Senior Director, Cybersecurity Risk Management

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Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Our Team
As Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) portfolio continues to grow – around the world and across platforms – the Global Technology & Operations team is building media technology and IT systems that meet the world class standard for which WBD is known. T&O builds, implements, and maintains the business systems and technology that are critical for delivering WBD products and content while articulating the long-term technology strategy that will enable WBD’s growth.
Your New Role...
Reporting directly to the Global SVP of IT Risk and Compliance, the Senior Director Cybersecurity Risk Management will own and manage developing the cybersecurity risk management program, including developing, implementing, and maintaining an information and content security risk management strategy, enterprise cybersecurity policies and metrics associated with key risk and performance indicators (KRI/KPI’s) that informs and facilitates risk-based decisions, and ensuring overall adherence to information security policy and standards.

This role will lead a team of technical risk and policy leaders, data experts and analysts in support of a 24x7x365 Information and Content Security organization.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Assist in developing Board of Director (BoD) and Audit Committee communications
• Corporate/business lines, working to understand business processes, applications, projects, and technologies to ensure information security risk management objectives are delivered, and drive a cohesive view of information security risk throughout WBD.
• Development, oversight, management of security metrics program, involving governance, risk, operational security, etc., metrics across global WBD Develop, manage, and drive positive trending for KRIs and KPIs for BoD and across WBD relevant stakeholders.
• Policies are consistent with business needs and usage while minimizing risk.
• Act as WBD’s global leader on Information and Content Cybersecurity Risk, by providing the overall direction and strategy of the enterprise cybersecurity Risk Management function, in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Proactive management and understanding emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and control techniques and communicating this information to leadership.
• Understand the “voice of the customer” and work with the IT and Business lines to ensure that
• Create/develop, communicate, manage WBD IT Security Policies, Standards, and baselines and drive compliance across global WBD employee and technologies environments.
• Drive Merger & Acquisition due diligence and integration activities to identify and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain strong relationships, partnership, execution focus, and mutual support with other
• Lead development and implementation of formal processes and procedures to support WBD’s information security risk management strategy and advise on activities and financial investment to accomplish strategic objectives.

Qualifications & Experiences
The best candidate for this role will possess:

• 10+ years of experience in one or more of the following risk dimensions:
• Outstanding strategic planning and management skills, ability to think creatively, and strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field, such as Business, IT, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex topics in clear, non-technical language; outstanding analytical, writing, and oral presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive, take ownership of and solve problems, and to deliver work products which are consistent with sound and ethical business practices, and common sense.
• Proven experience to successfully, drive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment comprised of high-achievers, to meet management and customer expectations.
• Experience working in an international business environment, supervising a geographically disperse team.
• Active learner-able to enhance personal, professional, and business growth through new knowledge and experiences.
• Development of internal risk assessments
• Risk mitigation methodologies
• Functional knowledge of CISSP security domains, governance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001,NIST, PCI) and information security industry standard and best practices
• Financial management and ROI analytical skills
• Ability to provide vision, strategy, and leadership
• 10-15+ years of management experience working in an enterprise risk management, IT audit, or information security environment.
• Policy development
• Enterprise IT/cyber risk aggregation
• Strong performance management skills, leading, motivating, engaging, and mentoring junior team members
• IT/Cyber risk reporting
• Able to interact, communicate and partner with C-level executives. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and proven ability to work effectively at all organizational levels

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $167,020.00 - $310,180.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at [email protected].