Dir, Information Security Officer

Cybersecurity is essential to what we do at Capital One from protecting our customers to our associates. As part of the Information Security Office you are passionate about security and risk management. You see security as an enabler and differentiator to enable the business through innovation not a step in the compliance process. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of risk and security but also willing to know when to pull in experts and escalate. You collaborate and innovate with other teams within Capital One to push the envelope.

As Director Information Security Officer you will lead security for one of our key lines of business. You will work with business and technology partners to achieve goals and objectives in a secure manner with a heavy forward lean on modern software and technology architectures. At Capital One you will help advise on strategic initiatives programs and projects to create business value in a risk-based and agile manner. You will build and lead a team of talented and experienced Information Security professionals delivering product security advisory services to a line of business portfolio. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of security and associated risks but also willing to know when to collaborate with experts and escalate as required. You believe in making the secure way easy and see yourself as an advocate in the value of data driven business decisions and products. You are comfortable with modern software big data ecosystems and cloud based technologies as well as associated protective methods.

Responsibilities:

• Be a leader at a premiere technology and financial services company

• Build cybersecurity strategy tailored for the line of business partnering closely with business leaders the Divisional CIO and cybersecurity leaders across the company.

• Lead a team of Product Security advisory professionals responsible for Divisional cyber strategy integration and execution identification and management of risk for top business initiatives and technology platforms threat and vulnerability management incident management supply chain cyber risk management cyber risk oversight and reporting.

• Deliver Cyber agenda and integration of Information Security within business objectives for line of business area

• Serve as the central point of contact for your line of business technology executives into Capital Ones Cyber risk management priorities

• Educate and influence executive leadership and associates to effectively leverage security capabilities and solutions to mitigate risks and emerging threats

• Provide security expertise on prioritizing and managing information security risks and initiatives

• Escalate and manage cyber security risk

• Provide regular updates to executive leadership with your line of business on the overall information security health and risk environment

• Work with business leadership to anticipate their objectives and needs to better serve them

• Plays a key leadership role within Cybers community of leaders drives innovation activity as an outcome; partner extensively with other Cyber and Technology organizations to derive solutions enabling industry leading products

• Build relationships and influence with risk management functions across lines of defense

• Become knowledgeable and advise on Capital Ones Cybers services policies procedures and standards

• Staying current on the changing regulatory environment and understanding the impacts to the organization

• Recruits develops and retains top talent and uses excellent people leadership skills.

• Build your team to provide top-notch information security and risk management expertise and guidance

About You:

• You are a demonstrated leader with team-oriented interpersonal skills and the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles including business executives technology leaders and enterprise suppliers

• You are a focused individual who thrives in a fast-paced dynamic and collaborative team environment.

• You have a deep passion for securing forward leaning modern computing platforms

• You are comfortable with technologies and innovation including Generative AI Data Lakes Cloud Services Containers Microservices Serverless APIs DevOps Encryption and Zero Trust

• You have a strong desire to continually learn about new technologies

• You enjoy leveraging your engineering experience to problem solve and continually learn new technology concepts to solve issues.

• You display strong judgment data/risk based decisioning leadership integrity and communication skills.

• You are able to tailor communications and analysis to the intended audience.

• You have a passion and expertise in cybersecurity with an ability to be confident respectful and articulate when registering dissenting or unpopular opinions.

• You maintain calmness and clarity of thought under pressure and ability to maintain confidentiality

• You are able to work well under minimal supervision

• You have a deep understanding of strategic business objectives and the ability to drive results toward those objectives

• You have the ability to describe the risks of a security exposure or vulnerability in business-impact terms

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree

• At least 7 years of experience in Information Security

• At least 5 years of experience in people management

• At least 5 years of experience with cyber policies standards and procedures

• At least 5 years of experience in securing public cloud environments and services (AWS GCP Azure)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science Information Systems or Engineering

• 10 years experience in information technology and cybersecurity

• 7 years experience in leading applications security vulnerability management and incident response

• 7 years experience performing security risk assessments

• 5 years experience working with industry frameworks and compliance requirements (NIST CSF FFIEC CAT CIS RAM FAIR PCI DSS)

• 2 years experience utilizing agile methodologies within DevOps environments

• Industry-recognized professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) AWS Certified Solutions Architect Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

• 4 years experience in a regulated environment

• 2 years experience in financial services industry

• 2 years of experience with modern Payment network security technologies

• 2 years of experience in security integration for Mergers and Acquisitions

At this time Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B F-1 OPT F-1 STEM OPT F-1 CPT J-1 TN E-2 E-3 L-1 and O-1 or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidates offer letter.

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