Director - Information Security Risk

Global Risk, & Compliance (GRC) group is the independent risk management (Second Line) organization within American Express and is headed by the Chief Risk Officer (CRO).  GRC provides oversight as well as governance of risks and ensure the company operates in a safe and sound manner within global regulatory expectations. 

The Information Security Risk Director is a leadership position within GRC’s Cybersecurity, Technology, and Resiliency Risk Oversight (CTRRO) team. The Director will lead a team of colleagues who execute independent risk management activities for assigned cybersecurity processes as well as lead CTRRO’s data and automation capabilities. The role reports into the Vice President of CTRRO, who reports into the Head of CTRRO and Vendor Risk Oversight, who reports into the EVP of Enterprise Risk Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and nurture a global team of four to six direct reports and maintain performance management for assigned colleagues
• Lead execution of risk assessments, monitoring, and reporting over assigned cybersecurity processes, such as vulnerability management
• Identify and apply thought leadership, best practices, and emerging trends
• Lead gap assessments per laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance as well as industry frameworks and company policies
• Demonstrate high level of curiosity to learn and willingness to present an effective credible challenge
• Identify issues for control failures or gaps and execute issue management until closure
• Develop strong working relationships with all levels of the organization, handle and resolve conflict, to achieve results and enact wide-scale impact across the organization.
• Lead CTRRO's data strategy, including analysis and creation risk metrics (KRIs/KPIs), direction of enhancement of the team's GRC modules and capabilities, query cyber data warehouses, and building risk dashboards and reporting.

Qualifications

• BA or BS in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field is preferred 
• Must have relevant Cybersecurity, technology, or risk management certification (CISSP, CCSP, CEH, CISM, etc.)
• 8+ of experience in relevant fields such as technology audit, risk, cybersecurity, or information technology, with 3+ years of experience in leadership roles
• Prior experience in cybersecurity and information technology is preferred
• Prior experience in creating or directing development of automation capabilities, GRC tools, big data platforms, KRIs/KPIs
• Prior experience in applying cybersecurity concepts and countermeasures in public cloud environments
• Demonstrated expertise in using regulatory and industry cybersecurity frameworks and guidance (CRI Sector Profile, NIST, FFIEC, MITRE ATT&CK) to audit cybersecurity controls
• Knowledge of current cybersecurity industry trends and events and experience in applying evolving trends to audits, assessments, or lessons learned
• Demonstrated proficiency in translating cybersecurity concepts for public cloud environments
• Proven ability to lead projects and initiatives that drive performance 
• Demonstrated track record of integrity, effective communication, innovation, and excellence 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver high quality, actionable feedback to client management on control issues and potential solutions to close gaps