FINRA · 4 hours ago
Director of Cyber Risk, Governance & Compliance Technology
Rockville, MD (Job Posting)
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $264K/yr
10+ years expFINRA is the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and they are seeking a Director of Cyber Risk, Governance & Compliance Technology. The role involves overseeing a Technology program, driving cybersecurity risk management, and leading a team to strengthen the organization's security posture.
FinanceFinancial ServicesNon Profit
Responsibilities
Has hands on experience with federal government leadership in cyber security and enterprise risk
As a director in Cyber Governance and Risk, you will drive efforts that align with Cyber’s strategy for high priority projects for the company
Develop and lead innovative, data-driven approaches to strengthening security posture and will drive effective cybersecurity risk management and due diligence approaches while supporting business imperatives
Manage and grow a dynamic team of people in the cybersecurity and risk domains
Establish relationships with information security and risk management teams, becoming a trusted adviser for cybersecurity risk, control and reporting challenges
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the firm's information security processes and controls, and consult process owners as new initiatives, risks, threats, control activities, and issues emerge
Align and implement enterprise cybersecurity requirements for the division by working with Enterprise Ops & Tech, and business stakeholders to analyze changes, assess impact, refine implementation approach, and establish compliance reporting
Lead engagements and presentations on top risks, trends and internal controls for senior department/divisional leadership, risk oversight, and cross-business consumption
Demonstrate compliance with the following frameworks: NIST FISMA/FedRAMP, NIST CSF, CJIS, RegSCI and PCI-DSS
Directly manage and/or influence separate teams focused on delivering high quality results within one or more major technology disciplines: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and compliance
Focus on coordination with internal and external partners to deliver methods, procedures, practices, documents and results to increase reliability and usability of technology while optimizing costs and return on investment
Deliver results based upon FINRA annual goals, department goals and management requests
Direct and coordinate organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency for a program, project and/or practice area
Provides leadership in technology best practices
Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solutions and solve problems
Support the evaluation of new technologies, techniques, and tools
Report status and issues to senior Technology management team
Work directly with outside vendors to negotiate services and product agreements
Serve on as backup to more senior level management as needed
Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with peers both within and outside of Technology, and maintain them over time
Contribute to the establishment, evolution and continued compliance with standard practices and processes within the disciplines
Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls
Ensure all work products meets /exceeds FINRA standards and risks are effectively managed
Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing and reporting
Resource Management
Identify and hire resource/skills needed within their organization
Responsible for staff performance management and training
Coordinate assignment of subordinate staff
Demonstration of FINRA’s values
Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least ten (10) years of related experience, or equivalent training and / or work experience; Master's degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred
Minimum of 5 years of technical project, program and / or practice area oversight
Past experience influencing decisions and building conscience across internal and external partners
Knowledge of business, technology and management principles involved in strategic planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources
Experience must include direct experience in one of the following areas: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and / or compliance
Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology best practices including familiarity with technology methodologies including at least one of ISO-9000, ITIL, Agile and iterative
Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills
Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships and leverage those relationships to improve the quality of work products
Must be able to identify, evaluate and recommend processes, tools, technologies and / or products to meet business and budgetary requirements
Should be well organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities
Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal
401(k) plan with company match
FINRA-funded retirement contribution
Tuition reimbursement
Commuter benefits
Adoption assistance
Backup family care
Surrogacy benefits
Employee assistance
Wellness programs
15 days of paid time off
5 personal days
9 sick days
Two volunteer service days
Military leave
Jury duty leave
Bereavement leave
Voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections
Care of a family member leave
Childbirth and parental leave
Nine paid holidays
Company
FINRA
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent regulator for securities firms doing business in the U.S. It is a sub-organization of Thrivent.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
FINRA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (59)
2024 (43)
2023 (35)
2022 (56)
2021 (27)
2020 (37)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tina Salehi Gubb
Senior Vice President
Michael Solomon
Executive Vice President of Examinations and Membership Application Program
Recent News
Investment News
2026-01-13
2026-01-06
Company data provided by crunchbase