Tech Risk and Controls Director - Cybersecurity | Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Join a role that's central to securely and compliantly achieving our business objectives driving M&A activity, offering a unique opportunity to shape the firm's tech risk strategy and enhance industry compliance. 

As a Tech Risk & Controls Director in Cybersecurity and Technology Controls for Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), you will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing the firm's technology risk management strategy. Leveraging your advanced knowledge and expertise in technology-risk disciplines, you will identify, oversee, and mitigate compliance and operational risks in line with the firm's standards. You will collaborate with various stakeholders, including Product Owners, Business Control Managers, and regulators, to develop and maintain a comprehensive view of the technology risk posture and its impact on the business. Your ability to make calculated decisions, manage large teams, and drive strategic projects will be crucial in ensuring the firm's adherence to regulatory obligations and industry best practices. Your work will contribute to the long-term success and resilience of the organization in an ever-evolving technology landscape.

The Cybersecurity and Technology Controls M&A Team defines, assesses and executes processes for inherent technology risk calculation and control scoping for an acquisition’s unique operating environment. 

Job responsibilities

• Lead the execution of the Global Technology Acquisition Procedures across the the Merger and Acquisitions (M&A) lifecycle from early technical due diligence through integration complete.
• Oversee CTC due diligence work streams for new acquisitions and strategic investments undertaken by the LoB.
• Drive execution of cybersecurity and technology control due diligence, providing subject matter expertise in the evaluation of technology risk to enable our business partners to make a risk based decision on proceeding with each transaction.
• Collaborate with the CTC M&A Cybersecurity Architecture as a Service (CAaaS) function for technical assessments, architecture reviews, threat modeling, and control design consulting.
• Partner with the line of business to provide strategic guidance in the development of integration and secure-in-place plans, risk impact of key decisions and considerations for mitigations where risk is accepted.
• Provide governance and oversight of the line of business teams, ensuring accountability for integration and controls management responsibilities.
• Identify and escalate emerging and upstream technology risk through execution of the Firm’s management framework tools, including risk event management, reporting, and action plan tracking, and provide expert counsel to stakeholders and constituents regarding their security obligations, facilitating acceptable outcomes
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with CTC M&A Program Enablement group, internal and external stakeholders, including key cross-functional team leads, regulators, and auditors, to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and industry standards
• Manage reporting and governance of overall controls, policies, issue management, and measurements, etc., providing insight to senior leaders into effectiveness of controls and inform governance work

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 7 years of experience or equivalent expertise in technology risk management, information security, or a related field, with a focus on managing risk identification, assessment, and mitigation
• Demonstrated experience in leading cybersecurity due diligence and integration efforts for mergers and acquisitions.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk management frameworks, industry standards, and regulatory requirements relevant to the financial industry
• Proven ability to lead large teams, manage cross-functional projects, influence executive-level strategic decision-making, and effectively translate technology insights to business strategy in communications with senior executives
• Advanced knowledge and experience leading data security, risk assessment & reporting, and control evaluation, design, and governance, with a track record of implementing effective risk mitigation strategies
• Understanding of cybersecurity architecture, threat modeling, control design, and related technical assessments.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to partner closely with various teams, including the central M&A, Cybersecurity Architecture as a Service (CAaaS) function, and LoB BISO team.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrated experience in leading cybersecurity due diligence and integration efforts for mergers and acquisitions.
• Understanding of cybersecurity architecture, threat modeling, control design, and related technical assessments across a broad range of cybersecurity domains and their applicability across the M&A lifecycle.
• Experience in governance and oversight of cybersecurity programs, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and procedures, in the financial services industry, especially global banking.