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 comfo