Managing Principal - Cybersecurity Strategy & Transformation

capco; Canada; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Capco in Canada seeks a Managing Principal to lead and grow our cybersecurity consulting practice for financial services. You will advise CISOs, CROs, CIOs on complex security challenges, steward strategic client engagements, and mentor consulting talent.

You will shape capabilities across risk management, identity and access, security architecture, resilience, and emerging technologies while delivering measurable business outcomes for clients in a rapidly changing regulatory and technology

Qualifications

• Significant progressive experience in cybersecurity consulting, ideally within financial services.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders, translating technical risks into business priorities, and delivering practical solutions.
• Proven ability to lead large, multidisciplinary cybersecurity programs and ensure delivery across the lifecycle.
• Experience developing client relationships, contributing to business development, and shaping offerings or partnerships.
• Understanding of financial services cybersecurity, AI, and frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, COBIT, FFIEC.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior stakeholders on cybersecurity strategy, governance, technology risk, and regulatory expectations; lead complex engagements from opportunity development through delivery.
• Develop Capco's capabilities across cyber and technology risk, AI security, IAM, security engineering, and operational resilience; shape offerings and market perspectives.
• Oversee multidisciplinary teams delivering cybersecurity transformation programs with strategic direction and quality.
• Build client relationships, identify opportunities, shape proposals, and contribute to go-to-market initiatives.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop consulting talent and foster an inclusive, high-performance environment.

Skills

Cybersecurity Expertise

Executive Advisory

Program & Delivery Leadership

Commercial & Practice Development

Industry Knowledge

Job description

Shape the Future of Cybersecurity in Financial Services

As a Managing Principal within Capco's Cybersecurity practice, you will play a key leadership role in growing, delivering, and shaping our cybersecurity consulting services across the financial services sector.

You will advise senior executives, including CISOs, CROs, and CIOs, on complex cybersecurity challenges, while leading strategic client engagements, developing consulting talent, and building capabilities that respond to evolving market needs.

Your work will span cyber risk management, identity and access management, security architecture and engineering, operational resilience, and emerging technologies.

Cybersecurity is evolving rapidly. AI, cloud transformation, automation, and changing regulatory expectations are reshaping how financial institutions manage security, risk, and resilience. You will help clients understand these changes, respond to emerging threats, and develop practical strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.

This role combines strategic advisory, consulting delivery, business development, and practice leadership. We welcome candidates with deep expertise in one or more cybersecurity disciplines, a broad understanding of the security lifecycle, and an interest in helping grow a consulting practice.

What You'll Do

• Client Advisory & Engagement: Advise senior stakeholders on cybersecurity strategy, governance, technology risk, security architecture, and regulatory expectations. Lead complex consulting engagements from opportunity development through delivery and measurable outcomes.
• Cybersecurity Practice Leadership: Develop and expand Capco's capabilities across cyber and technology risk, AI security, identity and access management, security engineering, third-party risk, and operational resilience. Shape new offerings, methodologies, and market perspectives.
• Delivery Excellence: Oversee multidisciplinary teams delivering cybersecurity transformation programs, ensuring alignment with client objectives, budgets, timelines, and quality standards. Provide strategic direction while empowering technical specialists and delivery teams.
• Business Development & Growth: Build trusted client relationships, identify commercial opportunities, shape proposals, and contribute to executive presentations, partnerships, and go-to-market initiatives that support practice growth.
• Talent & Capability Development: Recruit, mentor, and develop consulting talent, strengthen leadership capabilities, and foster an inclusive, collaborative environment that supports continuous learning and high-quality delivery.

What We're Looking For

• Cybersecurity Expertise: Significant progressive experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, security architecture, engineering, identity, or cybersecurity consulting, ideally within financial services. Depth in at least one specialist area, alongside a broad understanding of cybersecurity strategy and delivery.
• Consulting & Executive Advisory: Experience advising senior stakeholders, structuring complex challenges, translating technical risks into business priorities, and delivering practical solutions. Experience in a consulting firm, financial institution, technology provider, or complex enterprise environment is welcome.
• Program & Delivery Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading significant cybersecurity programs, managing multidisciplinary teams, overseeing complex engagements, and delivering outcomes across the cybersecurity lifecycle.
• Commercial & Practice Development: Experience developing client relationships, contributing to business development, building capabilities, or scaling consulting services. An interest in identifying new opportunities and shaping the future direction of cybersecurity consulting.
• Industry, Technology & Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of financial services cybersecurity, emerging technologies including AI, and relevant frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, COBIT, and FFIEC. Effective executive communication, facilitation, and relationship-management skills.

Bonus Points For

• Recognized certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CCSP, or relevant cloud, identity, architecture, and vendor certifications.
• Experience developing or scaling cybersecurity teams, consulting offerings, client portfolios, or strategic partnerships.
• Knowledge of how cybersecurity intersects with AI, cloud, data protection, digital transformation, technology risk, and financial crime.
• External thought leadership, industry participation, or established relationships within the financial services and cybersecurity communities.
• A collaborative leadership approach, commercial awareness, and an interest in emerging technologies and evolving cybersecurity practices.

Why Join Capco

Help shape and scale Capco's growing cybersecurity consulting practice in Canada.

Work with leading financial institutions on complex cybersecurity, technology risk, and resilience c