Director of Cybersecurity Architecture

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

As a leader who wants to influence the future of technology, you can grow your
impact by joining a world-renowned financial institution. In this role, you’ll
shape cybersecurity architecture at scale—setting direction, guiding teams, and
partnering across engineering and control functions to build secure, modern
platforms.

As a
Director of Cybersecurity Architecture
at
JPMorganChase
within
Cybersecurity Technology and Controls, you’ll lead a defined architecture area
and drive outcomes across teams, technologies, and initiatives. You’ll use
strong architecture and security expertise—plus practical product thinking—to
make key decisions, modernize controls, and improve how risk is identified and
addressed.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification in security concepts, plus 10+ years of applied experience in cybersecurity or identity and access management (IAM).
• Experience leading teams of architects designing cybersecurity solutions for cloud-based platforms and applications.
• Depth in at least one IAM domain (IGA, Authentication/Authorization, PAM, or Cloud IAM) to guide technical discussions and support architects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including influencing engineering partners without formal authority.
• Experience working in regulated environments (SOX, PCI-DSS, NYDFS) and partnering with compliance/audit stakeholders.
• Experience building cybersecurity products and solutions for public cloud applications and infrastructure.
• Experience developing and leading cross-functional technology teams.
• Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in security architecture and/or threat modeling; able to understand and guide assessment work.
• Background across multiple IAM domains to enable cross-domain leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead major technology and process implementations to deliver architecture outcomes across your domain.
• Set the strategy and operating model for developing cybersecurity architects’ skills and career growth.
• Own decisions that impact team resourcing, budget, and execution priorities across initiatives.
• Provide governance for architecture decisions, including coding/control obligations and measures like maintainability and total cost of ownership.
• Define your function’s objectives and be accountable for measurable outcomes.
• Own staffing and budget responsibilities, including relevant financial accountability.
• Champion an inclusive culture and prioritize diverse representation across hiring and team development.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location.
• Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions.
• We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility.
• These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees