Secure Business Enablement Executive

U.S. Bank•Minneapolis, MN

5d•$238,765 - $280,900•Onsite

About The Position

The Secure Business Enablement Executive leads how Information Security Services partners with Technology and business teams to securely enable modernization, artificial intelligence, cloud adoption and enterprise transformation. The role integrates application security, cloud security, security architecture, third-party security integration and business information security engagement into one accountable organization to reduce handoffs and provide a consistent experience for Technology and business partners. This enterprise executive translates cybersecurity strategy into scalable engineering capabilities, standards and reusable patterns. The goal is to help Technology teams move faster while reducing material exposure, technology complexity and attack surface, and to embed security into platforms, architecture and delivery. The role has direct accountability for multiple security engineering and enablement functions and an organization of approximately 100 FTEs, with significant influence over the bank’s technology, AI, cloud, software, SaaS and third-party strategies. It partners directly with the CISO, CIOs and other senior executives and makes decisions affecting enterprise technology delivery and cyber risk. The executive sets strategy and the operating model for secure business enablement capabilities within Information Security Services; leads secure delivery, technology and business partnership, AI enablement, architecture and standards, application and cloud security modernization, third-party security integration, BISO model evolution, operating experience and outcome measurement. The role also leads workforce and budget planning, talent development, succession and investment priorities, and represents Information Security Services in senior governance forums and major technology and transformation decisions. The position requires working from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week. The listed pay range is $238,765 to $280,900; the actual range may vary by location. U.S. Bank offers a benefits package subject to eligibility requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
15 or more years of combined relevant leadership experience in organizational goal setting, with strategic and technical expertise.
Extensive executive leadership experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, cloud, enterprise architecture or technology risk within a large, complex and highly regulated organization.
Track record of leading multiple technical disciplines at enterprise scale and translating strategy into durable engineering and operating-model change.
Deep understanding of modern software delivery, cloud platforms, application security, security architecture, AI-enabled technology, third-party technology risk and cyber resilience.
Proven success influencing CIOs, business executives and senior engineering leaders, including navigating competing priorities and shared accountability.
Ability to balance secure enablement, risk, speed, customer experience, resilience and economics without defaulting to control-only or delivery-only outcomes.
Strong talent leadership, organizational design, financial management and change leadership capabilities.
Polished executive presence and clear, credible communication for senior management, board, regulator, audit and external-industry engagement.
Ability to work from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week.

Responsibilities

Lead application security, cloud security and security architecture, integrating security into software development, cloud platforms, major transformations and technology modernization.
Partner with CIOs, Technology executives and business leaders to translate priorities into security engineering actions, decisions and investments.
Establish scalable patterns for secure AI and agentic technology adoption, considering architecture, models, software supply chains, data protection, identity, runtime controls, payments and ongoing assurance.
Drive adoption of enterprise security architecture, reusable controls, paved paths and technology standards; partner on software and SaaS rationalization, lifecycle management and platform consolidation.
Advance secure-by-design, continuous assurance and automated testing across applications, dependencies, cloud environments and delivery pipelines, and ensure findings result in prioritized engineering action.
Integrate security earlier into third-party, SaaS, acquisition and strategic technology decisions; evaluate technology currency, architecture, concentration, software supply chain, control maturity and compensating controls.
Evolve business information security engagement toward deeper technical partnership connecting business priorities and material cyber risk to architecture, engineering, product and portfolio decisions.
Reduce organizational handoffs and fragmented intake, and create a consistent, transparent and accountable experience for teams using Information Security Services.
Define and report shared Information Security Services and Technology measures, including secure-pattern adoption, material exposure reduction, technology currency, delivery friction, remediation progress and portfolio risk reduction.
Lead a multidisciplinary organization of approximately 100 FTEs; set strategy, develop senior talent, manage succession and workforce plans, oversee budget and investment priorities, and foster an inclusive, high-accountability culture.
Set the secure business enablement strategy and operating model within Information Security Services.
Approve security architecture, engineering patterns and service priorities within delegated authority, escalating material risk decisions as appropriate.
Influence enterprise technology standards, platform choices, third-party decisions and modernization sequencing through partnership with Technology and business leadership.
Own workforce, budget and vendor priorities for the organization and connect investments to measurable outcomes.
Represent Information Security Services in senior governance forums and major technology, AI, cloud, third-party and transformation decisions.