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IT Business Unit Security Officer

Manulife

Toronto

Hybrid

CAD 113,000 - 163,000

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Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Toronto is seeking a talented Business Unit Security Officer to join their Cybersecurity, Resilience & Governance team. The successful candidate will perform risk assessments, provide security consulting, and support adherence to information security policies. This role requires 7+ years of experience and a strong understanding of cybersecurity principles. Generous benefits and hybrid work arrangement included.

Benefits

Health and dental benefits
Flexible work environment
Retirement savings plans

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in a relevant field.
  • General knowledge of application security and infrastructure.
  • Ability to articulate risk to varying levels of technical knowledge.

Responsibilities

  • Perform application risk assessments including risk identification.
  • Provide operational security consulting to clients.
  • Support adherence to global information security policies.

Skills

Relationship building
Agile development
Strong communication
Generative AI understanding

Education

Professional certification in information security (CISSP, CISA, etc.)
Job description

We are seeking a talented Business Unit Security Officer (BUSO) to join the Cybersecurity, Resilience & Governance (CRG) team.

A successful BUSO will serve as a trusted partner and subject matter expert to the business and empower them to protect their information assets and intellectual property. You will help securely implement new technologies and tools, foster consistency through common methodologies and stay fully aligned with cybersecurity issues and efforts. As a BUSO, you will enable business and IT partners to recognize and manage their cyber and information risk in a dynamic business environment. You will participate in critical projects and initiatives to ensure information risk is always considered and.

Position Responsibilities
  • Perform application risk assessments from a technical security and information risk management perspective, this includes risk identification based on information criticality through to control implementation and management of risk acceptance by business areas
  • Provide application and operational security consulting services to IT, partners and clients
  • Maintain among all levels of business line staff a high level of awareness about security issues and control objectives
  • Identify and communicate known information security control issues to business area teams providing guidance (as necessary) and oversight to ensure timely remediation of the issues
  • Provide support to other risk teams as necessary to address high priority risks
  • Support adherence to global information security policies and standards; work with business units and technical teams to implement solutions that comply with security policies and processes
  • Actively participate in your team’s plans to achieve their goals, this includes goals that originate from CRG and the business. Participate in frameworks used to measure and report on progress towards the achievement of goals
  • Stay current on emerging technologies, key business drivers, evolving threats and opportunities from both the business and CRG
  • Collaborate with other CRG professionals within the US segment and across the company
  • Participate in divisional and global CRG projects and initiatives as requested. Ensure business requirements and needs are considered in initiatives, projects and services.
Required Qualifications
  • 7+ Years of experience
  • General operating knowledge of security for applications and infrastructure, security threat/risk/data classification
  • Solid understanding of Generative AI foundations, principles and tools
  • Proven ability to build relationships, engage and influence others, and work with diverse internal and international user communities as well as vendors
  • The ability to work both independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities and deadlines
  • The ability to work within agile development teams
  • Strong communicator and active listener with the ability to effectively articulate risk from both a business and technical standpoint to personnel with varying degrees of technical knowledge
Preferred Qualifications
  • Fewer years of experience in security is acceptable if you have systems development experience with a proven ability to implement secure applications
  • Professional certification for information security (or willingness to begin acquiring)– CISSP, CISA, CRISC, GIAC or similar credentials
When you join our team
  • We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
  • We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
  • As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.
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Manulife Financial Corporation es un importante proveedor internacional de servicios financieros que ayuda a las personas a tomar decisiones de una manera más fácil y a vivir mejor. Para obtener más información acerca de nosotros, visite http://www.manulife.com .

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Referenced Salary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Modalidades de Trabajo

Híbrido

Salary range is expected to be between

$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD

Si se está postulando para este puesto fuera de la ubicación principal, póngase en contacto con recruitment@manulife.com para conocer el rango salarial de su ubicación. El salario real variará según las condiciones locales del mercado, la geografía y los factores relacionados con el trabajo pertinentes, como conocimiento, habilidades, calificaciones, experiencia y educación/capacitación. Los empleados también tienen la oportunidad de participar en programas de incentivos y obtener una compensación de incentivos vinculada al desempeño comercial e individual.

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