- Company Name
- Crédit Agricole CIB
- Job Title
- Cybersecurity Incident Response Team Lead - Vice President
- Job Description
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Job title
Cybersecurity Incident Response Team Lead – Vice President
Role Summary
Lead the bank’s security operations, developing strategy, overseeing the Americas CSIRT, managing incident response and threat intelligence, ensuring regulatory compliance, and building a high‑performing security team.
Expactations
- Provide strategic guidance to senior leadership, boards, and committees.
- Deliver measurable security metrics and continuous improvement.
- Maintain industry‑grade incident response and threat intelligence programs.
- Navigate FFIEC and other banking regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and execute security operations strategy aligned with risk appetite and business objectives.
• Serve as trusted cyber‑risk advisor to executive leadership and board.
• Define, track, and report operational metrics for security program performance.
• Direct the Americas CSIRT – monitoring, detection, and rapid response to threats.
• Lead the creation and execution of incident response plans and playbooks.
• Coordinate incident investigations, mitigation, and post‑incident recovery.
• Build and manage threat intelligence capabilities.
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize security technologies (SIEM, SOAR, EDR, NDR).
• Collaborate with IT and engineering to embed security in systems and processes.
• Represent the bank during regulatory examinations and audit presentations.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation to demonstrate compliance.
• Mentor, train, and develop a high‑performing security operations team.
Required Skills
- Strategic & tactical leadership with initiative prioritization.
- Deep technical knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, NDR, and related security tools.
- Expertise in investigations, incident management, and threat hunting.
- Proficiency in NIST Cybersecurity Framework, other frameworks, policy & playbook development.
- Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
- Proven team‑building and development abilities.
- Regulatory compliance expertise for banking and financial services.
Required Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Business Administration, or related field (required).
- Advanced degree (MBA or MS) strongly preferred.
- Industry certifications (CISSP, CISM, GIAC) strongly preferred.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10+ years in information security or related field.
- At least 3 years in senior leadership within banking or financial services preferred.