The Senior Director, US Cybersecurity Services role provides strategic leadership and governance for cybersecurity services across US operations, translating regulatory requirements and industry frameworks into practical cyber capabilities.
Location
Jersey City, NJ, United States of America (onsite)
Compensation
USD 210,000 - 380,000 per year
Role Summary
In this position, you will lead the US cybersecurity services function to ensure a strong security posture, regulatory compliance, and consistent adoption of new cybersecurity services and controls across US legal entities. The role includes end-to-end delivery of cybersecurity solutions aligned to US regulatory guidance, industry frameworks, business needs, and emerging threat landscapes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the US cybersecurity services team to deliver security services and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements across all US legal entities.
- Oversee alignment to security best practices, enterprise standards, and local regulatory expectations.
- Maintain a resilient, compliant security infrastructure and establish accountability for cyber risk management across the region.
- Drive end-to-end cybersecurity solution delivery aligned with US regulatory guidance, industry frameworks, business requirements, and emerging threats.
- Act as a subject matter expert to ensure solutions address both compliance mandates and operational business needs.
- Adapt global cyber capabilities to US requirements and ensure regulatory obligations are met without unnecessary business disruption.
- Evaluate, prioritize, and advance capability enhancement requests to enterprise cyber teams, supported by business rationale and risk-based justification.
- Communicate technical and business requirements, regulatory drivers, and risk mitigation benefits to inform enterprise leadership decisions.
- Support adoption of new cybersecurity services and controls across US legal entities by partnering with enterprise teams on messaging and implementation strategies for US business units.
- Ensure newly operationalized capabilities maximize the return on cyber investments.
- Define and maintain a forward-looking US cybersecurity strategy aligned to regulatory frameworks, emerging threats and technologies, and long-term objectives.
- Monitor evolving threat landscapes and regulatory changes to update strategy and stay ahead of emerging risks.
- Align cyber capabilities, investments, and team development with the organization’s long-term security posture and risk management objectives.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree with 15+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including advancement to leadership or strategic advisory roles, with cyber architecture and engineering disciplines and reporting to executive management.
- Minimum 7 years in financial services, banking, or highly regulated industries subject to federal compliance requirements.
- Proven experience leading technical teams, developing staff capabilities, and driving technical excellence.
Required Knowledge & Skills
- Strategic knowledge of cybersecurity architecture and design principles across multiple security domains, including vulnerability management, data protection, endpoint security, SOC services, threat management, and insider risk.
- Ability to assess, design, and support delivery of security solutions that meet technical requirements and regulatory mandates in financial services environments.
- Knowledge of US financial services regulatory frameworks, including GLBA, NYDFS, FINRA, and NIST/FFIEC guidance.
- Ability to interpret compliance implications and advise on regulatory impact of security decisions.
- Executive presence to communicate complex cybersecurity topics clearly to senior management, committees, and diverse stakeholder groups.
- Facilitation and stakeholder management skills to drive alignment across business units and geographies.
- Strategic mindset for forward-looking planning that balances current compliance needs with emerging threats and technologies.
- Risk-based decision-making to prioritize investments based on business impact and resource trade-offs.
- Experience managing budgets, allocating resources, and overseeing program implementation across multiple legal entities or geographic regions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to synthesize inputs and recommend actionable solutions.
Benefits
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who support development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and create lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, high-performing team
- A world-class training program in financial services
- Flexible work/life balance options
- Opportunities to do challenging work
Technical Expertise
- Strategic cybersecurity architecture and design principles across multiple security domains, including vulnerability management, data protection, endpoint security, SOC services, threat management, and insider risk.
- Experience assessing and supporting delivery of security solutions aligned to technical requirements and regulatory mandates in financial services environments.
Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge
- US financial services regulatory frameworks, including GLBA, NYDFS, FINRA, and NIST/FFIEC guidance.
- Capability to interpret compliance implications and advise on regulatory impact of security decisions.
Leadership & Strategic Capabilities
- Executive presence to communicate complex cybersecurity topics to senior management, committees, and diverse stakeholder groups.
- Facilitation and stakeholder management skills to drive alignment across business units and geographies.
- Strategic planning capability to balance current compliance needs with emerging threats and technologies.
- Risk-based decision-making to prioritize investments based on business impact and resource trade-offs.
Operations and Budget Management
- Experience managing budgets, allocating resources, and overseeing program implementation across multiple legal entities or geographic regions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to synthesize information from multiple sources and recommend actionable solutions.
Application Timing
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.
Job Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Cyber Security Management
- Decision Making
- Detail-Oriented
- Information Security Management
- Information Technology Security
- Interpersonal Relationship Management
- IT Security Architecture
- Performance Management (PM)
