Security Director: Data Protection & Third-Party Risk

Texas Capital Bank; Texas; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Wellness program

Fertility and family building aids

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings with 401K match

Paid leave and holidays / PTO

Job summary

Texas Capital Bank seeks an experienced Information Security Director to lead enterprise Data Protection, Security Architecture, and Third-Party Cyber Risk Management. You will own the operating model, govern architecture standards, and oversee vendor due diligence with a focus on clear governance and exception handling.

Reporting to the CISO, you will manage a team of security architects, collaborate with IR, and ensure preparedness across internal and third-party events while driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in information security, including leadership over at least two of: data protection/DLP, security architecture, third-party risk, incident response.
• Experience building governance-driven security programs that balance control enforcement with operational adoption.
• Demonstrated ability to create measurable, enforceable vendor security requirements and manage exceptions via risk-based governance.
• Experience operationalizing vendor risk lifecycle activities (tiering, due diligence, remediation, acceptance, continuous monitoring).
• Strong stakeholder management across legal, privacy, compliance, IT, procurement, and business leadership.
• Experience implementing a sustainable data protection model (labels/classification + DLP tuning and rollout).
• Experience managing 3rd party cybersecurity risk program including due diligence, contract language, ongoing monitoring, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Data protection program leadership across on-prem, cloud, and endpoint environments.
• Security architecture leadership including reference architectures and reviews for new technologies.
• Third-party risk management & due diligence for vendor security and contract requirements.
• 3rd Party Cyber Incident Response (IR) oversight, preparedness, and cross-team coordination across vendors.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Vendor risk management

Stakeholder management

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Job description

Texas Capital Bank seeks an experienced Information Security Director to lead enterprise Data Protection, Security Architecture, and Third-Party Cyber Risk Management. You will own the operating model, govern architecture standards, and oversee vendor due diligence with a focus on clear governance and exception handling.

Reporting to the CISO, you will manage a team of security architects, collaborate with IR, and ensure preparedness across internal and third-party events while driving