West Monroe is excited to hire a Cybersecurity – Senior Manager to lead full lifecycle projects for Financial Services clients, which may involve security controls audits & remediation, risk advisory, compliance assessments, threat hunting, resiliency planning, application & cloud security, and/or strategy & roadmap development. Our senior managers engage directly with client leadership to understand their IT organization & systems, identify cybersecurity weaknesses, and manage consultant teams in hardening the environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-growth, employee-centric firm and lead the improvement of security posture across complex FinServ domains—Enterprise Banking, Private Equity, FinTech, Trading, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic cybersecurity consulting services for clients within our FinServ portfolio, ranging from policy definition to solution implementation & adoption
• Manage client relationships to determine project requirements and provide status updates; translate requirements into concrete proposals, including detailed work plans and cost estimates
• Leverage industry-recognized frameworks to lead risk assessments & controls audits of existing organization– compliance adherence, IT processes, personnel, technologies/tools– while developing implementation strategies and roadmaps to guide solution(s) delivery
• Lead junior consultants on projects, delegate workstreams, and act as career advisor/mentor
• Promote thought leadership in emerging Cybersecurity/FinServ technologies and trends through writing blogs & white papers, attending industry events, and contributing to Centers of Excellence
• Assist with business development at existing clients, looking for opportunities to cross-sell solutions
• Actively build a professional & affiliate network in Consulting, Cybersecurity, FinServ, and/or broader Tech communities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred or equivalent experience required
• Consulting firm/industry experience preferred
• 10-15+ years of experience in Cybersecurity w/ preference for Financial Services industry exposure
• Adept at leading cyber risk assessments & controls’ audits using NIST or similar frameworks
• Well-versed in various compliance, privacy, and regulatory frameworks: SOC1/2, ISO 20001, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP, GDPR, CCPA, FINRA, GLBA, SOX, etc.
• Broad knowledge of cybersecurity competencies such as security controls, threat hunting, incident response strategy, cloud security, application security, etc.
• Experience delivering end-to-end solutions: people management, strategy/roadmap, design, solution development, implementation, change management, etc.
• Competent verbal, presentation, facilitation, and written communication skills
• Willingness to travel for client engagements
• Bonus – BD/PD, M&A experience, IT Infrastructure or Public Cloud skills

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