VP BISO - Cyber Focused

Our client, a well-respected Fintech firm in midtown NY, is looking for a BISO to join the team and lead the Cyber program. Responsibilities: Oversee PCI, with SOX and ISO 27001 initiatives, support internal technology audits, as well as support Privacy on GDPR/CCPA initiatives Oversee Client Assurance initiatives including responses to customer questionnaires, facilitate customer meetings and audits, and support Legal with the review of customer contracts. Understand business unit strategy and roadmaps to ensure security is embedded at the right control points Act as the primary local security contact / adviser for technology, legal, finance, audit, compliance, product leadership Run the monthly Cyber Risk Steering Committees and quarterly CEO briefings to ensure stakeholders are kept abreast of risks, threats, program maturity and projects Lead the development of unit specific security strategy Drive implementation of the Security Policies and Standards across the assigned business unit Proactively identify non-compliance and areas of potential improvement, and facilitate development and deployment of standard solutions Provide regular and timely reporting on the status of cybersecurity across the business unit Engage with the Incident Response Team (IRT) and provide escalation path for security issues, incidents and inquiries Work with the Cyber Defense, Product Security Engineering, Enterprise Security teams to assist in effectively driving program maturity Skills: 13+ years of working experience A Bachelor's degree, ideally in Technology, Computer Science/Engineering or Cybersecurity Must have a strong understanding of security compliance, policy management, security frameworks (NIST) and regulations. Solid foundation of security architectures and cloud computing environments International work experience or experience working as part of a globally dispersed team is a plus CISSP or CRISC certifications are a major plus