West Monroe is excited to hire a Cybersecurity - 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. Managers typically engage directly with client leadership to understand their IT organization and systems, identify cybersecurity weaknesses, and manage consultants 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, Credit Union, Private Equity, FinTech, 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 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 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
• Actively build a professional & affiliate network in Consulting, Cybersecurity, FinServ, and/or broader Technology communities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred or equivalent experience required
• Consulting firm/industry experience preferred
• 5-10+ years of experience in Cybersecurity w/ preference for Financial Services industry exposure
• Skilled in leading cyber risk assessments and 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 controls, threat hunting, incident response strategy, cloud security, application security, etc.
• Comfortable 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 (avg. 15-20%/year)

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