Senior Director, Information Security Officer

Senior Director, Information Security Officer

Cybersecurity is essential to what we do at Capital One, from protecting our customers to our associates. As part of the Information Security Office, you are passionate about security and risk management. You see security as an enabler and differentiator to enable the business through innovation, not a step in the compliance process. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of risk and security, but also willing to know when to pull in experts and escalate. You collaborate and innovate with other teams within Capital One to push the envelope. As Senior Director, Information Security Officer, you will work with the business and technology partners to achieve goals and objectives in a secure manner with a heavy forward lean on modern software and technology architectures. At Capital One, you will help advise on strategic initiatives, programs, and projects to create business value in a risk-based and agile manner. You will lead a team of talented and experienced Information Security professionals delivering product security advisory services to a line of business portfolio. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of security and associated risks, but also willing to know when to collaborate with experts and escalate as required. You believe in making the secure way easy and see yourself as an advocate in the value of data driven business decisions and products. You are comfortable with modern software, data analytics ecosystems, artificial intelligence, and cloud based technologies as well as associated protective methods.

Responsibilities :

Be a leader at a premiere technology and financial services company

Lead a team of Product Security advisory professionals, responsible for Divisional cyber strategy integration and execution, identification and management of risk for top business initiatives and technology platforms, threat and vulnerability management, incident management, supply chain cyber risk management, cyber risk oversight and reporting.

Deliver Cyber agenda and integration of Information Security within business objectives for line of business area

Serve as the central point of contact for your line of business technology executives into Capital One's Cyber risk management priorities

Educate and influence executive leadership and associates to effectively leverage security capabilities and solutions to mitigate risks and emerging threats

Provide security expertise on prioritizing and managing information security risks and initiatives

Escalate and manage cyber security risk

Provide regular updates to executive leadership with your line of business on the overall information security health and risk environment

Work with business leadership to anticipate their objectives and needs to better serve them

Be an advocate for security and an advocate for the business and digital innovation. Instills a culture that works toward the highest standards in cyber (safeguard the business) while ensuring that business requirements are understood and adhered to (enabling the business).

Plays a key leadership role within Cyber's community of leaders, drives innovation activity as an outcome; partner extensively with other Cyber and Technology organizations to derive solutions enabling industry leading products

Build relationships and influence with risk management functions across lines of defense

Become knowledgeable and advise on Capital One's Cyber's services, policies, procedures and standards

Staying current on the changing regulatory environment and understanding the impacts to the organization

Recruits, develops, and retains top talent, and uses excellent people leadership skills.

Build your team to provide top-notch information security and risk management expertise and guidance

About You :

You are a demonstrated leader with team-oriented interpersonal skills and the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles, including business executives, technology leaders, and enterprise suppliers

You are a focused individual who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative team environment.

You have a deep passion for securing forward leaning, modern computing platforms

You have intuitive knowledge and experience with Offensive and Defensive Security techniques

You are comfortable with technologies and innovation including, Generative AI, Data Lakes, Cloud Services, Containers, Microservices, Serverless, APIs, DevOps, Encryption and Zero Trust

You have a strong desire to continually learn about new technologies

You enjoy leveraging your engineering experience to problem solve and continually learn new technology concepts to solve issues.

You display strong judgment, data / risk based decisioning, leadership, integrity, and communication skills.

You are able to tailor communications and analysis to the intended audience.

You have a passion and expertise in cybersecurity, with an ability to be confident, respectful, and articulate when registering dissenting or unpopular opinions.

You maintain calmness and clarity of thought under pressure and ability to maintain confidentiality

You are able to work well under minimal supervision

You have a deep understanding of strategic business objectives and the ability to drive results toward those objectives

You have the ability to describe the risks of a security exposure or vulnerability in business-impact terms

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree

At least 9 years of experience in Information Security

At least 7 years of experience in people management

At least 5 years of experience with cyber policies, standards, and procedures

At least 5 years of experience in securing public cloud environments and services (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Preferred Qualifications :

Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering

10+ years experience in technology and cybersecurity risk

8+ years experience in leading applications security, vulnerability management and incident response

8+ years experience performing security risk assessments

5+ years experience in security automation and integrating security into software development pipelines

5+ years experience working with industry frameworks and compliance requirements (NIST CSF, FFIEC CAT, CIS RAM, FAIR, PCI DSS)

3+ years experience with information technology audit or compliance management

2+ years in payment security including securing digital payments and payment cryptography

2+ years experience utilizing agile methodologies within DevOps environments

Industry-recognized professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

4+ years experience in a regulated environment

2+ years experience in financial services industry

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer anyimmigrationrelated support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that requireimmigrationsupport from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA : $308,700 - $352,300 for Sr. Dir, Cyber Technical Plano, TX : $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr. Dir, Cyber Technical Richmond, VA : $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr. Dir, Cyber Technical

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and / or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability / vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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