Vice President, Cyber Defense

Job description

The Vice President, Cyber Defense is a senior cybersecurity executive responsible for helping define and execute Fannie Mae's enterprise cybersecurity strategy. This leader will oversee a broad portfolio of cybersecurity capabilities and programs designed to protect the organization's information assets, technology platforms, business operations, customers, and reputation. The VP will set the strategic direction for the Threat Detection and Response, Cyber Incident Management, and cyber protection organizations.

Strengthen our comprehensive cyber threat detection capabilities through a combination of internal and external resources. Oversee cyber incident response and management programs to address specific vulnerabilities and enable expeditious remediation. Ensure the relevance, viability and scalability of cybersecurity applications and systems. This executive will play a critical role in protecting the organization's assets, customers, reputation, and continued ability to operate.

The successful candidate will strengthen the enterprise's ability to anticipate and disrupt threats, respond decisively when incidents occur, and continuously adapt to an evolving cyber environment. This executive will partner closely with business, technology, and risk leaders to strengthen the organization's security posture, drive modernization initiatives, enhance cyber resilience, ensure cybersecurity technologies implemented at Fannie Mae remain viable, scalable, and aligned to business needs, drive process optimization and efficiency through automation and enhanced technologies and platform capabilities, and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and industry requirements.

The VP will foster a culture of security, operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement while leveraging data, automation, and emerging technologies to improve cybersecurity outcomes across the enterprise.