VP BISO - Cyber Focused

Our client, a well-respected Fintech firm in midtown NY, is looking for a BISO to join the team and lead the Cyber program.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee PCI, with SOX and ISO 27001 initiatives, support internal technology audits, as well as support Privacy on GDPR/CCPA initiatives
• Oversee Client Assurance initiatives including responses to customer questionnaires, facilitate customer meetings and audits, and support Legal with the review of customer contracts.
• Understand business unit strategy and roadmaps to ensure security is embedded at the right control points
• Act as the primary local security contact / adviser for technology, legal, finance, audit, compliance, product leadership
• Run the monthly Cyber Risk Steering Committees and quarterly CEO briefings to ensure stakeholders are kept abreast of risks, threats, program maturity and projects
• Lead the development of unit specific security strategy
• Drive implementation of the Security Policies and Standards across the assigned business unit
• Proactively identify non-compliance and areas of potential improvement, and facilitate development and deployment of standard solutions
• Provide regular and timely reporting on the status of cybersecurity across the business unit
• Engage with the Incident Response Team (IRT) and provide escalation path for security issues, incidents and inquiries
• Work with the Cyber Defense, Product Security Engineering, Enterprise Security teams to assist in effectively driving program maturity

Skills:

• 13+ years of working experience
• A Bachelor's degree, ideally in Technology, Computer Science/Engineering or Cybersecurity
• Must have a strong understanding of security compliance, policy management, security frameworks (NIST) and regulations.
• Solid foundation of security architectures and cloud computing environments
• International work experience or experience working as part of a globally dispersed team is a plus
• CISSP or CRISC certifications are a major plus