Chief Information Security Officer; CISO

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

ECLARO provides the following pay range for this position:

• Base pay range: $/yr - $/yr

• Total compensation: $-$300,000/yr

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Pursue excellence in your career! ECLARO is seeking a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Solutions professional for our client in Charlotte, NC. Our client is an innovative financial technology company transforming digital banking and payments. If you’re driven by technology and excited to shape the future of finance, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career with a forward‑thinking team!

Position Overview

• Thrives in a fast‑moving environment and contributes to a team that embraces continuous delivery practices and places a strong emphasis on enhancing the customer experience.

• Extensive collaboration and teamwork across various teams and organizational boundaries, playing a pivotal role in engineering services that consistently exceed customer expectations.

• Self‑driven individual who excels at multitasking and flourishes as part of a collaborative team.

• Possesses a genuine enthusiasm for exploring cutting‑edge technologies, driving innovation, and thriving in a startup environment.

• Passionate about being part of a forward‑thinking team; we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain effective relationships with business and technology stakeholders.

• Partner with stakeholders across the company to raise awareness of risk management concerns.

• Develop and enhance an information security management framework (such as ISO, SOC2, etc.).

• Assist with the overall business technology planning by providing current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems.

• Mitigate the risks that various security threats pose to the organization’s mission and goals.

• Develop secure business and communication practices, objectives, and metrics.

• Create and interpret standards, policies, and procedures; analyze systems and processes, write and review standards and procedures, handle multiple projects.

• Work with external audit firms to achieve and maintain compliance accreditations.

• Manage client security assessments and develop internal security training programs and maintain materials for end‑users.

• Stay current on security practices, threat landscape, laws, and regulations.

• Knowledge of network security threats and ability to implement preventative controls including firewalls, access controls, authentication systems, intrusion detection systems, VPNs, cryptography, etc.

• Resolve advanced security issues in diverse and fast‑paced environments.

• Build good relationships at all levels, influence stakeholders of all levels, and foster cross‑functional collaboration.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a combination of risk management, information security, and IT roles.

• 2 to 4 years of CISO experience at a bank with over $20B in assets; OCC expertise preferred.

• Advanced knowledge in the information security domain.

• Experience implementing an internal information security program preferred.

• Knowledge of common information security management frameworks such as ISO/IECand NIST.

• Experience with Zero Trust Security tools like Zscaler desirable.

• Familiarity with security tools such as Secure Frame and KnowBe4 is a plus.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a high level of personal integrity.

• Innovative thinking and leadership with the ability to lead and motivate cross‑functional teams.

• Specific experience in Agile (scaled) software development practices.

• Experience with cloud hosting environments such as AWS, Azure, etc.

• Experience implementing SOC2 compliance is an added advantage.

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, business administration, or a technology‑related field is required.

• Professional security management certification is essential.

If interested, please contact:

• Eric Mc Auley
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• 980‑360‑1322

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Eclaro values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

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