Sr. Manager, Cyber Risk & Analysis

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, VirginiaSr. Manager, Cyber Risk & Analysis

Capital One is one of the fastest growing organizations in the world today. The growth of the business is being accelerated by leveraging innovative and emerging technologies.

We are serious about technology, we dream big, and we execute : Capital One moved our entire enterprise to the public cloud over the course of five years, fully exiting our data centers.

Just as we prioritize driving innovation through technology, we equally prioritize cybersecurity and managing technology risk.

Technology Risk Management (TRM) is a small organization that packs a big punch. The roughly ninety professionals in TRM are trusted expert advisers who shape decisions, challenge activities to ensure they meet our standards, and generally oversee technology and information security risk across the business and the central technology organization.

TRM is a second line organization, which means it is independent and reports up through the Chief Risk Officer.

TRM plays a critical role in ensuring that the company’s risk-taking entities are aware of the risks inherent in their activities and decisions, the impact of their actions on the company at an enterprise level, and opportunities to reduce, mitigate or avoid the risks altogether.

Associates within TRM are highly-skilled information security, cybersecurity, site reliability engineering, technology, and risk management professionals who have a wealth of experience and a demonstrated ability to provide value added recommendations and deliver high-impact results in their areas of expertise.

As a member of a growing organization, you are expected to shape and further refine the risk program, and will have the opportunity to operate with both autonomy and empowerment from senior leadership.

The successful candidate will be a seasoned leader with strong practical knowledge of risk frameworks and risk assessment methodologies applied to technology / cyber risk, who can think strategically, who is intellectually curious, and who thrives in a data-driven environment.

Desired Outcomes :

Challenge and reinvent the methodology that the 1st and 2nd Lines of Defense will use to measure cybersecurity and technology risk within the existing ERM framework, including control efficacy

Research and develop data-driven assessment practices that will facilitate deeper risk conversations and surface insights in support of strategic decision-making

Evaluate and standardize various risk scoring methods for tech / cyber domains across the enterprise

Standardize the approach for TRM to prioritize the assessment scope to best focus our team on the areas of the greatest impact

Evolve the existing risk, process, control taxonomies to succinctly frame emerging threats and risks

Distill complex risk, process, and control relationships into simple designs and solutions

Introduce forward-looking risk measures

Demonstrate tech / cyber risk measurement advocacy and thought leadership, and train and mentor peers and executives across the enterprise to enable adoption of more modern analysis and assessment techniques

Constructively debate trade-offs between different assessment approaches with other 2nd Line and 1st Line partners

Enhance the business’ understanding of regulatory / compliance requirements and the implications to the firm

Mentor peers to meet their professional development goals

Basic Qualifications :

A bachelor’s degree or military experience

At least 6 years of experience managing, consulting, or auditing in the fields of information security, technology, or risk management

At least 5 years of experience developing and implementing industry risk frameworks, quantitative analysis, tools, and methodologies (COSO, quantitative analysis, Factor Analysis Information Risk (FAIR), Process, Risk & Control (PRC) library), or assessment methodologies (RCSA, scenario analysis, or new initiative risk assessments)

At least 1 professional security management certification (Open FAIR, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Informations Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC))

Preferred Qualifications :

A master’s degree

Critical analytical thinker, including the ability to express a point of view supported by data (with both technical and non-technical audiences)

Excellent communication and teaching skills. Strong influencing and persuasion skills

Raises concerns early and knows when to escalate, including the ability to raise issues and facilitate constructive problem-solving at all levels of the organization

Passion and expertise in technology and cybersecurity domains, with an ability to be confident, respectful, and articulate when registering dissenting or unpopular opinions

Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, stakeholders, and leaders across multiple organizations to get consensus, socialize strategy, and achieve objectives

Ability to manage multiple parallel initiatives while maintaining superior results

Execution oriented and a self-motivator

Personal resilience - the ability to to stay optimistic and keep people focused during crises or times of change

Experience in a second-line or oversight role at a financial institution or regulatory agency

Knowledge of supervisory expectations expressed in the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Handbook, Federal Reserve Supervisory Letters, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Bulletins, and / or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Financial Institution Letters

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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.

New York City (Hybrid On-Site) : $199,100 - $227,200 for Sr. Manager, Cyber Risk & Analysis