Tech Risk and Controls Director | M&A Cyber Assessments

Join a role that's central to securely and compliantly achieving our business objectives driving M&A activity, offering a unique opportunity to shape the firm's tech risk strategy and enhance industry compliance.

As a Tech Risk & Controls Director in Cybersecurity and Technology Controls, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing the firm's technology risk management strategy.

Leveraging your advanced knowledge and expertise in technology-risk disciplines, you will identify, oversee, and mitigate compliance and operational risks in line with the firm's standards.

You will collaborate with various stakeholders, including Product Owners, Business Control Managers, and regulators, to develop and maintain a comprehensive view of the technology risk posture and its impact on the business.

Your ability to make calculated decisions, manage large teams, and drive strategic projects will be crucial in ensuring the firm's adherence to regulatory obligations and industry best practices.

Your work will contribute to the long-term success and resilience of the organization in an ever-evolving technology landscape.

The Cybersecurity and Technology Controls M&A Team defines, assesses and executes processes for inherent technology risk calculation and control scoping for an acquisition's unique operating environment.

Job responsibilities


* Lead the execution of the Global Technology Acquisition Procedures across the the Merger and Acquisition (M&A) lifecycle from early technical due diligence through integration complete.


* Oversee CTC due diligence work streams for new acquisitions and strategic investments undertaken by the LoB.


* Drive execution of cybersecurity and technology control due diligence, providing subject matter expertise in the evaluation of technology risk to enable our business partners to make a risk based decision on proceeding with each transaction.


* Collaborate with the CTC M&A Cybersecurity Architecture as a Service (CAaaS) function for technical assessments, architecture reviews, threat modeling, and control design consulting.


* Partner with the line of business to provide strategic guidance in the development of integration and secure-in-place plans, risk impact of key decisions and considerations for mitigations where risk is accepted.


* Provide governance and oversight of the line of business teams, ensuring accountability for integration and controls management responsibilities.


* Identify and escalate emerging and upstream technology risk through execution of the Firm's management framework tools, including risk event management, reporting, and action plan tracking, and provide expert counsel to stakeholders and constituents regarding their security obligations, facilitating acceptable outcomes


* Establish and maintain strong relationships with CTC M&A Program Enablement group, internal and external stakeholders, including key cross-functional team leads, regulators, and a...