Sr Dir - Cyber Security Lead
Apply NowCompany: Ally Financial
Location: Detroit, MI 48228
Description:
General information
Career area
Technology
Work Location(s)
500 Woodward Avenue, MI, 601 S. Tryon Street, NC
Remote?
No
Ref #
19577
Posted Date
04-09-25
Working time
Full time
Ally and Your Career
Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some clich people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?
Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.
The Opportunity
At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that's worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We're always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech
The Senior Director Lead, Cyber Security at Ally is part of the Executive Leadership for Information Protection and Risk Management. The Senior Director Lead will drive the established approach to the management of security risks at Ally while partnering with other members of the Senior Leadership team. Responsible for overseeing the management of technical security staff and ensuring IPRM People Managers are delivering upon overall objectives.
At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
In this role you will provide industry-leading incident response, cyber threat intelligence, detection and response, and red team services. You will help Ally detect and respond to threats and reduce the overall impact of business risk before, during, and after an incident. You will be able to resolve security incidents quickly and at scale with complete incident response including investigation, containment, remediation, and partnering with our crisis management function. You will work on engagements navigating incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. Experience with threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and security objectives and controls validation will be instrumental with today's advanced threats.
The Work Itself
The Skills You Bring
Qualifications
#LI-Hybrid
How We'll Have Your Back
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:
Who We Are:
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Base Pay Range : $170000 - $300000 USD
An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.
Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.
Career area
Technology
Work Location(s)
500 Woodward Avenue, MI, 601 S. Tryon Street, NC
Remote?
No
Ref #
19577
Posted Date
04-09-25
Working time
Full time
Ally and Your Career
Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some clich people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?
Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.
The Opportunity
At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that's worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We're always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech
The Senior Director Lead, Cyber Security at Ally is part of the Executive Leadership for Information Protection and Risk Management. The Senior Director Lead will drive the established approach to the management of security risks at Ally while partnering with other members of the Senior Leadership team. Responsible for overseeing the management of technical security staff and ensuring IPRM People Managers are delivering upon overall objectives.
At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
In this role you will provide industry-leading incident response, cyber threat intelligence, detection and response, and red team services. You will help Ally detect and respond to threats and reduce the overall impact of business risk before, during, and after an incident. You will be able to resolve security incidents quickly and at scale with complete incident response including investigation, containment, remediation, and partnering with our crisis management function. You will work on engagements navigating incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. Experience with threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and security objectives and controls validation will be instrumental with today's advanced threats.
The Work Itself
- Drive the established approach to the management of security risks at Ally while partnering with other members of the Senior Leadership team
- Lead a 24x7 team of Managers, Principal and Analysts in response, incident management, cyber threat intelligence, red team, and detection engineering roles
- Focus on delivering commitments aligned to enterprise cyber security priorities
- Build support for implementing security strategies with peer business and technology leaders
- Set vision for maturing the cyber security defense and response organization, guide development of actionable roadmaps and plans, and ensure execution of those plans
- Implement risk management practices in line with enterprise policies and practices
- Set technology platform vision, encourage security response innovation, and lead implementation of projects
- Interface with external agencies or industry forums to exchange cyber threat intelligence information
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources
- Develop strategies for hiring and retaining top cyber security response talent
- Guide a culture of talent development as a force-multiplier
The Skills You Bring
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in information systems or relevant field of study required
- 12+ years of Technology experience with at least 7 years of focus in Information Security
- 3+ years of Security Operations Center experience
- Proven track record managing experienced staff in the implementation of the Information Security strategy
- Expert knowledge in the identification, plan for resolution, and execution of action plans for complex problems in a regulated environment
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to work effectively with business managers, Technology engineering, and Technology operations staff
- A strong understanding of operating system internals and network protocols
- Familiarity with the principles of cryptography and cryptanalysis
- Experience working with legal, audit, and compliance staff
#LI-Hybrid
How We'll Have Your Back
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:
- Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)
- Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
- Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
- Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
- Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.
- Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
- To view more detailed information about Ally's Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf
Who We Are:
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Base Pay Range : $170000 - $300000 USD
An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.
Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.