AVP BISO: Cyber Risk & Business Enablement

State Street; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to oversee cyber risk management across lines of business and legal entities. The AVP-BISO will act as a trusted advisor to senior executives, translating technical risk into actionable business terms and guiding cyber controls adherence across the organization.

The role requires strong technical depth in cloud, network security, and security architecture, plus experience with risk governance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.
• CISSP or CISM strongly preferred; other certifications valued.
• Eight+ years of cybersecurity leadership in regulated financial services.
• Ability to influence executives and translate technical risk into business language.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business and technology leaders through timely data delivery to enable informed decision-making, prioritization, and risk-based trade-offs.
• Oversee and actively manage risks in line with risk appetite through continuous business unit engagement, escalating open risk items to aligned business leadership.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify information assets and assess the protection needs requirements for the entire line of business and legal entity.
• Perform cyber risk assessments at the application / platform / system levels to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats, analyze impacts to the bank, and determine protections required via GCS standards.
• Represent the global cybersecurity organization as a member of business control committees, risk committees, and specialized forums.
• Prepare and deliver executive-ready presentations and briefings on protection-needs outcomes, threat models, and control results to mid- and senior-level leadership.
• Report significant changes in information security risk to the appropriate level of management on both a periodic and an event-driven basis.

Skills

Dashboards

Data mining

Executive communication

Influence executives

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

CISSP or CISM strongly preferred

CRISC, CISA, SSCP, CCSP, CEH, or GIAC certifications valued

Eight or more years of cybersecurity leadership

Tools

Azure

AWS

Security architecture tools

Job description

State Street is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to oversee cyber risk management across lines of business and legal entities. The AVP-BISO will act as a trusted advisor to senior executives, translating technical risk into actionable business terms and guiding cyber controls adherence across the organization.

The role requires strong technical depth in cloud, network security, and security architecture, plus experience with risk governance and