Assistant Vice President, Information Security

Job Description

• Establish and implement Information Security Roadmap
• Leads the annual IT Risk assessment, penetration test, vulnerability scans, and social engineering tests, synthesizes results, and implements action plans for issue resolution.
• Educates executive management and the business on cyber risk through reporting and presentations.
• Monitors Information Security industry trends and educates the organization of critical information.
• Develops, plans, and manages the Information Security Program to include policies, procedures, and standards.
• Leads the annual security awareness training, and new hire training to ensure all levels of staff and management are well-educated regarding information security practices.
• Leads the project initiatives to research, validate, and manage Information Security vendors and products to ensure robust detection, prevention, and monitoring tools are in place.
• Audits internal assets and systems to ensure compliance with information security standards.
• Defines the Information Security plan to resolve gaps identified from audits, risk assessments or vulnerability scans.
• Leads the day to day operations for the information security department.
• Leads cyber security investigations providing summaries and recommendations to resolve incidents. Works closely with IT, business units, and project teams to ensure that new projects meet or exceed information security standards and requirements.
• Protects information assets by developing security strategies, directing system access control, monitoring, and response.
• Implements regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices such as NCUA, FFIEC, GLBA, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, and ISO 27001 ensuring the Information Security Program is held to the highest standard.
• Advises executive management team on critical security issues and recommends risk reduction solutions.
• Familiarity with secure coding best practices including DevOps and SDLC.
• Develop a team (direct or indirect reports) that is nimble enough to build and execute Information Security solutions to support the Organization's strategic initiatives.
• Provide strong leadership and direction to direct reports. Recruits and hires talented individuals to join the team and continues to develop them to their full potential.
• Build strong relationships across business groups and with vendors. Develop a detailed understanding of their issues, challenges and opportunities. Ensure transparency and collaboration between key stakeholders.
• Foster a culture of innovation, transparency and accountability.
• Manage operating budget for Information Security roadmap and initiatives.

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Network, Cyber Security or relevant field is preferred.
• Advanced Degree/Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, and CCSP are preferred.
• Banking/Credit Union experience is Preferred.
• 5+ Years Leadership experience is required.

• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Working knowledge of financial service institutions and its operations and procedures are preferred.
• Excellent management skills and the ability to prioritize multiple initiatives and projects.
• Ability to establish strategic direction for the department and provide the roadmap of initiatives and priorities in support of that vision.
• Experience with Cloud solutions such as AWS, GCS, or Azure.
• Ability to operate at all levels of the organization, and to both motivate and influence others that are often in a more senior position.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to manage change within the organization.
• Technically proficient in IT infrastructure and Information Security controls and concepts.
• Demonstrate flexibility and the ability to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrated business and technical acumen, including the ability to read, analyze and interpret reports and documentation.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation and negotiating skills.
• Exceptional people and organizational leadership, with a track record of leading high performing teams
• Strategic thinker with strong operational and analytical skills.
• Passion for solving problems that have large impact to the organization and our members.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Works collaboratively with other teams to improve performance, efficiency, effectiveness and growth opportunities throughout the organization

• all the important benefits you hope for, such as a generous paid time off program (plus all the bank holidays), a 401k match, competitive compensation, health insurance (medical, vision and dental) and much more!