Managing Director - Insider Threat Program

About the role

Leads the Bank’s enterprise insider threat program, defining strategy, governance, and operating model to proactively identify, assess, mitigate, and prevent insider-driven risk.

Responsibilities

• Establishes a risk-based approach to insider threat, strengthening the Bank’s ability to anticipate emerging threats, close control gaps, and enhance operational resilience.
• Maintains a forward-looking view of emerging insider risks, including employee-enabled fraud, credential misuse, data exfiltration, collusion, third-party insider risk, and cyber-enabled activity.
• Owns the end-to-end insider threat control framework, including prevention rules, risk-based detection models, behavioral analytics, investigative protocols, case management standards, and escalation processes.
• Embeds privacy-by-design and ethical monitoring practices, ensuring transparency, proportionality, and protection of employee dignity.
• Leverages data, analytics, and risk indicators to inform strategy, prioritization, and investment decisions.
• Partners with Global Investigations to ensure consistent triage, investigation, escalation, and resolution related to Insider threat across the enterprise.
• Defines standards for response actions ensuring timeliness, governance, and defensibility.
• Develops and enhances intelligence-led detection capabilities and response frameworks to enable proactive risk identification and mitigation.
• Manages systemic control gaps and drives remediation across identity and access management, privileged access, data protection, fraud controls, vendor access, and critical operations.
• Supports regulatory exams, audits, and governance reviews, ensuring readiness and effective response across cyber risk, fraud, conduct risk, and operational resilience.

Requirements

• 10+ years in a global systemically important bank (GSIB), large financial institution, intelligence agency, law enforcement, military, or critical infrastructure environment.
• Experience in leading enterprise-side or global risk or security programs.
• Proven track record building or transforming insider threat, cyber, fraud, or security capabilities.
• Strong knowledge in one or more areas: insider threat, cybersecurity, fraud, financial crime, investigations, operational risk, or enterprise security.
• Understanding of banking operations, conduct risk, and financial crime typologies.
• Knowledge of regulatory expectations related to cyber, fraud, and operational resilience.
• Working knowledge of analytics, detection models, and insider threat tools.
• Ability to lead global distributed teams and build multidisciplinary capabilities.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• High judgment and discretion in handling sensitive matters.
• Ability to translate complete risk signals into clear, actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Preferred professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), or relevant investigations/intelligence credentials.
• Background in law enforcement, intelligence, or national security organizations (e.g., federal agencies or equivalent).
• Established external network across industry, law enforcement, and intelligence communities.

Benefits

At BMO, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family. This includes:

• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Accident and life insurance
• Retail savings plan

To learn more about our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

Schedule

The schedule for this role is full-time.

Pay

The position is targeted at a base range between $225K USD and $300K USD. Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.