Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Risk Management
About The Position
The Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) group within American Express is responsible for providing oversight and governance of risks to ensure that the company operates in a safe and sound manner within regulatory expectations. The Technical Risk Management (TRM) organization provides independent risk oversight across Cybersecurity Risk, Technology Risk, Data Risk, Resiliency Risk, and AI Risk. As cyber threats continue to evolve, effective cyber risk management is critical to protecting the company, its customers, and its assets. This individual contributor role is part of the Cyber Risk Management team within TRM. The successful candidate will provide independent risk oversight and effective challenge across key cybersecurity domains, including Vulnerability Management, Compute Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, Network Security, and End User Computing (EUC) Security. This position is responsible for assessing, monitoring, and reporting cybersecurity risks across the enterprise. The role partners closely with cybersecurity, technology, and business stakeholders to evaluate risk exposure, assess control effectiveness, challenge remediation strategies, and provide meaningful risk insights to senior leadership, risk committees, and regulators.
Requirements
- Individual contributor role
- Experience in Cybersecurity Risk Management
- Familiarity with Vulnerability Management, Compute Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, Network Security, and End User Computing (EUC) Security.
- Ability to assess, monitor, and report cybersecurity risks.
- Strong partnership skills with cybersecurity, technology, and business stakeholders.
- Experience in evaluating risk exposure, assessing control effectiveness, and challenging remediation strategies.
- Ability to provide meaningful risk insights to senior leadership, risk committees, and regulators.
Responsibilities
- Provide independent risk oversight and effective challenge across key cybersecurity domains, including Vulnerability Management, Compute Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, Network Security, and End User Computing (EUC) Security.
- Assess, monitor, and report cybersecurity risks across the enterprise.
- Partner closely with cybersecurity, technology, and business stakeholders to evaluate risk exposure, assess control effectiveness, challenge remediation strategies, and provide meaningful risk insights to senior leadership, risk committees, and regulators.
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
- Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
