligned to the FFIEC handboo, have in depth knowledge of industry best practice and control guidance provided by NIST, CIS, DISA and others, and collaborate with team members and stakeholders on firm-mandated, cross-LOB, and regional audits where the CDA is engaged
- Investigate, analyze, document, remediate, track, and report technology risks and associated controls, design and develop control requirements based on new and emerging technological solutions in a measurable way, and ensure that existing and new solutions are designed to be continuously compliant with JPMC policies and standards
- Provide leadership and advise on material remediation activities ensuring appropriate resolution of issues, action plans, breaks, and remedies and support the closure verification process, provide strategic drive for engagement efficiency, effectiveness and transparent, measurable, sustainable control improvements, including process enhancements and use of automated data collection techniques, and define and proactively monitor Key Risk Indicators to identify non-compliance and assist in remediation with compensating controls to address security, risk and control gaps, and aid in training and spreading technology risk and control awareness within the organization
- Manage the risk profile of aligned products, and translate risks into functional requirements, non-functional requirements and constraints together with the LOB business partners, Cyber Architecture and Product Management teams, maintain an in depth understanding of the Cybersecurity Operations Technology domains consisting of Security Configuration, Security Operations and Vulnerability Management, and support risk decisions for product roadmap prioritization and control implementations supported by documentation and substantiative evidence
- Lead the efforts to create and manage agile process for controls related assessment, and build automation/self service capabilities for analysis, reporting and reusing of information to address control issues, communicate issues and evaluate issues/findings and best practices with the rest of the team and management, and effectively create, maintain and communicate operational metrics and status of control related initiatives and issues
- Ensure that all pertinent Information Risk and Control regulatory requirements and applicable JPMC policies are understood by LOB business partners, technologists, and the Information Security Management function team members, and that these policies are implemented and monitored successfully, and work with technology teams to walkthrough, gather control design requirements facilitate discussions and bring to closure control issues
- Communicate risk and other control findings with key stakeholders, develop recommendations and provide accurate metrics and management reports on a timely basis, develop and maintain strong business and technology relationships, becoming a trusted partner,
- Steer the development and implementation of robust risk management policies, standards, and controls, fostering a strong risk culture and promoting risk awareness and accountability across the Firm
- Lead and collaborate with cross-functional project teams to deep-dive into identified risks, understand systemic failures and issues enabling the risk, and work with appropriate teams to craft remediation plans
- Oversee execution of control evaluations, risk assessments, and regulatory compliance activities, ensuring alignment with the Firm's objectives and regulatory requirements
- Champion the adoption of emerging technologies and industry best practices to enhance the Firm's risk management capabilities and fuel continuous improvement initiatives
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 7+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in technology risk management, cybersecurity, or a related field, focusing on risk assessment and mitigation
- Excellent command of Cybersecurity organization practices, operations risk management processes, principles, architectural requirements, engineering threats and vulnerabilities, including incident response methodologies
- Keen understanding of national and international laws, regulations, policies and ethics related to financial industry cybersecurity, and noted cybersecurity expert, keeping technical skills current and participating in multiple forums
- Ability to identify network attacks and systemic security issues as they relate to threats and vulnerabilities, with focus on recommendations for enhancements or remediation, and expertise in Agile and can work with at least one of the common frameworks
- Experience with implementation and oversight of technology risk and controls, coordination of activities for audits and assessing an IT controls environment
- Subject matter expert on information security and technology risk management with understanding of IT control policies preferred
- Detail oriented with ability to evaluate processes, controls and issues to determine the risks
- CISSP/CRISC/CISM or equivalent industry certifications
- Demonstrated expertise in data security, risk management & controls, security governance, and analytical thinking
- Proven experience in leading large teams, managing cross-functional projects, and implementing risk management policies and processes
- Strong knowledge of industry regulations, guidelines, and best practices, such as NIST, ISO, FFIEC, and GDPR
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Knowledge of process-focused methodologies for IT related activities (Networks, Cloud, Change Management, Incident Management, SDLC), and industry-standard risk/control frameworks: ITIL, COSO, NIST, PCI-DSS, COBIT, etc.
- Proven ability to examine, improve and execute the organization's existing processes and procedures for risk assessment
- Ability to lead within a cross line of business technology organization, empower people, build rapport, garnering respect and appropriately exercising authority in a collaborative cross-cultural environment
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively lead discussions and meetings with internal management, external / internal audit, peer groups, regulators and senior stakeholders
- Expertise operating in environments that are heavily governed under compliance, regulatory, or risk reduction controls
- Able to review, understand, and rely on technical and software documentation and apply that knowledge into practice
- Ability to maintain high standards with a drive to achieve the right answer in difficult and/or ever changing situations
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