Principal of Vulnerability Management Oversight

Principal Of Vulnerability Management Oversight

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose:

The Principal of Vulnerability Management Oversight is responsible for ensuring the enterprise Vulnerability Management (VM) program is effective, risk-aligned, and defensible—through independent challenge, governance, and validation.

This role provides independent risk-based governance within a Three Lines of Defense (3LOD) model, ensuring VM practices across the organization are effective, measurable, and aligned to risk appetite and regulatory expectations. The position partners closely with engineering, infrastructure, and application teams, acting as a credible challenger—not an operator. This role will support the Cybersecurity and Technology Risk Management team within the Second Line of Defense (2LOD) and report directly to the 2LOD VP of Information Security Risk.

Essential Functions:

• Provide independent challenge and oversight of vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation practices across enterprise environments.
• Define and maintain VM policies, standards, and risk-based remediation SLAs.
• Perform control validation and effectiveness testing of VM processes, tooling, and data quality.
• Assess and challenge risk acceptance decisions, compensating controls, and remediation timelines.
• Deliver risk-based reporting and insights on vulnerability exposure, trends, and systemic gaps.
• Provide oversight of VM tooling (e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7) to ensure coverage, configuration, and data integrity.
• Partner with First Line teams, Risk, Compliance, and Audit to ensure alignment with internal policies and regulatory expectations.
• Support regulatory exams and internal audits as the VM Second Line SME.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 15+ years of IT experience with 8+ years in Information Security
• Deep expertise in enterprise Vulnerability Management and risk-based prioritization.
• Experience operating in a Three Lines of Defense model and/or regulated environment (financial services preferred).
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, cloud, networking, and common vulnerability classes.
• Ability to translate technical findings into business risk and executive-level insights
• Experience in fintech or highly regulated industries
• Familiarity with CVSS, EPSS, threat intelligence, and KEV-based prioritization.
• Background in risk management, audit, or control validation.
• Background and drug screen.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The base pay scale for this position in: Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL / Washington, DC in USD per year is: $154,000 - $193,000. New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $186,000 - $232,000. Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.