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Managing Director - Insider Threat Program
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60684, USA
Listed on 2026-07-13
Listing for:
BMO Financial Group
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-13
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Data Security, Information Security
Job Description & How to Apply Below
The insider threat program is a centralized program requiring strict governance and confidentiality, with only involving stakeholders on a need-to-know basis in a controlled escalation environment.
** Strategy & Operating Model*
* + Defines and leads the enterprise insider threat strategy and long-term roadmap.
+ Builds a consistent global framework aligned to regulatory, legal, privacy and labor requirements; regulatory first design.
+ Establishes governance structures, escalation protocols, and decision-making forums.
+ Matures capabilities from reactive investigations to proactive, intelligence-led prevention.
** Cross-Functional Leadership & Integration** .
+ Partners across Cybersecurity, Fraud, Financial Crimes, Corporate Security, Operations. Legal, Global Investigations, Risk, Privacy, and Human Resources.
+ Integrates insider threat capabilities across systems, platforms, and control environments.
+ Establishes clear routines for collaboration, escalation, and coordinated response.
+ Promotes a culture of proactive risk identification and responsible escalation.
** Data, Analytics & Intelligence*
* + Develops and optimizes insider threat analytics (i.e., user and entity behavior analytics), tools, and capabilities to support scalable, intelligence-driven risk detection.
+ Builds a consolidated insider threat intelligence capability integrating cyber, fraud, financial crime, HR, and investigative signals (data fusion).
+ Delivers executive-level reporting and insights on insider threat posture, emerging risks, significant cases, control effectiveness, and remediation progress.
+ Leverages data, analytics, and risk indicators to inform strategy, prioritization, and investment decisions.
** Detection, Investigation & Response*
* + Owns the end-to-end insider threat control framework, including prevention rules, risk-based detection models, behavioral analytics, investigative protocols, case management standards, and escalation processes.
+ Embeds privacy-by-design and ethical monitoring practices, ensuring transparency, proportionality, and protection of employee dignity.
+ Develops and enhances intelligence-led detection capabilities and response frameworks to enable proactive risk identification and mitigation.
+ Partners with Global Investigations to ensure that consistent triage, investigation, escalation, and resolution related to Insider threat occurs across the enterprise.
+ Defines standards for response actions ensuring timeliness, proportionality, governance, and defensibility.
+ Participates in complex, high-risk investigations involving employees, contractors, third parties, cyber events, fraud activity, and control breaches, as required partnering with the Global Investigations team.
** Governance, Risk & Regulatory Oversight*
* + Identifies systemic control gaps and drives remediation across identity and access management, privileged access, data protection, fraud controls, vendor access, and critical operations.
+ Oversees adherence to the Bank's Risk Appetite Framework, ensuring insider threat risks are managed within defined tolerances.
+ Defines and manages key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and insider treat risk appetite.
+ Supports regulatory exams, audits, and governance reviews, ensuring readiness and effective response across cyber risk, fraud, conduct risk, and operational resilience
** Leadership & Culture*
* + Within the mandate of this role, promotes and supports the Bank's risk culture including ensuring employees understand their accountabilities for risk-taking activities, promoting an environment of open communication and effective challenge, and establishing the "tone from the top" through leading by example.
+ Complies with the Bank's Risk Appetite framework and ensures risk-taking activities remain within agreed limits and comply with all regulatory requirements.
+ Role models driving simplicity and productivity enhancements for optimization across groups, driving continuous improvement on key measures.
+ Activates our winning culture, aligned with Purpose. Ignites engagement by aligning our culture to our strategy and fueling exceptional execution.
+ Fosters an inclusive environment for all employees by eliminating barriers to inclusion.
+ Develops leaders, plans for succession, and fosters a high-performance culture.
+ Drives top talent acquisition and retention, developing organizational capabilities to drive competitive…
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