Principal Tech Resiliency

About this role

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose   

Provides independent second-line oversight, assessment, and credible  challenge  of first-line technology risk management activities across the company specific to Resiliency Management . Partners across Technology, Security, Product, Data, and other business functions to evaluate risk and control practices, including risk assessments, issues management, control validation, key risk indicators, governance reporting, and escalation. Helps ensure technology-related risks are managed consistent  with enterprise risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and sound industry practice. May support one or more focus areas based on business need, including Enterprise Technology Risk, Data Security Risk, Access Management Risk, Offensive Security Risk, Vulnerability Management Risk, AI Security   Risk, and   Asset and Inventory Management Risk.  

Essential Functions 

• Provide independent review, oversight, and credible   challenge   of   first-line Resiliency risk management activities, controls, and decisions.  

• Evaluate the design and execution of risk management practices to ensure alignment with enterprise frameworks, policies, regulatory expectations, and relevant industry standards.  

• Provide independent   challenge   and oversight of risk identification and assessment activities.    

• Review and challenge risk and control self-assessments,   issues   management, remediation plans, control validation outcomes, and key risk indicators.  

• Assess the adequacy of severity ratings, root cause analyses, action plans, and closure evidence for technology-related issues and risk events.  

• Identify   risk trends, concentrations, and emerging themes through analysis of risk data, governance materials, and business changes; develop an independent view of risk exposure and control effectiveness.  

• Prepare and support reporting, escalation, and   discussion   materials for senior leaders, governance forums, and risk committees.  

• Partner with first-line leaders, subject matter experts, and independent testing or validation teams to improve clarity of control expectations, testing scope, and evidence requirements.  

• Provide ongoing risk advisory support while   maintaining   second-line independence and accountability for effective   challenge .  

• Recommend   opportunities to strengthen risk awareness, governance routines, and training that improve technology risk management maturity.  

• Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.  

Focus: Enterprise Technology Resiliency  

• Assess the maturity and effectiveness of Technology Resilience capabilities across critical technology services, infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, and end-user computing.

• Evaluate resilience lifecycle processes, including disaster recovery planning, backup and recovery, service continuity, technology recovery, and resilience by design.

• Review business impact analyses, recovery strategies, recovery time objectives (RTOs), recovery point objectives (RPOs), and dependency mapping for critical technology services.

• Evaluate the design, coverage, and outcomes of resilience testing programs, including disaster recovery exercises, failover testing, tabletop exercises, and simulation activities.

• Assess resilience considerations relating to third-party technology providers, cloud services, and critical technology dependencies.

• Review technology resilience metrics, recovery performance, and testing outcomes to identify opportunities for improving organisational resilience capabilities.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Technology Resilience frameworks, standards, methodologies, and assurance practices.

Minimum Qualifications  

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a  Bachelor’s  degree or equivalent.  

• Typically has 12 years of experience or   demonstrated   portfolio consistent with experience required of the role in technology risk, information security, operational risk, or related disciplines within a regulated or otherwise complex operating environment.  

• Strong understanding of risk management practices, control frameworks, and second-line oversight within  a three lines of defense model .  

• Demonstrated experience providing independent review, challenge, or governance of first-line technology, security, data, or operational risk activities.  

• Strong ability to assess control design and effectiveness, synthesize risk data,   identify   themes, and translate technical issues into business risk.  

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience interacting with senior leaders and cross-functional partners.  

• Strong critical thinking, judgment, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide practical, risk-based recommendations in a complex environment.  

• Ability to   operate   independently, manage competing priorities, and   maintain   effective working relationships while preserving second-line objectivity.  

• Background and drug screen.    

Preferred Qualifications 

• Advanced degree or   additional   related education and/or experience preferr

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