Technology Operational Risk Management Lead - Vice President

Testing Site - JPMC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase in Plano, Texas is seeking a Cybersecurity Operational Lead within CCOR to evaluate and manage global cybersecurity risks across the technology estate. You will oversee risk assessments, coordinate with LODs, and ensure controls are effective while engaging senior leaders.

The role requires hands-on experience in security controls, strong communication skills, and knowledge of frameworks like NIST CSF and FFIEC.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cybersecurity within financial services environments.
• Enterprise risk management understanding and integration into security programs.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CSF and FFIEC.
• Ability to analyze complex systems and recommend mitigating controls.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with senior stakeholders.
• Experience translating security requirements across on-prem and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Engage with technology and cybersecurity technologists to evaluate processes and risks.
• Assess risk impacts at the line of business and enterprise level.
• Identify risk concentrations globally and evaluate security controls mitigating them.
• Write and present assessments highlighting controls or risks to executives and risk councils.
• Demonstrate organizational management to collaborate with peers and deliver results.
• Maintain professionalism and expertise across a security control domain.
• Stay current on cyber trends, vulnerabilities and emerging technologies.
• Perform independent assessments of operational risks through monitoring programs.

Skills

5+ years cybersecurity experience

Risk management

Cybersecurity practices knowledge

Communication skills

Project execution

NIST FFIEC awareness

Education

Information security certifications (CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCNA Security, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer)

Job description

Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks and using your expertjudgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities.Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

As a Cybersecurity Operational Lead within the Compliance, Conduct, and Operational Risk (CCOR) team, you will collaborate with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Lines of Defense (LOD) to assess and evaluate global cybersecurity risks to the JP Morgan Chase technology estate. You will utilize your hands-on experience in operating or implementing security controls and tools, along with your expertise in managing security risks at strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Your responsibilities include leading risk assessments, conducting significant event reviews, and monitoring controls across the Security Configuration and Security Operation domains. Success in this role requires a strong understanding of technical controls, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with senior leaders and stakeholders to assess large environments.

Job Responsibilities

• Engage with technology and cybersecurity technologists to evaluate processes and risks
• Assess risk impacts at the line of business and enterprise level
• Work with technology areas to identify risk concentrations globally and understand how security controls mitigate them or identify residual risks
• Write and present assessments highlighting control efforts or risks to Executive Directors, Managing Directors, and members of the Risk Operating Council
• Exhibit strong organizational management skills necessary to collaborate with peers and deliver results
• Maintain a high level of professionalism and expertise to be recognized as an expert in an assigned security control domain
• Keep abreast of current cyber trends, vulnerabilities and emerging technologies
• Perform independent assessments of operational risks though operational risk monitoring programs (e.g., significant event reviews, deep dive reviews, risk metrics, operational risk appetite, independent risk management assessments)

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5+ years of experience as a technologist with experience in cybersecurity / technology development, engineering, or technical architecture within financial services organizations
• Strong understanding of risk management at the enterprise level
• Knowledge and experience in cybersecurity organization practices in some of the following: vulnerability management, penetration testing, incident response, endpoint protection, data loss prevention, email security, SIEM, DDoS, public cloud security configuration best practices, etc.
• Ability to understand complex technical systems, the business processes they support, assess the inherent risks, and recommend mitigating security controls
• Highly disciplined and able to work with limited supervision to execute long running projects with results
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of common frameworks such as NIST CSF, FFIEC etc.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proven experience translating on-premises security configurations and operational processes into multi cloud environments
• Understanding of how cloud and on-premises security controls support federal and international regulatory compliance requirements
• One or more information security or cloud certifications (e.g. CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCNA Security, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer)