Director, Cybersecurity Strategy & Risk Oversight

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director, Information Security Office Consultant to lead and coach a high-performing cybersecurity organization. You will advise on risk-reduction practices and help standardize capability and threat frameworks across the enterprise.

Focus areas include governance, capability maturation, and risk transformation, interfacing with leadership to drive strategic decisions and allocate resources for security initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 9+ years in cybersecurity or information technology.
• 8+ years evaluating, contributing to, or supporting development of cybersecurity capabilities.
• Experience presenting to stakeholders and communicating metrics to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and coaching to senior managers and associates to build a high-performing cybersecurity organization.
• Advise on best practices in risk reduction through configuration of cybersecurity tools and platforms.
• Support development of capability, risk, and threat classification frameworks and standardization methodologies.
• Lead continuous improvement programs including risk and issue identification and corrective actions.
• Identify cross-programmatic linkages among threats, controls, and data analytics for prioritization and resource allocation.
• Lead solutioning for enterprise risk reduction efforts.
• Communicate gaps and remediation options to leadership to enhance cybersecurity posture.
• Oversee enterprise-level cybersecurity risk assessments and maturity evaluations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Coaching

Cybersecurity expertise

Risk management

Threat intelligence

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Multi-cloud experience

Security tools proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Splunk

CrowdStrike

Qualys

AWS Security Hub

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director, Information Security Office Consultant to lead and coach a high-performing cybersecurity organization. You will advise on risk-reduction practices and help standardize capability and threat frameworks across the enterprise.

Focus areas include governance, capability maturation, and risk transformation, interfacing with leadership to drive strategic decisions and allocate resources for security initiatives.