Lead, Information Security Regulatory & Compliance

Prudential Financial • Newark, NJ

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Technology team is seeking a Lead, Information Security Regulatory & Compliance Support to join their Information Security Governance function. This role will coordinate responses to regulators, examiners, auditors, and other internal and external stakeholders across the enterprise. The position reports to the Vice President, Information Security Governance and will support intake, tracking of engagements, evidence collection and coordination, response development, and submission readiness activities. This role is crucial for ensuring the Information Security Office communicates with one voice, maintains a strong culture of accountability and regulatory readiness, and ensures governance practices remain practical, sustainable, and aligned to business and regulatory expectations. This is a hybrid role based in Newark, NJ, requiring at least 3 days per week on-site.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, Risk Management, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting regulatory exams and/or audit responses in a regulated environment (financial services preferred), including evidence collection, drafting, approvals, and stakeholder coordination.
• Strong working knowledge of financial services regulatory and industry frameworks, including NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, FFIEC, ISO 27001, SOC 1 & 2, or similar standards, and experience supporting evidence collection, documentation reviews, and response development.
• Strong grasp of information security governance and controls, with the ability to translate technical implementations into clear, defensible narratives and evidence packages.
• Operational excellence and program discipline: run repeatable processes, manage to SLAs, maintain clean trackers, and drive closure across concurrent engagements.
• Strong partnership skills with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Internal Audit, and technology teams, including navigating sensitive topics, managing approvals, and aligning to enterprise positions.
• Experience maintaining examination, audit, or compliance tracking processes, including evidence repositories, action item management, metrics, reporting, and documentation standards.
• Excellent writing and editing skills: synthesize complex inputs into clear, consistent, regulator/auditor-ready responses with appropriate precision and traceability.
• Strong judgment and attention to detail; comfortable with ambiguity, tight deadlines, and high scrutiny while maintaining appropriate governance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with GRC platforms, policy management tools, Jira, ServiceNow, or collaboration tools.
• Familiarity with core security domains such as IAM, ASM, CDR, cloud security, third-party risk, or data protection.
• CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, or equivalent certifications.
• Knowledge of NJ DOBI (New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance)
• NIST - Information Security Framework
• ISO 27001 / ISO 27000 Series

Responsibilities

• Coordinate responses to regulatory examinations, audits, assessments, and information requests, driving cross-functional collaboration to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent submissions.
• Maintain a centralized tracker and auditable submission record (due dates, owners, approvals, evidence, final responses); escalate issues and clear blockers.
• Partner with business and technology teams, control owners, and SMEs to collect, validate, and assess supporting evidence for completeness, traceability, and alignment with requirements.
• Assist in preparing leaders and SMEs for regulatory interactions, audits, interviews, and walkthroughs.
• Develop briefing materials, status updates, FAQs, anticipated questions, and supporting documentation.
• Support tracking and reporting of regulatory observations, audit findings, management action plans, and remediation commitments.
• Monitor trends, recurring requests, and emerging themes to improve readiness and reduce operational friction.
• Maintain evidence repositories, playbooks, and templates; identify opportunities to improve workflows, submission quality, and operational efficiency.

Benefits

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
• Company-funded pension plan.
• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).
• Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

What This Job Offers

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