Sr. Manager, Information Security - Governance & Regulatory

Sr. Manager, Information Security - Governance & Regulatory

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

As a leader in the U.S. Region Information Security team, you’ll work in a fast-paced environment where you will be empowered to make impactful contributions to mature and sustain our risk management program. As an Information Security Senior Manager, you will assess and manage risks related to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization’s information assets, working closely with business leaders to identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks to the organization’s information systems.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. To successfully perform the work, you’ll work in a hybrid environment with the expectation to be onsite at least 2 days per week in Chicago Downtown while the other days may be remote.

• Strategy – Provide strategic thought leadership, build and regularly update the U.S. Region’s vision, roadmap, and backlogs related to Information Security. Gain and nurture support for the program through business cases and apprising senior and executive management. Execute and deliver on initiatives with agility and quality.
• Governance – Ensure program governance across U.S. Information Security teams.
• Delivery and Execution – Lead the execution of detailed risk assessments, reporting of risks, and coordination with impacted stakeholders. Complete ad hoc and urgent requests from internal and external partners, and recommend new controls to reduce risks.
• Project Management – Provide oversight of individual and team activities, support development of roadmaps and ensure execution.
• Communication – Create powerful reports to executive management and external parties aimed at communicating Information Security program maturity, organizational risks, status of key initiatives, and projects that impact the U.S. Region. Participate in the design and implementation of security assessment processes throughout the Information Security department.
• Teamwork and Relationship Building – Foster collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders to identify opportunities to enhance Information Security processes and controls, understand pain points and priorities, influence direction, solve problems, and ensure successful adoption and operation of policies and standards. Grow and deepen an external network of industry contacts and participate in external forums to monitor Information Security trends, developments, and best practices.

• At least 10 years of experience leading execution of information security risk and compliance assessments or audits based on industry standard frameworks and/or regulatory requirements in highly regulated industries (e.g., NIST, ISO, COSO, GLBA, NY DFS 500, FFIEC, PCI).
• Information Technology experience.
• Action-oriented, thriving when empowered to take initiative, go above and beyond, and deliver results.
• Passionate for excellence, holding yourself and others accountable.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, enjoys investigating complex problems, and communicates detailed information meaningfully.
• Motivated by collective success and teamwork.
• Detail-oriented with strong critical thinking skills.
• Strong communicator, verbally and in writing, able to flex to the needs of executives and team members inside and outside of U.S. Information Security.
• Goal-oriented, motivated by accomplishing individual and team goals and consistently delivering your best to make a difference.
• Curious learner, staying current on industry trends.
• Challenges the status quo and has a passion for continuous improvement.
• Experience leading teams.
• Values matter – brings real self to work and lives the organization’s values (trust, teamwork, accountability).

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