Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Defining, executing, and managing the lifecycle of objective evidence submission, storage, review, and validation process;
- Facilitating process improvement activities across the CISO organization.
Requirements:
- Sound knowledge of business management and a working knowledge of information security risk management and cybersecurity technologies;
- Minimum of three years of experience in the financial services industry, ideally in mortgage lending;
- Must be a critical thinker, with strong problem-solving skills;
- High degree of initiative, dependability and ability to work with little supervision while being resilient to change;
- Experience with contract and vendor negotiations;
- Degree in business administration or a technology-related field, or equivalent work- or education-related experience;
- Ability to lead and motivate the information security team to achieve tactical and strategic goals, even when only “dotted line” reporting lines exist;
- Experience implementing AI-driven security tools , such as LogRythm, Versive and EventTracker;
- Poise and ability to act calmly and competently in high-pressure, high-stress situations;
- Strategic leader and builder of both vision and bridges, and able to energize the appropriate teams in the organization;
- A master of influencing entities and decisions in situations where no formal reporting structures exist, but achieving the desirable outcome is vital;
- Ability to work well in a strong collaborative team-oriented environment;
- Strong organizational skills;
- Experience with model-based process improvement;
- Very strong communication skills.