Director, Information Security Officer

Capital One • McLean, VA

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About The Position

Director, Information Security Officer Cybersecurity is essential to what we do at Capital One, from protecting our customers to our associates. As part of the Information Security Office, you are passionate about security and risk management. You see security as an enabler and differentiator to enable the business through innovation, not a step in the compliance process. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of risk and security, but also willing to know when to pull in experts and escalate. You collaborate and innovate with other teams within Capital One to push the envelope. As Director, Information Security Officer, you will lead security for one of our key lines of business. You will work with business and technology partners to achieve goals and objectives in a secure manner with a heavy forward lean on modern software and technology architectures. At Capital One, you will help advise on strategic initiatives, programs, and projects to create business value in a risk-based and agile manner. You will build and lead a team of talented and experienced Information Security professionals delivering product security advisory services to a line of business portfolio. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of security and associated risks, but also willing to know when to collaborate with experts and escalate as required. You believe in making the secure way easy and see yourself as an advocate in the value of data driven business decisions and products. You are comfortable with modern software, big data ecosystems, and cloud based technologies as well as associated protective methods.

Requirements

• You are a demonstrated leader with team-oriented interpersonal skills and the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles, including business executives, technology leaders, and enterprise suppliers
• You are a focused individual who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative team environment.
• You have a deep passion for securing forward leaning, modern computing platforms
• You are comfortable with technologies and innovation including Generative AI, Data Lakes, Cloud Services, Containers, Microservices, Serverless, APIs, DevOps, Encryption and Zero Trust
• You have a strong desire to continually learn about new technologies
• You enjoy leveraging your engineering experience to problem solve and continually learn new technology concepts to solve issues.
• You display strong judgment, data/risk based decisioning, leadership, integrity, and communication skills.
• You are able to tailor communications and analysis to the intended audience.
• You have a passion and expertise in cybersecurity, with an ability to be confident, respectful, and articulate when registering dissenting or unpopular opinions.
• You maintain calmness and clarity of thought under pressure and ability to maintain confidentiality
• You are able to work well under minimal supervision
• You have a deep understanding of strategic business objectives and the ability to drive results toward those objectives
• You have the ability to describe the risks of a security exposure or vulnerability in business-impact terms
• Bachelor's degree
• At least 7 years of experience in Information Security
• At least 5 years of experience in people management
• At least 5 years of experience with cyber policies, standards, and procedures
• At least 5 years of experience in securing public cloud environments and services (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering
• 10+ years experience in information technology and cybersecurity
• 7+ years experience in leading applications security, vulnerability management and incident response
• 7+ years experience performing security risk assessments
• 5+ years experience working with industry frameworks and compliance requirements (NIST CSF, FFIEC CAT, CIS RAM, FAIR, PCI DSS)
• 2+ years experience utilizing agile methodologies within DevOps environments
• Industry-recognized professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• 4+ years experience in a regulated environment
• 2+ years experience in financial services industry
• 2+ years of experience with modern Payment network security technologies
• 2+ years of experience in security integration for Mergers and Acquisitions

Responsibilities

• Be a leader at a premiere technology and financial services company
• Build cybersecurity strategy tailored for the line of business, partnering closely with business leaders, the Divisional CIO, and cybersecurity leaders across the company.
• Lead a team of Product Security advisory professionals, responsible for Divisional cyber strategy integration and execution, identification and management of risk for top business initiatives and technology platforms, threat and vulnerability management, incident management, supply chain cyber risk management, cyber risk oversight and reporting.
• Deliver Cyber agenda and integration of Information Security within business objectives for line of business area
• Serve as the central point of contact for your line of business technology executives into Capital One’s Cyber risk management priorities
• Educate and influence executive leadership and associates to effectively leverage security capabilities and solutions to mitigate risks and emerging threats
• Provide security expertise on prioritizing and managing information security risks and initiatives
• Escalate and manage cyber security risk
• Provide regular updates to executive leadership with your line of business on the overall information security health and risk environment
• Work with business leadership to anticipate their objectives and needs to better serve them
• Plays a key leadership role within Cyber’s community of leaders, drives innovation activity as an outcome; partner extensively with other Cyber and Technology organizations to derive solutions enabling industry leading products
• Build relationships and influence with risk management functions across lines of defense
• Become knowledgeable and advise on Capital One’s Cyber’s services, policies, procedures and standards
• Staying current on the changing regulatory environment and understanding the impacts to the organization
• Recruits, develops, and retains top talent, and uses excellent people leadership skills.
• Build your team to provide top-notch information security and risk management expertise and guidance

Benefits

• Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
• Learn more at the Capital One Careers website.
• Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
• This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI).

What This Job Offers

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