Non-Executive Director, Technology and Cyber

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.