Penetration Test North America Lead

Contribute to leading-edge security and resilience efforts, advancing protective strategies and propelling continuous improvement.

As an Assessments & Exercises Vice President in Cyber and Tech Controls line of business, you will contribute significantly to enhancing the firm's cybersecurity or resiliency posture by using industry-standard assessment methodologies and techniques to proactively identify risks and vulnerabilities in people, processes, and technology.

Design and deploy risk-driven tests and simulations (or manage a highly-skilled team that does) and inform analysis to clearly outline root-causes.

In this role, evaluate preventative controls, incident response processes, and detection capabilities, and advise cross-functional teams on security strategy and risk management.

JPMC's Assurance Operations organization is looking to expand its Penetration Testing Team with a North America Lead position.

The North America Lead is tasked with managing and providing critical support to the firm's internal team of highly skilled and qualified Penetration Testers who conduct manual in-depth assessments to replicate relevant cyber security threats targeting the firm.

Take pride in leading offensive security testing teams to deliver advanced application and network exploitation utilizing your significant experience in Information Security , people management , written and oral communication , and project management .

Job responsibilities


* Manage a technical team of highly skilled and qualified Penetration Testers


* Design and execute testing and simulations - such as penetration tests, technical controls assessments, cyber exercises, or resiliency simulations, and contribute to the development and refinement of assessment methodologies, tools, and frameworks to ensure alignment with the firm's strategy and compliance with regulatory requirements


* Evaluate controls for effectiveness and impact on operational risk, as well as opportunities to automate control evaluation


* Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive assessment reports - including detailed findings, risk assessments, and remediation recommendations - making data-driven decisions that utilize continuous improvement


* Utilize threat intelligence and security research to stay informed about emerging threats, vulnerabilities, industry best practices, and regulations.

Apply this knowledge to enhance the firm's assessment strategy and risk management.

Engage with peers and industry groups that share threat intelligence analytics

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills


* 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity or resiliency, with demonstrated exceptional organizational skills to plan, design, and coordinate the development of offensive security testing, assessments, or simulation exercises


* Proven ability managing teams of technical staff, experience or ability to create long term strategic plans, and experi...