Director of Digital Asset Tech Risk & Security

Mastercard; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Director, Technology Risk to lead the Second Line build-out for technology and information security risk across digital asset strategy, products and operations. You will align BVNK and Mastercard standards, apply NIST/ISO/PCI frameworks, and challenge First Line risk assessments in a fast-evolving integration environment.

You will oversee control libraries, risk governance, and collaboration with InfoSec, Compliance and Audit to protect digital-asset ecosystems and custody

Qualifications

• Experience in technology risk, cyber risk, operational resilience, control assurance or second line technology oversight within a large, regulated financial services, payments, fintech or technology environment.
• Ability to translate industry standards (UCF, CRI Profile, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC, PCI DSS, RCSA and FAIR) into a practical control framework.
• Working knowledge of blockchain infrastructure, digital-asset custody models, wallet architecture and related technology dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Second Line implementation and coordination of a Technology Control Framework aligned to Mastercard standards.
• Support integration of continuous control monitoring (CCM) approaches with traditional control testing and assurance.
• Define risk taxonomy, assessment methodology, control standards and governance routines specific to digital-asset technology and security risk.
• Drive establishment of a 1LoD Control Library that aligns to the coordinated Technology Control Framework.
• Connect risk assessments, control libraries, risk appetite, risk registers and governance reporting into a single oversight view.
• Provide Second Line oversight of digital-asset infrastructure, including custody architecture, wallet design, blockchain integrations, node operations, cloud hosting and third-party dependencies.
• Challenge First Line teams on risk assessments, control design, risk ratings, issues and remediation plans.
• Perform sample-based control validation on critical services and key business units to assess control design and effectiveness.
• Represent Technology Risk in governance forums and collaborate with stakeholders to support risk-based decisions.
• Build and sustain independent oversight in a fast-moving integration environment.

Skills

Technology risk

Cyber risk

Operational resilience

Second line oversight

Risk assessment

Independent challenge

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Mastercard seeks a Director, Technology Risk to lead the Second Line build-out for technology and information security risk across digital asset strategy, products and operations. You will align BVNK and Mastercard standards, apply NIST/ISO/PCI frameworks, and challenge First Line risk assessments in a fast-evolving integration environment.

You will oversee control libraries, risk governance, and collaboration with InfoSec, Compliance and Audit to protect digital-asset ecosystems and custody