Director, Cyber Governance and Controls

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Job Description

The Director of Security Governance and Controls is a key team member within the NBCUniversal Cyber Assurance organization. This leader shapes, manages, and evolves NBCUniversal’s security governance framework and technical approach. This role requires a unique blend of deep policy and governance framework understanding, and the creative adaptability to work across dynamic environments, building security processes where needed. The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in information security governance, a passion for proactive risk management, a wide-range of technical experience and background, and the ability to translate security principles into actionable, business-supporting policies. The ideal candidate will lead vendor engagement by building partnerships with procurement, engaging legal on contracts, and actively reducing risk through business 3rd party engagements. The unique candidate for this role will understand governance from a policy perspective and stretch to implement that governance in tooling with technical controls.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Governance, Controls, and Vendor management teams in partnership with Risk Management and Compliance
• Engage cyber platforms and enterprise engineering teams to align security tooling and baseline configurations with controls and policy
• Engage cyber Information Security Officers and security managers, to help translate policy and enable business functions
• Serve as the primary contact and subject matter expert for NBCU policies, controls, and vendor management
• Build partnerships with Enterprise Technology, Legal, and Procurement to strengthen our comprehensive approach to 3rd parties.
• Direct teams to document, communicate and enforce security improvements that balance risk with business operations and ensure controls do not weaken efficiencies or business innovation.
• Escalate identified vendor issues and gaps that may place the business at risk.
• Manage strategy and operation for the vendor risk management lifecycle from inception through termination.
• Define key performance indicators and key risk indicators and include them when reporting to cybersecurity and risk management leadership.
• Use advanced technologies—e.g., robotic process automation and AI/machine learning—to improve operation.
• Support risk assessments of vendor technologies
• Document, communicate, and enforce cybersecurity standards that balance risk with business operations
• Deliver monthly reporting to leadership, aligning with organizational objectives and team directives
• Support audit and compliance activities to help secure the enterprise by documenting the approach, necessary controls, gathering supporting evidence, provide requirements to health/hygiene dashboards
• Give and receive constructive feedback in a team environment, fostering a culture of continual improvement and excellence
• Demonstrate Strong written/verbal communication and presentation skills with the ability to tailor to both technical, and non-technical audiences

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related field and/or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in GRC, including roles in security analysis, compliance and risk management.
• Exposure to cloud providers (AWS, Google, M