Technology Risk Vice President

About the role

Lesha Bank is seeking an experienced Technology Risk Vice President to lead and enhance its cybersecurity risk management and assurance capabilities across all business units and technology environments. The role will drive security assessments, control evaluations, and compliance reviews while supporting remediation of vulnerabilities and emerging threats.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct security reviews of enterprise infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, networks, databases, middleware, and security solutions.
• Review proposed technology solutions and architectures to ensure security requirements are incorporated by design.
• Perform threat modelling and security risk assessments for new technologies and business initiatives.
• Define and assess security baselines and configuration standards, providing recommendations for enterprise architecture.
• Assess and strengthen security controls across Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, covering identity, network security, workloads, containers, data protection, logging, and monitoring.
• Lead security and risk assessments of AI, Generative AI, Machine Learning, and other emerging technology solutions.
• Establish and enhance secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) and DevSecOps practices, leading application security assessments throughout the development lifecycle.

Required profile

• Proven experience in cybersecurity risk management, security assurance, and technical security within complex technology environments.
• Ability to engage effectively with business stakeholders, technology teams, project managers, third‑party service providers, auditors, and regulatory authorities.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate security controls, monitor risk exposure, and support remediation efforts.

Required skills

• Security architecture and technology risk assessment
• Threat modelling
• Cloud security (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
• Container security
• AI/ML security and compliance
• Secure SDLC and DevSecOps practices
• Cybersecurity risk management

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape the cyber‑risk strategy of a growing bank
• Collaborative environment with diverse technology challenges
• Competitive compensation and professional development support