Job Classification:
Technology - Agile, Delivery, & Product

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability, and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you'll unlock an exciting and impactful career - all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world's leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role

As VP, Product Owner, Cyber Security Operations you will serve as the executive leader of Prudential's Global 24/7/365 Cyber Security Operation. You will lead a highly skilled and dedicated team of professionals responsible for event handling, triage and initial threat analysis working to protect the Prudential Financial enterprise. You will regularly advance the organization's maturity, advised by your expert knowledge, coordination, communication, and prioritization. You will partner with stakeholders across the Information Security Office and the greater Global Technology team to drive improvements to the use of data, automation, and orchestration. Your observations will drive improvements to the secure architecture and cyber resiliency of the enterprise. Candidates for this role are expected to be experienced cyber security operations leaders.

• Oversee the continuous monitoring of networks, systems, and applications to detect suspicious activities and potential security incidents.

• Develop and enforce policies, processes, and procedures for effective security incident handling, ensuring consistent and efficient handling and appropriate escalation of potential threats.

• Ensure incidents are thoroughly documented, tracked, and reported, maintaining a comprehensive record of executed incident handling processes and procedures.

• Demonstrate the highest levels of professional expertise and analytical quality; drive complete quality control of incident handling related efforts and work products.

• Drive knowledge management, lessons-learned, preparation, and training for security incident handlers.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of security incident handlers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.

• Effectively communicate across multiple teams during incident triage and containment efforts to maintain the integrity and security of enterprise-wide systems and networks.

• Maintain a strong understanding of technologies in use across the enterprise and drive consistent maturity in application of continuous monitoring capabilities.

• Prior experience managing 24/7 cyber security operations, including in-depth knowledge of cyber incident handling, documentation, process development, program enhancement, and metrics and key performance indicator generation.

• Strong understanding of security incident handling processes, tools, and technologies. Demonstrated expertise in efficient use of key platforms used for ticketing, orchestration, and automation and the full array of security technologies used to alert, log, and correlate potential flags of security risk across an enterprise environment.

• Strong understanding of enterprise technologies including operating systems, networking appliances, identity access management, and cloud platforms.

• Experience driving automation and orchestration efforts.

• Demonstrated ability to make effective, timely decisions under pressure, balancing risk and impact while ensuring swift and decisive actions during critical situations.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across a geographically dispersed array of technical and non-technical stakeholders of all levels of seniority.

• Experience utilizing Agile methodologies to manage and drive program growth, ensuring adaptive planning, iterative development, and continuous delivery of security enhancements.

• Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities and efficiently manage workload, ensuring the highest priority tasks are addressed promptly while maintaining overall program objectives.

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering, Information Security, Information Technology, or experience/degree in related fields; strong academic credentials and certifications preferred, (e.g., GIAC GSOM, GMON, GCFA, GCIA, GNFA, GCTI, GREM, GCIH, GCFA, GPEN, OSCP, AWS/Azure/GCP Security certs, etc.).

• Ability to coach others and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and prospective to benefit the organization.

• Experience with agile development methodologies.

• Deep expertise with cloud security stacks preferred.

• Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes required for sound decision-making.

• Ability to learn new skills on an on-going basis through self-initiative.

• Cyber Security Operations Analysis and Management

• Digital Forensics and Cyber Incident Response

• Threat Hunting and Adversary Emulation

• Automation and Engineering

• Cyber Threat Intelligence

• Insider Risk and UEBA

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave
• Retirement plans:
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)
• Company-funded pension plan
• Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.