Cyber Assurance Program Lead (Hybrid)

Citizens; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens is seeking a Manager, Cyber Assurance to lead and mature the enterprise cybersecurity continuous control testing program, overseeing strategy, governance, execution, and remediation across the control environment.

You will build a high-performing team, collaborate with Technology, Risk, Compliance, and business stakeholders, and report on KPIs and risk posture to ensure alignment with security policies and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, IT, CS, or related field or equivalent.
• 8–12 years in cybersecurity, cyber risk, assurance, controls testing, audit, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of people leadership in cybersecurity assurance, controls, risk, or audit.
• Experience assessing, testing, and validating cybersecurity controls across environments.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, risk management, and security governance.
• Experience developing and managing enterprise programs, governance processes, metrics, and reporting.
• Knowledge of NIST CSF, NIST standards, CRI Profile, and cybersecurity maturity frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, governance, maturity, and continuous improvement of the Cyber Security Assurance Program.
• Oversee planning, execution, and QA of cybersecurity control testing to validate design and operating effectiveness.
• Define and govern asset identification, control requirements, and assurance activities for critical assets.
• Establish assurance methodologies, testing frameworks, documentation, and quality controls.
• Monitor threats, regulatory developments, and business changes affecting the control environment.
• Define and report KPIs, KRIs, control effectiveness, testing coverage, and maturity metrics.
• Oversee the development of assurance reports, dashboards, findings, and remediation recommendations.
• Ensure deficiencies and drift are documented, tracked, remediated, and validated.
• Lead and develop a high performing team through workforce planning, hiring, coaching, mentoring, succession planning.
• Partner with Technology, Risk, Compliance, control owners, and stakeholders to align assurance activities with enterprise priorities.

Skills

People leadership

Strategy & governance

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Regulatory & compliance

NIST frameworks

Cybersecurity controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity/IT/CS or equivalent

Job description

Citizens is seeking a Manager, Cyber Assurance to lead and mature the enterprise cybersecurity continuous control testing program, overseeing strategy, governance, execution, and remediation across the control environment.

You will build a high-performing team, collaborate with Technology, Risk, Compliance, and business stakeholders, and report on KPIs and risk posture to ensure alignment with security policies and regulatory requirements.