Technology & Cyber Risk Lead Analyst, Senior Vice President
WARSAW, PolandPosted Jul 9, 2026
Team/Role Overview Citi is looking for a Senior Vice President, Technology & Cyber Risk to serve as a senior independent voice on technology and cyber risk across our Markets, Banking, and International businesses — a role where your expertise directly shapes the firm's risk posture at the highest level. Sitting within Citi's Technology and Cyber Compliance and Operational Risk function, you will provide credible, evidence-based challenge to the first line of defence, ensuring that technology and cyber controls are robust, well-governed, and aligned to the firm's risk appetite. This is a high-visibility, high-impact position for a seasoned professional who can translate complex technical risk into clear strategic insight and influence outcomes at executive level.
What you’ll do
* Manages internal projects on threat issues that support a variety of participants and stakeholders measuring the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of Citi’s first line defenses.
* Establishes and oversees the application of compliance and technology and cyber policies and procedures, technology and tools, and governance processes to provide credible challenge for minimizing losses from technology and cyber risks.
* Independently assesses technology and cyber risks and drive actions to address the root causes that persistently lead to operational risk losses by challenging both historical and proposed practices.
* Leads independent assurance activities to assess areas of concern including substantive and controls testing.
* Monitors, evaluates, and challenges Key Risks and associated Key Risk Indicators triggers and thresholds. Also lead discussions with Key Indicator owners on breaches and action steps to correct breaches.
* Identifies potential risks associated with program/project delivery on a technical and detailed level.
* Leads various second line of defense technology and cyber assessments including risk assessments, control assessments, maturity assessments etc.
* Assesses technology and cyber risks associated with new initiatives and programs being proposed for implementation.
* Challenges the design, adequacy and strength of the control environment associated to technology and cyber and recommends actions to ensure the operational risk profile is in line with the technology and cyber risk appetite.
* Executes ad-hoc activities for the TCCORO organization, including but not limited to: researching and producing materials for presentations of deep dives into selected topics, coordinating deliverables related to audits and examinations, and maintaining associated data for executive reporting.
What we’ll need from you
* 10+ years of relevant experience in technology and cyber risk assessments, metrics, enterprise technology services, risks, and controls within globally complex, dispersed, and diverse organizations.
* Advanced knowledge and experience leading control design and operating effectiveness evaluation, testing, and reporting with a track record of influencing effective risk mitigation strategies
* Advanced proficiency in creating written executive materials and mastery in verbal presentation to Executive audiences.
* Outstanding communication and influencing skills, with the ability connect with individuals throughout all levels of the organization and with external partners and vendors.
* Exceptional relationship management skills, including demonstrable experience managing through conflict and issue resolution with senior stakeholders.
* Proven ability to work within teams, manage cross-functional projects, influence executive-level strategic decision-making, and effectively translate technology / cyber risk insights to value-add risk mitigation solutions
* Subject matter expert in one or more industry standard risk management frameworks (including ISO27001, COBIT, TOGAF and CRI for example), and an in-depth understanding of technology and cyber risk mitigation strategies.
* Deep knowledge...