Senior Cyber Risk Executive — BISO Leader

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Health insurance

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Incentive compensation

Job summary

State Street seeks a MD-level Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to lead cyber risk across the enterprise. As a senior cybersecurity executive, you will translate risk into business terms, advise executives, and drive resilient strategy, governance, and regulatory alignment.

You will manage a team of cyber risk advisors, partner with global technology and control functions, oversee risk governance, incident guidance, and strategic technology initiatives including cloud adoption and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive cybersecurity, technology risk, or information security experience.
• 8+ years leading cyber risk, cyber advisory, security architecture, security operations, or information security functions.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with executive management, boards, regulators, and external stakeholders.
• Proven record leading large-scale cybersecurity transformation or risk reduction initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, risk management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior cybersecurity advisor to business executives, legal entity leadership, and global technology services.
• Provide strategic guidance regarding cyber threats, vulnerabilities, resiliency risks, and cyber control deficiencies.
• Influence enterprise-wide cyber risk reduction initiatives and investment decisions at the business unit level aligning cyber policy and technical standards.
• Drive the integration of cybersecurity considerations into business strategy, transformation programs, and critical business services.
• Lead executive discussions regarding cyber risk posture, emerging risks, and risk mitigation priorities.
• Establish and oversee cyber risk governance frameworks across the assigned business portfolios within the assigned business unit.
• Ensure cyber risks are actively managed within approved risk appetite thresholds.
• Review and challenge risk acceptance decisions involving material cyber exposures.
• Provide oversight of cyber control effectiveness, remediation activities, and residual risk management.
• Lead escalation of significant cyber risks to execute risk committees and senior governance forums.
• Build strong partnerships with Business Executives, Technology Leaders, and control function partners.
• Translate complex technical risks into clear business impacts and actionable recommendations.
• Enable informed decision-making through transparent risk reporting and executive-level communication.
• Provide consultative leadership on major technology initiatives, cloud adoption, AI programs, digital transformation, acquisitions, and strategic business initiatives.
• Serve as a strategic change agent driving enterprise adoption of cybersecurity controls and risk management practices.
• Partner with vulnerability management teams to prioritize remediation activities based on risk.
• Analyze vulnerability trends, systemic control weaknesses, and emerging threat exposures.
• Provide advisory support on patch management, configuration management, and security hardening efforts.
• Assist business and technology teams in developing sustainable remediation strategies.
• Drive enterprise efforts to improve cyber resilience, operational resilience, and recovery preparedness.
• Oversee execution of strategic cyber remediation programs.
• Ensure alignment of cyber investments toward the highest-risk business services and assets.
• Guide business and technology leaders through major cyber incidents, crisis management activities, and lessons-learned programs.
• Champion threat-informed defense strategies to reduce business unit cyber exposure.
• Represent cybersecurity during regulatory examinations, client reviews, and external assessments.
• Engage with regulators, auditors, and industry groups regarding cybersecurity risk management practices.
• Ensure alignment with applicable regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Partner with compliance, legal, and enterprise risk management functions to address emerging regulatory expectations.
• Lead and develop a team of Cyber Security Advisors
• Establish workforce strategies that strengthen cybersecurity capabilities and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor future cybersecurity leaders and strengthen cyber risk management capabilities across the organization.
• Drive consistent execution of cybersecurity objectives, metrics, and performance outcomes.
• Strong and proven background in cybersecurity leadership
• Cyber Engineering and Advisory, Cyber Strategy, Risk Management, and Executive Reporting
• Technical and Security Domains
• Secure Cloud, Data Protection, Frontier Model Security, Secure Architecture, and VM
• Leadership Qualities
• Organizational Influence, Cross Functional Collaboration, Strategic Thinking, and Engagement

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Executive reporting

Regulatory knowledge

Strategic risk management

Cloud security

Threat intelligence

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Risk Management, or related field

Tools

VM

Cloud platforms

Job description

State Street seeks a MD-level Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to lead cyber risk across the enterprise. As a senior cybersecurity executive, you will translate risk into business terms, advise executives, and drive resilient strategy, governance, and regulatory alignment.

You will manage a team of cyber risk advisors, partner with global technology and control functions, oversee risk governance, incident guidance, and strategic technology initiatives including cloud adoption and