Information Security Risk Oversight Professional

U.S. Bank • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Information Security Risk Oversight Professional is a senior individual contributor within the Second Line of Defense (2LoD), reporting to the Director of Cybersecurity Risk Oversight. The role provides independent risk oversight and credible challenge across the enterprise Information Security program, including governance, risk assessments, controls, security architecture and practices, metrics, and issue management. The ideal candidate combines strong technical knowledge with critical thinking, professional skepticism, and sound judgment. This person must be able to assess information independently, distinguish fact from opinion, identify weaknesses in existing approaches, and develop a clear point of view supported by evidence. Success requires more than restating first line conclusions. The role is expected to test assumptions, evaluate whether practices are effective and efficient, and recommend stronger approaches when current methods do not reflect sound risk management or industry best practice. The successful candidate will have more than eight years of relevant experience in information security, technology risk, audit, engineering, architecture, or risk management. They must be comfortable moving across security domains, learning unfamiliar topics quickly, and translating technical concerns into clear, defensible risk insights for senior leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically, more than eight years of applicable experience in information security, technology risk, audit, engineering, architecture, or risk management.

Nice To Haves

• Strong technical knowledge across multiple information security domains, such as vulnerability management, identity and access management, application and API security, cloud security, data protection, security architecture, incident management, and security governance.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex technical and risk information, identify what is missing, and reach a well-supported conclusion.
• Proven critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to question assumptions, consider alternative approaches, and distinguish root causes from symptoms.
• Experience evaluating whether a process or control is not only documented, but also logically designed, risk-informed, efficient, and aligned with industry best practice.
• Demonstrated professional skepticism and the confidence to raise concerns, disagree respectfully, and sustain a risk position when supported by evidence.
• Ability to synthesize information from technical teams, data, assessments, standards, and regulatory sources without simply repeating another party’s narrative.
• Experience operating in or with a Second Line of Defense, internal audit, regulatory, security engineering, or security architecture function.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, and deliver high-quality work with limited direction.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risk and recommended action in clear, executive-ready language.
• Ability to build productive working relationships while maintaining independence, objectivity, and accountability.
• Relevant certifications, such as CISSP, CISA, CRISC, or CISM, are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent oversight and credible challenge across multiple Information Security pillars, including governance, risk assessments, security architecture, controls, metrics, and issue management.
• Analyze technical designs, security processes, control environments, risk assessments, and support evidence to identify gaps, weaknesses, systemic concerns, and emerging risks.
• Formulate and clearly articulate independent risk opinions supported by technical analysis, relevant evidence, regulatory expectations, and professional judgment.
• Challenge assumptions, inherited processes, and accepted ways of working when they do not produce effective, efficient, or sustainable risk outcomes.
• Evaluate whether first line activities align with applicable laws, regulations, regulatory guidance, industry standards and frameworks, and internal risk appetite and policy requirements.
• Assess the quality and completeness of first line risk identification, risk acceptance, control design, issue remediation, and management reporting.
• Monitor key risk indicators, security metrics, assessment results, incidents, and issue trends to identify material risk, recurring weaknesses, or areas requiring escalation.
• Escalate material risks, control weaknesses, ineffective practices, or unsupported risk positions through appropriate governance and reporting channels.
• Act as a technically credible risk advisor while maintaining 2LoD independence, objectivity, and appropriate boundaries with first line ownership.
• Engage stakeholders with curiosity and respectful challenge, ask probing questions, and ensure conclusions are based on evidence rather than repetition or unsupported assertion.
• Provide practical recommendations that improve risk outcomes without assuming ownership of first line decisions or execution.
• Contribute to executive-level reporting by translating complex technical issues into concise, defensible statements of risk, impact, trend, and required action.
• Stay current on cybersecurity threats, technology changes, regulatory expectations, and industry practices, and apply that knowledge to oversight priorities and challenges.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

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