Director of Risk & Security Technology

Director of Payments Risk & Security Technology

Job Category:
Staff Management

Requisition Number: DIREC
006245

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• Posted :
  January 6, 2026
• Full-Time

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Ctr on Post Fl 3
176 S Post St
Spokane, WA 99201, USA

Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer , the Director leads the bank’s integrated strategy for enterprise defense, emerging-threat readiness, and advanced customer payments intelligence. Operating at the intersection of Information Security, Infrastructure, Payments, Operational Risk, and Customer and Employee Protection, this role ensures controls, analytics, and modernization initiatives are aligned to real, explainable risks rather than purely theoretical frameworks.

With a deep technology background, strong architecture fluency, and a comprehensive understanding of modern payments ecosystems including ACH, wires, faster payments, card networks, and digital and direct banking platforms, the Director serves as the strategic and operational connective tissue between security and payments. The role focuses on reducing customer impact, strengthening enterprise resilience, and advancing scalable, modern control capabilities across the bank.

Executive Chairman Peter Stanton is the fourth generation of his family to lead the Bank, growing from its small Spokane headquarters in 1902 to an $11B financial institution with 40 locations throughout Washington, Idaho and Oregon. We enjoy an advantage over our publicly traded competitors because we focus on long-term goals rather than quarterly results. We base our decisions on what is happening in our communities and what is right for our customers.

We have never strayed from our commitment to client service, continuing to grow our commercial, private banking, wealth management, small business and consumer portfolios even in the most challenging macroeconomic environments. Our sound business practices, innovation, knowledge and expertise have seen us through both the best and the most difficult economic cycles. Washington Trust’s longevity and success are a testament to our unwavering commitment to our clients and our employees.

• Lead cross-functional threat and vulnerability analysis that spans Info Sec, Infrastructure, Payments, and Operational Risk.
• Build and maintain the enterprise defense roadmap anchored to measurable risk reduction and customer protection.
• Identify controls that are outdated, duplicative, or overbuilt; redirect investment toward modern, high-impact defenses.
• Evaluate emerging risks tied to social engineering, identity compromise, advanced payment manipulation, and customer behavior patterns.
• Own the strategy for payment-risk analytics across ACH, wires, Card, Faster Payments, and digital channels.
• Partner with Fraud, Digital Banking, and Core vendors (e.g., Jack Henry, Bottomline) to enhance behavioral analytics and anomaly detection.
• Drive insight generation using event-based data, patterns, machine learning opportunities, and external threat intel.
• Serve as the technology-informed advisor for new payments capabilities, ensuring cyber and operational risk alignment from day one.

• Create and facilitate the bank’s integrated Security and Payments Defense governance framework.
• Translate complex risks into business-aligned prioritization for executives, operational leaders, and technology teams.
• Ensure control owners across security, infrastructure, and payments are aligned on timelines, dependencies, and value of each initiative.
• Develop dashboards that communicate maturity shifts, risk thresholds, and future posture needs.

• Partner with Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture to influence control design, telemetry, and automation.
• Evaluate vendor solutions (SIEM, SOAR, analytics platforms, payment monitoring tools) and ensure integration with modern stack.
• Identify opportunities to leverage cloud-native security, event streaming, and advanced behavioral modeling.
• Drive operational efficiency by reducing complexity and eliminating unnecessary manual processes.