Director, Enterprise Technology Standards & Controls

Fidelity Investments

$130K — $160K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree with 10+ years of related experience; MBA preferred.
  • Exceptional technical proficiency in risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
  • Strong background in risk and audit frameworks (NIST, SOC, COSO, etc.).
  • Familiarity with data analytics for monitoring and reporting on control effectiveness.
  • Proven collaborator in building consensus across various organizational levels.

Responsibilities

  • Leverage technical and analytical skills to identify and report technology risks.
  • Define risk assessment standards and support ET-focused internal audits.
  • Facilitate communication on technology risk mitigation activities.
  • Collaborate across Enterprise Technology domains to enhance the firm’s security posture.
  • Establish trust with stakeholders and drive alignment on risk strategies.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead innovative initiatives in technology risk management.
  • Access to a supportive team environment with a mission-driven culture.
  • Potential for career advancement within a reputable firm.
  • Engagement in strategic planning for technology compliance and risk.
  • Chance to develop cutting-edge risk mitigation tools and strategies.
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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