Vice President – Security Tooling Product Line

Key Responsibilities

• World-Class Operations – Direct and ensure resiliency for security capabilities and services including data and database protections, SaaS and cloud posture management, and encryption and endpoint security.
• Deliver Business Value – Develop and implement strategies furthering processes, capabilities, and optimizations to security capabilities and tooling, automation and self-service, while regularly partnering with business partners and governing bodies.
• Leadership – Demonstrate experience with mentorship to foster personal and professional growth; be an active expert to help shape our future environment through strategic relationships, while ensuring the team is trained, empowered, and enabled to drive to decisions on their own and to move quickly, fail fast, and deliver quality outcomes.
• Support Decision-Making – Ensure informed risk decisions by senior executive leadership and business line executives through coordinating high impact written and verbal briefings on sensitive and complex matters.
• Agile and Adaptable – Operate in a matrixed organization and influence without authority. Thrive in an agile and product oriented operating model that is focused on delivering outcomes providing business value over individual components.
• Performance and Accountability – Anticipate trends and our needs; communicate a compelling vision for your team; articulate and align team priorities.
• Innovation – Integrate diverse views to facilitate breakthroughs; inspire commitment to changes through relevant stories; challenge others to think differently and creatively.
• Role model and Talent Champion Coach – Develop talent across the organization and hold management accountable for feedback and mentoring to team members; advocates for personal development. Facilitate open deliberation with honest and diverse ideas; influences through listening; promote others to grow their reputation and visibility through their contributions.
• Expert in modern security technology – Exceptional grasp of security analytics; development and automation; cloud capabilities, security technology integration and architecture.

Qualification & Requirements

• Thinking Strategically – Thinks about issues and navigates relationships to advance the Bank’s goals; Leads with the future in mind.
• Leading Inclusively – Leverages diverse talents, positively impacts culture and engagement, and encourages development for all employees.
• Growing Intentionally – Demonstrates self-awareness and continuous development by seeking out feedback and modifying behavior.

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, business administration, or related field is required.
• 10+ years of work experience including prior management experience.
• Track record of strong leadership of a team of highly skilled professionals.
• Excellent communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to build and manage strong relationships and develop and drive product strategy/roadmap in a shared services environment.
• Expertise in relationship management and an exemplary ability to manage stakeholder expectations through clear and transparent communications.
• Significant experience in setting strategic direction, being accountable for and delivering strategic results and business value, aligning programs with the organization’s strategic direction, and focusing on continuous improvement efforts within a complex IT organization.
• Strong domain knowledge of security, compliance, and cryptographic tooling and frameworks along with broad knowledge of current trends in cloud, automation, and self-service capabilities.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret level security clearance.

• Travel: up to 25% of the time
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and could take approximately two months to be completed. The screening covers areas such as education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reaches out to your references and people that know you well.
• As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official if necessary.

Benefits

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.