Principal Tech Resiliency

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 are located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York and follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Potential candidates must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the time of hire. This position is ineligible for visa sponsorship. Overall Purpose Provides independent second‑line oversight, assessment, and credible challenge of first‑line technology risk management activities across the company specific to Resiliency Management. Partners across Technology, Security, Product, Data, and other business functions to evaluate risk and control practices, including risk assessments, issues management, control validation, key risk indicators, governance reporting, and escalation. Helps ensure technology‑related risks are managed consistent with enterprise risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and sound industry practice. May support one or more focus areas based on business need, including Enterprise Technology Risk, Data Security Risk, Access Management Risk, Offensive Security Risk, Vulnerability Management Risk, AI Security Risk, and Asset and Inventory Management Risk. Essential Functions Provide independent review, oversight, and credible challenge of first‑line resiliency risk management activities, controls, and decisions. Evaluate the design and execution of risk management practices to ensure alignment with enterprise frameworks, policies, regulatory expectations, and relevant industry standards. Provide independent challenge and oversight of risk identification and assessment activities. Review and challenge risk and control self‑assessments, issues management, remediation plans, control validation outcomes, and key risk indicators. Assess the adequacy of severity ratings, root cause analyses, action plans, and closure evidence for technology‑related issues and risk events. Identify risk trends, concentrations, and emerging themes through analysis of risk data, governance materials, and business changes; develop an independent view of risk exposure and control effectiveness. Prepare and support reporting, escalation, and discussion materials for senior leaders, governance forums, and risk committees. Partner with first‑line leaders, subject matter experts, and independent testing or validation teams to improve clarity of control expectations, testing scope, and evidence requirements. Provide ongoing risk advisory support while maintaining second‑line independence and accountability for effective challenge. Recommend opportunities to strengthen risk awareness, governance routines, and training that improve technology risk management maturity. Support the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data. Focus: Enterprise Technology Resiliency Assess the maturity and effectiveness of Technology Resilience capabilities across critical technology services, infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, and end‑user computing. Evaluate resilience lifecycle processes, including disaster recovery planning, backup and recovery, service continuity, technology recovery, and resilience by design. Review business impact analyses, recovery strategies, recovery time objectives (RTOs), recovery point objectives (RPOs), and dependency mapping for critical technology services. Evaluate the design, coverage, and outcomes of resilience testing programs, including disaster recovery exercises, failover testing, tabletop exercises, and simulation activities. Assess resilience considerations relating to third‑party technology providers, cloud services, and critical technology dependencies. Review technology resilience metrics, recovery performance, and testing outcomes to identify opportunities for improving organisational resilience capabilities. Contribute to the continuous improvement of Technology Resilience frameworks, standards, methodologies, and assurance practices. Minimum Qualifications Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Typically has 12 years of experience or demonstrated portfolio consistent with the experience required of the role in technology risk, information security, operational risk, or related disciplines within a regulated or otherwise complex operating environment. Strong understanding of risk management practices, control frameworks, and second‑line oversight within a three‑lines‑of‑defense model. Demonstrated experience providing independent review, challenge, or governance of first‑line technology, security, data, or operational risk activities. Strong ability to assess control design and effectiveness, synthesize risk data, identify themes, and translate technical issues into business risk. Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder‑management skills, including experience interacting with senior leaders and cross‑functional partners. Strong critical thinking, judgment, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to provide practical, risk‑based recommendations in a complex environment. Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and maintain effective working relationships while preserving second‑line objectivity. Background and drug screen required. Preferred Qualifications Advanced degree or additional related education and/or experience preferred. Experience in financial services, payments, fintech, or another highly regulated industry. Familiarity with relevant regulatory expectations and industry standards and frameworks applicable to technology and security risk management such as ISO 27002, PCI DSS, NIST, FFIEC, and SOC 2. Experience supporting governance committees, audits, examinations, or regulatory interactions. Relevant risk, security, audit, or control certifications preferred such as CISA, CISM, CISSP, CCSP, CRISC, GSNA, CGIH, or equivalent. Project or process management experience supporting cross‑functional risk, control, or governance initiatives preferred. 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. Pay Scale Phoenix, AZ / Chicago, IL / Washington, DC: $184,000 - $230,000 per year. New York, NY / San Francisco, CA: $221,000 - $276,000 per year. Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits. Benefits Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans; company contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre‑tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses. 401(k) Retirement Plan – 100% company match on first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility. Paid Time Off – Flexible time off for exempt employees, generous PTO for non‑exempt employees, 11 paid company holidays, and a paid volunteer day. 12 weeks of paid parental leave. Maven Family Planning – support through parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work. 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