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Capco's Cybersecurity Practice is a multi-disciplinary team focused on helping leading financial institutions navigate an increasingly complex cyber, technology, and regulatory landscape. We partner with clients to evaluate, design, and implement risk-aware solutions that strengthen resilience, protect critical assets, and enable innovation.
As artificial intelligence continues to transform financial services, our team works closely with clients to develop secure and responsible AI adoption strategies, establish governance frameworks, manage emerging technology risks, and build trust in AI-enabled products and services. We combine deep expertise in cybersecurity, risk management, financial services, cloud transformation, and data protection to help executive leadership address their most critical business and security challenges.
About the JobAs a Principal Consultant within our Cyber Advisory Practice, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, leading complex cybersecurity and technology risk engagements across the Financial Services sector. You will be responsible for helping clients define and execute cybersecurity strategies, strengthen governance programs, manage enterprise risk, and address emerging challenges related to digital transformation, cloud adoption, and artificial intelligence.
You will lead consulting teams, oversee delivery across multiple workstreams, contribute to business development initiatives, and play a key role in shaping the continued growth of Capco's Cybersecurity Practice.
What You'll Get to Do- Lead cybersecurity, technology risk, and AI governance engagements for global financial institutions, helping clients identify, assess, and mitigate cyber and emerging technology risks.
- Perform assessments of platforms, applications, cloud environments, AI-enabled solutions, and third-party services to identify risks related to data protection, model security, unauthorized access, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience.
- Design and implement cybersecurity strategies, governance frameworks, policies, standards, and controls that align business objectives with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead client workshops, executive presentations, and strategic advisory engagements while managing consulting teams and project delivery across multiple initiatives.
- Develop thought leadership, reference architectures, security automation capabilities, AI risk management frameworks, white papers, and market-facing intellectual property that enhances Capco's cybersecurity and AI advisory offerings.
What You'll Bring with You- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, information security, or cyber advisory roles.
- Experience working within a management consulting or technology consulting environment.
- Deep knowledge of industry frameworks and standards, including NIST, ISO 27001, FFIEC, CIS, and other relevant regulatory and cybersecurity frameworks.
- Experience across multiple cybersecurity domains, including Operational Resilience, Data Security, Identity & Access Management, Cloud Security, Digital Trust, Threat & Vulnerability Management, Security Governance, or Cyber Risk Management.
- Knowledge of AI and GenAI governance, AI risk management, model security, responsible AI principles, and emerging regulatory considerations associated with AI adoption.
- Proven experience conducting cyber risk assessments, control evaluations, maturity assessments, and strategic cybersecurity transformation initiatives.
- Ability to communicate complex cybersecurity, technology, and AI-related risks to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership.
- Understanding of security engineering principles and secure development practices across the system development lifecycle.
- Experience leading projects independently, managing client relationships, developing proposals, and designing cybersecurity solutions.
- Strong storytelling, presentation, and communication skills with advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
Why Capco?A career at Capco is an opportunity to help reshape the competitive landscape in financial services. We launch new banks, transform existing institutions, and help our clients navigate complex business, technology, and regulatory change.
As the world's largest financial services-focused consultancy, we partner with global banks, insurers, asset managers, and fintechs across strategy, digital transformation, cybersecurity, cloud, data, analytics, engineering, and emerging technologies.
Our Cybersecurity Practice is at the forefront of helping clients secure the future of financial services. From cyber strategy and resilience to AI governance and responsible innovation, we help organizations balance growth, trust, and security in an increasingly digital world.
Capco maintains an entrepreneurial culture with minimal bureaucracy, enabling our people to make an immediate impact. We offer opportunities to work directly with senior leaders, solve complex industry challenges, contribute to innovative client solutions, and accelerate your career through continuous learning and professional development.
We offer highly competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, and a culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and delivering lasting value for our clients and employees.
Ready to Take the Next Step?If you're passionate about cybersecurity, technology risk, and helping organizations navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI-driven transformation, we'd love to hear from you.
Join Capco and help shape the future of secure, resilient, and responsible innovation across the financial services industry.
US Pay Range
$154,000-$192,000 USD
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