Join the board of a $60bn regional bank as its first director with operating cyber experience, sitting on the Risk and Technology committees.
The role
The bank operates 240 branches across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and is midway through a core banking replacement that runs until 2028. Following a supervisory review last year, the board committed to adding a director with hands-on experience of running security or technology risk at scale. This is a new seat, created alongside the retirement of two long-serving directors in the spring. You will be nominated by the Governance Committee and stand for election at the April annual meeting.
What you will do
Sit on the Risk Committee and the newly formed Technology Committee, with a view to chairing the latter within two years.
Provide independent challenge on cyber resilience, third-party risk and the core banking programme.
Review incident response and recovery testing alongside the Chief Information Security Officer.
Help the board interpret Federal Reserve and OCC expectations on operational resilience.
Take part in the annual board evaluation and lead director education on technology risk.
What you will bring
A senior operating career as a CISO, CIO or CTO in a regulated business, ideally financial services.
Experience of reporting to a board or audit committee, even if this would be your first public company seat.
Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FFIEC guidance and the SEC’s cyber disclosure rules.
Independence from the bank, its auditors and its main technology vendors.
Capacity for around 25 days a year, including eight board meetings in Manhattan.
The package
An annual cash retainer of $110,000 to $130,000, a restricted stock grant of around $140,000 vesting over one year, and additional fees for committee chairs. Conversations with the Lead Independent Director run through October and November.
