VP, Cyber Risk & Digital Asset Security Leader

State Street; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street seeks a strategic Vice President, Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to lead cybersecurity advisory for lines of business and legal entities. This role sits in Global Cybersecurity, working with senior executives to embed security into business decisions and risk management across digital asset services, governance, and control frameworks.

The VP BISO will guide cyber risk assessment, threat modeling, and residual risk reduction, while building trusted relationships with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or related field.
• "CISSP/CISP" certification preferred.
• 6+ years in information security; 4+ years in financial services.
• Experience with NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Cloud security with AWS or Azure preferred.
• Hands-on experience with blockchain, digital assets, and custody security.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Familiarity with governance, risk management, and regulatory guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team to support aligned business stakeholders while focusing on increased cyber capabilities; execute a cyber book of work aligned to the business.
• Partner with senior business and technology leaders through timely data delivery to enable informed decision-making, prioritization, and risk-based trade-offs.
• Oversee and actively manage risks in line with risk appetite through continuous business unit engagement, escalating open risk items to aligned business leadership.
• Perform cyber risk assessments at the application / platform / system levels to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats, analyze impacts to the bank, and determine protections required.
• Integrate information security risk review into lifecycle processes such as Incident Management, Vulnerability Management, Third‑Party Risk Review, Cyber Resiliency, eSDLC, and Change and Project Management.
• Represent the global cybersecurity organization as a member of business control committees, risk committees, and specialized forums alongside Executive Management, Internal Audit, Enterprise Technology Risk Management, Compliance, Legal, and Regulatory.
• Prepare and deliver executive‑ready presentations and briefings on protection needs outcomes, threat models, and control results to mid and senior level leadership.
• Advise on blockchain and digital asset risk across tokenization, custody, wallet operations, transaction authorization, transaction signing, smart contract use, blockchain infrastructure, and any third‑party digital asset services.
• Challenge custody and key management designs, including HSM usage, cold storage controls, private key lifecycle management, backup and recovery, quorum approvals, segregation of duties, break‑glass access, and operational resilience.
• Coordinate with security architecture, application security, cloud security, IAM/PAM, SOC/SIEM, vendor risk, risk management, legal, compliance, and technology teams to define practical digital asset control expectations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security and assurance, or related field

CISSP/CISP preferred

Blockchain and digital asset security certifications (CBSP) desirable

6+ years information security in financial services

Job description

State Street seeks a strategic Vice President, Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to lead cybersecurity advisory for lines of business and legal entities. This role sits in Global Cybersecurity, working with senior executives to embed security into business decisions and risk management across digital asset services, governance, and control frameworks.

The VP BISO will guide cyber risk assessment, threat modeling, and residual risk reduction, while building trusted relationships with