Chief Information Security Officer

5 days ago

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Full time
Job Summary

The Cybersecurity and IT Risk Management Director will lead the execution of the bank's second line of defense (2LoD) Cybersecurity and IT strategy and roadmap within Operational Risk / Global Risk Management (GRM) globally. This role is responsible for ensuring business strategies, plans, and initiatives are executed/delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

This individual will lead Cyber & IT Risk transformation activities, manage regulatory change management, and support audit and regulatory activities. A deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, regulatory standards, and best practices is required to ensure the bank's Cybersecurity and IT posture is robust and resilient.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of driving cross-functional senior executive steering committees with a global presence and experience in financial sector regulatory practices and second line of defense effective challenge.

About Scotiabank

We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.

Responsibilities

1. Lead and drive a customer-focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
2. Implement a comprehensive Second Line of Defense (2LoD) cybersecurity and IT strategy, governance framework, and IT maturity roadmap, ensuring alignment with the bank's security posture and resilience and regulatory requirements.
3. Partner with Global Cyber and Technology Risk, Internal Audit, and Regulatory Relations teams to ensure that regulatory examination requirements across second lines of defense are met. Collaborate with senior leaders in Global Cybersecurity and Technology to ensure integrated activities across regulatory remediation.
4. Oversee and support internal and external audits, including documentation preparation, auditor coordination, and addressing audit findings.
5. Develop and uphold 2LoD cybersecurity and IT policies, procedures, and standards to ensure compliance and best practices.
6. Ensure that remediation activities are traceable to root causes and regulatory responses in partnership with senior leaders.
7. Review and challenge all regulatory submissions to ensure accuracy, validity, completeness, and alignment with internal Scotiabank policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
8. Identify areas for improvement through regulatory submission reviews, communicating issues, risks, and control gaps to the broader Second Line of Defense team and subject matter experts for targeted deep dives.
9. Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
10. Create an environment in which their team pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank's Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles.
11. Build a high-performance environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset.

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will need:

1. University degree, preferably in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field, and a minimum of 10 years' experience in increasingly senior Information Security roles in a complex, global organization.
2. Financial services and specifically banking experience is mandatory.
3. Experience in driving cross-functional senior executive steering committees with a global presence.
4. Professional Certification is preferred: CISA or equivalent, compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO or NIST)
5. 12+ years of related IT process experience including previous internal audit experience, external audit experience or risk assessment experience.
6. Experience with financial sector regulatory practices and second line of defense effective challenge.
7. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate security objectives and concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
8. Ability to lead teams in a highly complex and matrixed organization.
9. Strong leadership and collaboration skills. Excellent oral and written communication, attention to detail, and strong planning and management ability.
10. Experience with and knowledge of formal project management methodologies is desired.
11. English fluency required and Spanish preferred.

What's in it for you?

We offer a competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal and sick days, medical, vision, and dental benefits that start from day one.

We also provide access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can brush up on skills, or learn new ones. Multiple career paths and innumerable progression opportunities are available.

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