Cyber & Risk Management Lead

Job Description:

  • Lead recurring enterprise and division risk assessments through stakeholder interviews and reviews of incidents, audits, projects, operations, and emerging threats
  • Identify strategic, operational, reporting, compliance, technology, and cybersecurity risks
  • Maintain the enterprise risk register and apply likelihood/impact scoring
  • Establish and monitor KRIs/KPIs, trends, emerging risks, and mitigation actions, including monthly follow-up with risk owners
  • Develop Risk Assessment Reports (RARs), ERM dashboards, and senior-leadership/Risk Committee reporting
  • Evaluate policies, processes, controls, audits, and compliance reviews to identify weaknesses, noncompliance, and control gaps
  • Coordinate risk liaisons and process owners to define, track, and validate corrective and mitigation actions
  • Provide ERM guidance, training, templates, tools, expectations, and deadlines to stakeholders
  • Improve ERM procedures, dashboards, workflows, and automation
  • Benchmark practices against COSO ERM, ISO 31000, and applicable Federal cybersecurity and risk requirements

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Risk Management, or a related discipline
  • Over 10 years of relevant enterprise risk management, cybersecurity/IT risk, information assurance, governance, compliance, or related experience
  • Senior industry professional certification such as CISSP or equivalent
  • Demonstrated technical/management leadership on major cybersecurity or risk assignments
  • Experience establishing goals/plans, directing multidisciplinary activities, and interfacing with senior Government/client leadership
  • Expert knowledge of enterprise/cybersecurity risk assessment, risk registers, likelihood/impact scoring, KRIs/KPIs, mitigation tracking, controls, compliance, and executive risk reporting
  • Experience evaluating security/risk requirements, policies, controls, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues and recommending solutions or corrective actions
  • Experience improving risk processes, tools, dashboards, workflows, templates, or automation
  • Experience coordinating risk owners, liaisons, technical teams, and senior stakeholders
  • Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust
  • At least an active Secret clearance is highly preferred
  • U.S. Citizenship is required

Benefits:

  • Certification incentive program
  • PTO
  • Floating federal holiday options
  • HMO insurance options
  • High Deductible health plans with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
  • Flex Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Full Dental Plans
  • Vision insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k match
  • Professional development through certification incentives
  • Flexible Work Environment
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