Senior Associate, Cyber and Digital Risk Management

Location: New York

Senior Associate, Cyber and Digital Risk Management Country:
United States of America
** It Starts Here:
** Santander is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry and is evolving from a high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization. Our people are at the heart of this journey and together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.  This is more than a strategic shift.  It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

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**** The Difference You Make:
** The Sr Associate Cyber and Digital Risk Management monitors activities to minimize the company's exposure to information security risks. Activities may include 2nd line of defense independent assurance over technical cyber risk analysis, risk identification and remediation. The incumbent shall support the preservation of digital trust and ensure that the oversight is adequate to minimize compliance and regulatory risk by resolving issues and ensuring adherence to industry good practice frameworks, company and legal standards.

Responsible for ensuring that the company's activities adhere to the necessary rules and regulations, and that the company complies with legal/regulatory statutes and jurisdictions, as they relate to the management of cyber and digital risks.

The Senior Associate, Cyber and Digital Risk Management is responsible for independent risk management and assurance activities over the assigned business area’s technology footprint covering Information Security, Cyber Resilience, Cyber Fraud and Data Security (incl. Retention and Disposal) as part of the second line of defense Technology Risk Management organization.

The incumbent develops and maintains an effective Information Security Risk oversight program that enables the assigned business area to comprehensively identify, assess, mitigate, manage, monitor and report technology risk, including performing technical risk reviews of identified domains.

This role is established in the second line of defense and requires collaboration across CISO, Data Office, IT, Operational Risk, Internal Audit and other relevant functional stakeholders within the organization in the management of Cybersecurity risks. An excellent understanding of the evolving regulatory landscape in the US and EU are vital for success in this role.

The day-to-day focus may vary depending on the requirements of the overall second line of defense program priorities directed by the Head of Technology Risk and may include: planned or ad-hoc technical risk review and challenge, review of Technology or Business initiatives, Ongoing risk monitoring activities, Risk reporting, development of technical risk framework and methodologies.

The team to support the oversight of cybersecurity risks will comprise of individuals aligned against the core coverage areas noted above. This is an individual contributor role but will require people and stakeholder management skills to operate effectively in a 2nd line of defense role in a matrix organization.
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Establish themselves as one of the second line of defense subject matter experts for key stakeholders in the management of cybersecurity and technology risks across all operating entities
* Identify and assess cybersecurity risks and participate in the independent and ongoing risk oversight of key technology components of the firm’s digital transformation initiatives.
* Participate in evaluation of new products / Business changes / projects and assess related cybersecurity risks and impact to the technology risk profile
* Participate in the evaluation and management of cybersecurity risks related to third-party suppliers involved in technology and business projects
* Manage and execute targeted risk reviews designed to evaluate information security risks and their effective and sustainable mitigation
* Perform review and challenge of first line of defense information security risk management processes, data and outcomes (e.g. risk…