Insider Threat Lead, Security Operations & Strategy

Mastercard; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 122,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Corporate Security Operations Analyst to drive the Insider Threat program across Security Operations, defining standards and maturing people, processes, and technology capabilities. The role will guide investigations, detection content, and incident response while aligning with privacy, legal, and HR requirements.

You will collaborate with global stakeholders to implement improvements in DLP, UAM, and UBA, develop roadmaps, and ensure consistent published

Qualifications

• Experience conducting sensitive investigations with privacy and objectivity.

Responsibilities

• Set Insider Threat investigation standards and guide SMEs on complex, high‑risk cases.
• Analyze program trends, risks, and metrics to identify improvements and support leadership decisions.
• Build Insider Threat detection strategies, controls, and countermeasures aligned to emerging TTPs.
• Drive the direction and maturity of DLP, UAM, and UBA capabilities with technology owners.
• Maintain Insider Threat policies, processes, procedures, and operating standards.
• Serve as the lead Insider Threat liaison for Technology, Security, HR, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and M&A partners.
• Assess capabilities and risks, identify control gaps, define remediation plans, and drive the resolution of issues.
• Define capability roadmaps and partner with engineering teams to deliver tool and platform enhancements.
• Track industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices to advance program maturity.
• Maintain current, accurate, and published program documentation and inventories.
• Design exercises to test and strengthen Insider Threat capabilities.
• Lead the Insider Threat Working Group and elevate priorities to the Insider Threat Steering Committee.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Insider risk

Digital forensics

OSINT

Privacy compliance

Stakeholder management

Threat intelligence

Education

CISSP

GCIH

GCIA

Security+

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Endpoint DLP

SIEM

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Corporate Security Operations Analyst to drive the Insider Threat program across Security Operations, defining standards and maturing people, processes, and technology capabilities. The role will guide investigations, detection content, and incident response while aligning with privacy, legal, and HR requirements.

You will collaborate with global stakeholders to implement improvements in DLP, UAM, and UBA, develop roadmaps, and ensure consistent published