Technical Cyber Security Advisory, Vice President

Overview

In this role you will act as a senior cyber advisor across business, technology, risk, and Global Cybersecurity to raise cyber resilience and drive practical improvements. You combine offensive security insight with risk-based thinking to translate complex issues into actionable decisions for senior stakeholders. You will shape regional and global cyber requirements and provide implementation guidance in a fast-evolving threat landscape. This is a high-impact, cross-functional leadership opportunity within State Street’s Global Cybersecurity program.

Pay / Benefits

• inclusive development opportunities
• flexible work-life support
• paid volunteer days
• vibrant employee networks

Responsibilities

• Provide senior cyber advisory and constructive challenge to business, technology, and cyber teams on cyber security matters
• Review complex cyber issues and support solution design, including offensive security findings, vulnerability management, incident lessons learned, and architecture reviews
• Translate security insights into practical risk-based remediation plans that reduce risk exposure
• Lead or contribute to regulatory alignment activities including impact assessments, evidence reviews, supervisory responses, readiness reviews, and remediation tracking
• Drive change by identifying recurring control weaknesses and improving cyber governance, metrics, and accountability
• Prepare briefings, risk narratives, and executive updates for senior stakeholders and governance forums
• Act as regional orchestrator for cross-functional cyber activities to ensure ownership, prioritisation, and measurable outcomes
• Support client, business, and external engagements by presenting the bank’s cyber posture and improvement activity clearly

Key requirements

• Typically 10-15 years of experience in cyber security, technology risk, security architecture, offensive security, cyber consulting, operational resilience, or related financial services roles
• Strong technical credibility across offensive security, risk, and security solution architecture
• Ability to review complex technology/control issues and translate risk into actionable decisions for senior stakeholders
• Knowledge of frameworks and regulatory expectations relevant to banking and supervisory inquiries
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for concise business-relevant risk explanations
• Experience in influencing and leading change across cross-functional teams
• Ability to convert regulatory expectations and audit findings into pragmatic implementation plans
• Hybrid, London-based role with willingness to travel as needed

• Influencing and change leadership
• Clear, concise communication with senior stakeholders
• Ownership mindset and sound judgement
• Offensive security awareness, attack paths, red/purple team findings
• Security solution architecture across cloud, IAM, network, application security, endpoint, data protection, and resilience controls
• Vulnerability management, incident learning, and architecture reviews

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