Cyber Risk & Digital Assets Assessment Lead

Crowe; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager to help financial institutions manage cybersecurity risk in a rapidly evolving tech and regulatory environment.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in financial-services cybersecurity, risk management, and broad exposure to digital assets, blockchain, and tokenized assets, with the ability to translate complex risks into practical recommendations for clients.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, IT audit, security consulting, or a related field.
• Experience working in or serving the financial-services industry, such as banking, fintech, payments, capital markets, asset management, insurance, or financial-market infrastructure.
• Broad exposure to emerging financial technologies and business models, including digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain, stablecoins, tokenization, digital-asset custody, embedded finance, or Banking-as-a-Service.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity, technology-risk, and operational-resilience engagements for banks, fintech companies, payments providers, and organizations developing or supporting emerging financial products.
• Evaluate the cybersecurity implications of evolving technologies and business models, including digital assets, blockchain platforms, stablecoins, tokenized assets, cryptocurrency custody, embedded finance, and Banking-as-a-Service.
• Assess risks related to areas such as digital-asset custody, cryptographic-key management, wallet infrastructure, smart-contract dependencies, blockchain infrastructure, APIs, third-party integrations, cloud platforms, transaction integrity, and access controls.
• Help clients understand how established cybersecurity principles apply to new products, technologies, partnerships, and delivery models.
• Evaluate cybersecurity governance, control design, third-party risk, incident response, business continuity, and operational resilience across interconnected financial-services ecosystems.
• Advise clients on relationships among banks, fintech companies, program managers, technology providers, digital-asset custodians, and other critical third parties.
• Assess cybersecurity programs against applicable regulatory expectations and industry frameworks, including FFIEC, GLBA, NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and other relevant guidance.
• Communicate emerging risks and their business implications clearly to executives, risk committees, technical teams, and other client stakeholders.
• Manage engagements from planning through reporting, including scope, team oversight, client communication, quality, timelines, and budgets.
• Mentor junior professionals and contribute to the continued development of Crowe's financial-services cybersecurity capabilities.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Technology risk

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Client management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Certifications (CISSP/CISM/CRISC)

Tools

Wallet architecture knowledge

Blockchain infrastructure familiarity

Job description

Crowe is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager to help financial institutions manage cybersecurity risk in a rapidly evolving tech and regulatory environment.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in financial-services cybersecurity, risk management, and broad exposure to digital assets, blockchain, and tokenized assets, with the ability to translate complex risks into practical recommendations for clients.