Director, Enterprise Technology Standards & Controls

Fidelity Investments

$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of related work experience, MBA preferred
  • Significant technical proficiency in risk assessment and defense strategies
  • Understanding of risk and control frameworks (NIST, SOC, COSO, etc.)
  • Experience with data analytics for automated monitoring and reporting
  • Proven track record in collaborating across organizational levels
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Leverage technical and analytical skills to manage technology risks
  • Collaborate with Enterprise Technology domains on risk assessment standards
  • Support internal audits focused on Enterprise Technology
  • Facilitate communication of risk mitigation strategies across teams
  • Establish transparent trust and confidence with stakeholders
  • Analyze data to identify emerging risks and recommend actions

Benefits

  • Full-time onsite working model with a phased rollout
  • Opportunities for professional development and career growth
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology and risk management practices
  • Commitment to a secure and resilient organizational framework
Full Job Description

Job Description:

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Role

The Director, Enterprise Technology Standards & Controls will leverage technical, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills as part of the new Enterprise Technology Standards & Controls Office. In this role, you will work across ET Domains to help teams identify and report risk, define risk assessment standards, support ET-focused internal audits, and provide transparency into known risk mitigation activities.

This role will be part of a new first line of defense team that will oversee and support the identification, mitigation and communication of technology risks to enhance the firm’s security posture, build a transparent trust and confidence model among associates, management, and Risk/Audit, and ultimately support the strategic goals of the organization while fostering a strong risk and control mindset within the business.

This role requires significant coordination and collaboration across Enterprise Technology.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring
  • Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of related work experience. MBA preferred

  • Exceptional Technical Proficiency: ability to partner with ET domains, healthy challenge of the effectiveness of current processes/controls, understanding of risk, ability to test and quantify risk, and support in defining proactive defense strategies

  • Risk/Audit background: understanding of risk and control frameworks (NIST, SOC, COSO, etc.), ability to identify risk, document and communicate findings, think strategically across enterprise, strong soft skills.

  • Data Analytics: Familiarity with Implementing automated trending/pattern detection that may signify emerging risks, ability to analyze data, build automated monitoring/ reporting on control effectiveness

  • Proven track record of collaborating to build consensus across multiple levels of the organization

  • Ability to break down solutions into manageable aspects and partner with various product area leads on the cross-capability implementation and business unit adoption

  • The ability to represent large complex problems and solutions at the right level for senior consumption and decision making

  • Proven experiences leading teams or driving large, sophisticated programs with matrixed, cross-functional, and cross-organizational teams

  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

  • Proven strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and articulate connections across separate, but related concepts

  • An outstanding partner, relationship builder, and communicator

  • Flexible and adaptable to changing needs and shifting priorities

  • Technical understanding of ecosystem fundamentals across the firm

  • Ability to identify risk and influence leadership on key decisions related to mitigation strategies

  • Leverage data analytics to provide transparent communication of known risk and mitigation efforts

  • Establishing trust and credibility to drive alignment across Fidelity Technology and business strategies via an enterprise-wide delivery ecosystem and tools.

  • Assessing progress against Fidelity Technology goals and monitoring key performance indicators to provide insights about the effectiveness of the Fidelity Technology (or individual domain) strategies

  • Optimizing the operating model to maximize scale and efficiency.

The Team

Our team mission is to safeguard our organization's technology by proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks. We strive to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of our systems and data through continuous monitoring, innovative solutions, and collaborative efforts. Our commitment is to foster a secure and resilient environment that supports the organization's strategic goals and empowers our stakeholders to operate with confidence.

The ET Standards & Controls office is part of the Fidelity Technology Strategy & Planning organization. FTS&P’s mission is to provide consistent, strategic, and transparent technology management that enables Fidelity Technology to create the platforms and capabilities that deliver value to our customers, clients and associates.

Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.


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