Cybersecurity Team Lead - Tiger Team

GM Financial•Irving, TX

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Team Lead leads and coordinates a cross-functional Tiger Team focused on high-priority cybersecurity efforts, remediation activities, and strategic initiatives. The role provides day-to-day leadership and execution oversight to ensure timely delivery of high-quality outcomes aligned with organizational objectives. It drives collaboration among cybersecurity subject-matter experts, removes roadblocks, and advances initiatives that strengthen cybersecurity governance, operational effectiveness, and risk management. The role also provides people leadership and operational oversight to support team performance, employee development, and continuous improvement. The position leads cybersecurity professionals, establishes priorities, assigns work, monitors progress, and communicates initiative status, risks, dependencies, and key decisions to leadership and stakeholders. It coordinates across cybersecurity, technology, and business groups; reviews team deliverables and governance artifacts; and partners with Cybersecurity Governance and Operations on process improvements and standards. The work is performed in a flexible hybrid environment, with four days per week in the office.

Requirements

Demonstrated leadership and people management skills, including supervision, delegation, coaching, mentoring, performance management, and employee development.
Knowledge of cybersecurity governance, risk, compliance, and operational security practices, and industry frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001.
High-level understanding of technology infrastructure, cybersecurity concepts, security platforms, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Ability to lead structured initiatives from planning through execution while managing priorities, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess risk, identify trends, and develop practical solutions.
Ability to think strategically while managing day-to-day operational activities.
Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence outcomes and build consensus across teams.
Strong organizational, planning, delegation, and time-management skills, with a focus on accountability and results.
5–7 years of experience in large and complex business environments, with a successful track record working directly with senior-level management.
At least 3 years of experience in one or more listed domains, including cybersecurity, information security, network engineering or operations, IT, application development, access control, security governance, risk management, software development security, cryptography, security architecture and design, operational security, business continuity and disaster recovery, legal regulations, investigations and compliance, physical security, or IT/security audit or compliance.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Candidates requiring visa sponsorship cannot be considered.

Nice To Haves

2–3 years of experience securing cloud deployments on platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform.
Experience deploying environments using infrastructure as code (IaC).
Experience with declarative IaC approaches and immutable infrastructure.
Experience securing container deployments, Kubernetes, managed Kubernetes PaaS services, Agile environments, and DevOps environments.
Experience managing infrastructure through CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with documentation tools such as Visio and Microsoft Office products.
Experience with alternate management methods using SSH, serial connections, and the command-line interface TMSH.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
Experience with AI-assisted software development or automation.
Knowledge of prompting techniques to improve output quality.
Awareness of emerging generative AI capabilities and limitations.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of cybersecurity professionals supporting high-priority efforts, remediation activities, and strategic initiatives.
Establish priorities, assign work, and monitor progress to ensure initiatives are delivered on time and aligned with organizational objectives.
Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and performance management to team members, supporting professional growth and accountability.
Coordinate cross-functional activities among cybersecurity, technology, and business stakeholders.
Track and communicate initiative status, risks, dependencies, and key decisions to leadership and stakeholders.
Remove obstacles and facilitate issue resolution to maintain execution momentum.
Review team deliverables, analyses, recommendations, documentation, and governance artifacts for quality, accuracy, and completeness.
Partner with Cybersecurity Governance and Operations teams on process improvements, standards, and alignment with cybersecurity expectations.
Build working relationships across Cybersecurity and the broader organization to foster collaboration and influence outcomes.
Contribute to continuous improvement of cybersecurity governance and operations.