Cyber Security Strategy Senior Associate

DTCC • Jersey City, NJ

10d • $75,000 - $150,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Cyber Security and Resiliency (CSR) group protects DTCC’s critical financial infrastructure by ensuring IT systems are secure, resilient, and able to withstand and recover from cyber threats and disruptions. As a member of the IT Cybersecurity & Platform Strategy team within the Cybersecurity Business Office, this role serves as a trusted advisor to the business, shaping and guiding cyber risk-informed decision-making across the enterprise. The goal is to ensure security investments are aligned to the threat landscape and risk appetite, effectively funded, and focused on delivering measurable risk reduction, strengthening resilience, protecting critical assets, and enabling sustainable, secure business growth.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience.
• Management consulting experience preferred, with the ability to assess complex cybersecurity challenges, provide structured recommendations, and effectively communicate solutions to leadership.
• Create effective working relationships with senior business, cybersecurity, technology, and risk / control leadership.
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information inclusive of project progress, risks, and issues into board-ready deliverables illustrating critical information to drive risk-based decisions.
• Strong cybersecurity acumen with technical expertise across Identity Access Management, Vulnerability and Threat Intelligence, and Data Protection capabilities.
• Effective collaboration, expectations management and partnership with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates strong critical thinking skills with the ability to identify interdependencies across cybersecurity processes, tools, and stakeholders to proactively mitigate risks and drive effective decision-making.
• Translating multiple data elements (both financial and cyber-orientated) into a tangible product which can drive insights and decision making.
• Experience with cybersecurity strategy development and portfolio governance.
• Knowledge of Cybersecurity Financial Management, specifically related to operational, capital, and professional service expenses.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the enterprise Cybersecurity strategy aligned to business objectives, regulatory requirements, and evolving threat landscape.
• Translate cybersecurity risk insights (threat intelligence, assessment results, and issues / control gaps) and strategic priorities into a structured, multi-year cybersecurity roadmap in alignment with Business, Cybersecurity objectives.
• Understand and contextualize how the achievement of Cybersecurity strategic objectives will continue to mature the Cybersecurity program against the core Cyber Risk Institute Profile (CRI Profile) principles and tenets.
• Design and manage the cybersecurity program budget, including operational security capabilities (SOC, vulnerability management, IAM), capital investments in security tooling and infrastructure, and specialized cyber professional services (incident response, advisory, assessments).
• Monitor and forecast cybersecurity spending against budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources across risk domains.
• Evaluate cost vs. risk reduction value for tools, services, and programs to optimize investment decisions.
• Lead the development of bi-monthly cybersecurity board reporting, translating complex cyber risks, threats, and control performance into clear, executive-level insights.
• Synthesize inputs across vulnerability management, IAM, threat intelligence, incident response, and control effectiveness into concise, decision-oriented updates.
• Provide a risk-informed narrative on the organization’s cyber posture, highlighting emerging threats and critical issues (including high-risk vulnerabilities, control gaps, and delayed remediations, with recommended actions).
• Oversee program execution and milestone delivery, ensuring initiatives are clearly defined, tracked against timelines, and delivering measurable risk reduction and resilience outcomes.
• Develop and deliver executive and board-level reporting, providing bi-monthly, risk-informed insights on cyber posture, key metrics, program progress, and emerging threats.
• Analyze interdependencies across Cybersecurity projects, including financial benefits, resource constraints, risk mitigation, client satisfaction, and strategic alignment.
• Partner closely with Cybersecurity senior leadership and Finance management to drive informed decision-making.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior