Consultant, Cyber Technology - Risk Practitioner

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

As a Consultant, BISO Risk Practitioner, you’ll play a critical role in bridging the gap between security and business within our Nationwide Financial organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual for a newly created role that requires strong relationship-building skills, with a focus on data security. This position will play a key role in integrating our security and applications into the Nationwide business. Your expertise in cybersecurity and technology will be essential for assessing security risks, driving adoption of security products, and ensuring our security posture aligns with industry standards. If you’re passionate about building relationships and translating risk concepts, this role is for you!

Responsibilities:

Risk Assessment and Insights:

Assess security risks and provide valuable insights

Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize security efforts

Act as a liaison between security teams and business units

Security Adoption:

Drive adoption of security-related products and practices

Advocate for security awareness and best practices

Ensure alignment with organizational goals

Relationship Building:

Cultivate strong relationships across departments

Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Bridge the gap between security requirements and business needs

Risk Articulation:

Translate risk concepts based on industry standards (NIST, CIS, CIA)

Clearly convey risk implications to decision-makers

Assess and understand data risks

Data Analysis for Security Concerns:

Use data analysis to identify security areas of concern

Prioritize security initiatives based on insights

Familiarity with PowerBI, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel

Compensation grade G5

Job Description SummaryIf you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Cyber Technology Risk Professional, you'll be entrusted to protect Nationwide. You'll identify issues and develop solutions for cyber security problems. You'll assess, report, and manage cyber risk through constant interaction with our technology and business partners. You'll gain an understanding of leading-edge technologies that play a key part in keeping Nationwide safe in our increasingly threatening world. You'll also help to build long-term relationships with potential Nationwide partners by providing up-to-date information on our Information Security Practices and thereby differentiating ourselves from our competitors by ensuring Nationwide is resilient in an ever-changing world and can meet, and exceed, its regulatory obligations while protecting our customers and business partners.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Improves the risk posture pertaining to confidentiality, availability, and integrity of assigned area by identifying, documenting, and communicating cyber risks; by demonstrating a continuous learning mindset.

Manages the development and delivery of key risk metrics.

Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.

Understands current risk posture of portfolio (including regulatory and compliance), establishes priorities, communicates risk issue mitigation plan development, decisions, and recommendations, and closes risk issues on time.

Integrates technology risk practices to reduce/minimize business risk.

Compliance: Consults with external regulators to respond to inquiries, audits, and programs properly and accurately. Partners on compliance risks for internal and external regulatory audits, programs, and assigned tasks. Continuously matures compliance capabilities. Identifies and resolves policy compliance discrepancies. Manages the response to Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), and Diligence inquiries.

Risk Partner: Completes moderate to complex risk assignments on time, achieving set milestones. Performs and tracks moderate consulting efforts to enhances cyber posture. Continuously matures security posture. Facilitates the adoption of IRM capability efforts within assigned area. Advances application and cloud security to counteract evolving cyber threats. Partners with Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) to manage Incident Response and Privacy within designated area.

Continuity: Performs Business Impact Analysis to identify enterprise-critical processes. Collaborates with peers and partners to develop test plans and strategies, monitor exercises, and communicate results. Establishes a crisis management response and fosters leader relationships. Provides thought leadership to advance continuity and resiliency capabilities and guide risk mitigation incorporating current and new emerging technology and continuity best practices.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager, Risk Leader or above.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in cyber security, management information systems, engineering, math, computer science, data analytics or comparable experience and education strongly preferred. Graduate studies in cyber security, computer science or a related field are a plus.

License/Certification/Designation: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or another cyber certification preferred.

Experience: Typically, six years of experience in one or more information risk management capabilities and/or information audit systems. Four years of experience in Technology.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Ability to make decisions and recommendations. Aptitude to influence, build relationships and set priorities. Excellent oral and written communication skills to interact with all levels of associates, senior management and/or vendors. Insurance and/or financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resource Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible)

Working Conditions: Hybrid to normal office environment.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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