Description
The Director, Cyber Risk Advisory is responsible for designing and delivering strategic cyber risk solutions that help clients strengthen security, enhance resilience, and achieve business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and lead tailored Cyber Risk management and Cyber Resilience advisory engagements that help clients strengthen their Cyber risk posture, meet regulatory expectations, and achieve measurable business outcomes.
- Assess clients' end-to-end cyber and fraud risk ecosystems, identifying vulnerabilities across people, processes, technology, and third-party dependencies, and develop actionable transformation roadmaps.
- Partner with data, product, technology, and client-facing teams to develop scalable cyber risk frameworks, risk assessment methodologies, and industry-specific consulting propositions.
- Advise financial institutions, fintechs, merchants, and public sector organizations on emerging cyber threats, AI and digital identity risks, and evolving regulatory requirements.
- Develop and deliver innovative solutions leveraging advanced analytics, AI, automation, and risk intelligence to improve cyber resilience and operational effectiveness.
- Cultivate a risk-first, client-centric culture within the advisory practice, ensuring solutions balance security, customer experience, regulatory compliance, and commercial outcomes.
- Lead strategic client engagements, executive workshops, and board-level discussions, helping clients prioritize investments, quantify risk exposure, and build long-term cyber resilience capabilities.
- Collaborate with Account Executives and regional sales teams to identify growth opportunities, develop value propositions, support business development efforts, and drive practice revenue through advisory engagements, managed services, and solution-led consulting.
- Build and scale new advisory offerings across Cyber Risk, Third-Party Risk, Digital Trust, and AI Risk Governance, ensuring alignment with market demand and Visa's broader risk strategy.
- Develop trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, regulators, technology partners, and ecosystem providers to position Visa as a strategic advisor and thought leader in cyber risk management.
- Leverage emerging technologies, including Generative AI and Agentic AI capabilities, to enhance consulting delivery, accelerate risk assessments, improve threat intelligence analysis, and drive scalable client outcomes.
Qualifications:
- 12+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, or Advanced Degree (e.g., Master's/MBA).
- Proven experience in leading and delivering Cyber Risk consulting and advisory engagements for large enterprises, financial institutions, fintechs, or technology organizations.
- Experience conducting cyber risk assessments, cyber maturity reviews, security strategy development, and risk transformation programs aligned to business objectives.
- Deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and regulatory requirements, including NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, SWIFT CSCF, and regional regulatory expectations.
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams across technology, security, risk, compliance, product, and business functions to design and implement scalable cyber risk solutions.
- Experience advising senior executives and stakeholders on cyber risk management, operational resilience, governance, and strategic security investments.
- Demonstrated ability to identify client challenges, develop actionable recommendations, and deliver sustainable cyber risk improvement outcomes.
- Experience supporting business development activities, including client relationship management, solution development, proposal creation, and achievement of consulting revenue objectives.