Information Security Program Manager
Avant is dedicated to building premier digital banking solutions for the middle class through a combination of technology, analytics and superior customer service. Since 2012, Avant has connected over 1.5 million customers to over $7.5 billion in loans and 800,000 credit cards. A high growth financial technology company, Avant has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, and has raised over $600 million of equity capital. Visit www.avant.com for more information.
The Information Security Program Manager will support the day-to-day coordination and execution of a growing security program. This individual will develop and maintain effective project management processes, workflows, and documentation in alignment with internal Avant project management procedures and to protect the integrity of our regulatory and compliance requirements. The InfoSec Program Manager will be a key participant in the development and delivery of the Information Security awareness training, and communications programs.
What you do at Avant:
- Maintain and coordinate the Information Security Project Portfolio and routine InfoSec activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the Avant Information Security Master Plan.
- Facilitating cross functional programs to support the strategic direction of the organization.
- Key metrics reporting and monitoring, including projecting progress against quarterly and long-term goals of the team, program risks and general day-to-day orchestration of essential InfoSec functions
- Collaboration with the Chief Information Security Officer and other executives and leaders on implementing an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
- Participate in the company’s change management program
- Providing accountability on a team with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities.
- Support the writing funding proposals where required.
- Ensuring department goals are tracked in areas including compliance, employee training and awareness, threat detection and response, data privacy security and third party vendor evaluation.
- Engage with the broader team on developing content to train and test employees on good working habits as it relates to information security.
- Develop and enforce best practices to improve effectiveness of project meetings, including agendas, collecting participants' prep material, and clear objectives.
- Facilitates and reinforces a positive working environment conducive to productive communication, collaboration and continuous learning.
- Seeks to understand and communicate organizational goals to Optimize team and project priorities.
- Implementing and reporting changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
- Meeting with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on adjustments.
- Producing regular communications reporting on program status to the enterprise and internal stakeholders.
- Working on information security awareness communication and promotion strategy with the marketing team.
Why you are a good fit for Avant:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information assurance, MIS or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 1 -3 years experience in an Information Security related role
- Professional certifications including CISSP / CISM / CRISC / SANS a plus
- Knowledge or experience working with common Cybersecurity Frameworks including the NIST CSF
- Proven experience in program development and management.
- Proven stakeholder management skills.
- Proven experience facilitating and leading teams in projects.
- Competency in business document management and creation platforms (G-suite, Office, etc).
- Core understanding of fundamental project management principles and methodologies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to translate Information Security terminology and concepts for easy consumption by cross-functional stakeholders
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
- Understands service design and delivery concepts.
- Leverages subject matter expertise in security and compliance
- Possesses a high level of integrity, trustworthiness and confidence, and represents the organization with a high level of professionalism.
- Understanding and experience with risk principles and concepts
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Why Avant is a fit for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
We value, support, and help each other grow
We are committed to active inclusion and diversity
We are transparent and believe the best idea wins
We succeed when our customers succeed
We get sh!t done… responsibly
And we keep it fun!
We believe that ideas are more important than titles, everything is more fun together, everyone drives change, and everyone is an owner. While we believe the perks and benefits that we offer are terrific, nothing excites us more than having the ability to collaborate with intelligent, highly-motivated and talented people on challenging problems as we work to change the face of online lending.
Avant is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability or genetic information or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance.