Prudential

Job Summary:
Prudential Financial is a leading financial services organization seeking a Vice President of Security Architecture to shape how security is designed and embedded across the enterprise. This leadership role involves defining the security architecture vision, establishing standards, and leading a team to ensure security is integrated into technology and business processes.
Responsibilities:
• Define and evolve Prudential’s enterprise security architecture vision, including target s‑tate roadmaps aligned to business strategy, regulatory expectations, and technology modernization efforts.
• Establish and maintain enterprise security architecture patterns, reference architectures, and standards that are secure by‑ ‑default and designed for reuse and scale.
• Drive adoption of modern security architecture principles, including Zero Trust, identity‑centric security, defense‑in‑depth, and resilience‑focused design across applications, platforms, infrastructure, and data.
• Partner with cloud, infrastructure, application, and data architecture leaders to guide cloud‑native security architectures across AWS and Azure environments at enterprise scale.
• Shape platform‑centric and product‑aligned security models, embedding security patterns, guardrails, and policy‑based controls into delivery and engineering workflows.
• Serve as a design authority for significant architectural initiatives, reviewing and approving key designs to ensure alignment with enterprise security strategy while balancing risk, speed, and business outcomes.
• In partnership with data architecture and governance teams, define the enterprise approach to data security, access, and provisioning, ensuring alignment with data governance objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing security architecture team, with accountability for talent growth, performance, and architectural excellence.
• Act as a trusted advisor to CIO organizations and senior technology leaders, providing guidance on security architecture trends, emerging risks, and opportunities to modernize and simplify the security landscape.
• Apply application portfolio and capability management practices within the security domain to identify opportunities for modernization, rationalization, and value realization.
• Stay current on industry and technology trends — including cloud platforms, security automation, and emerging technologies — and translate those insights into pragmatic, enterprise‑appropriate architectural strategies.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent relevant experience; advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in enterprise security architecture, information security, or technology risk, including senior leadership roles with accountability for strategy, standards, and outcomes across large, complex organizations.
• Proven ability to define, lead, and evolve an enterprise-wide security architecture vision, translating business strategy, regulatory requirements, and risk posture into clear target-state architectures and multi-year roadmaps.
• Deep expertise in modern security architecture principles, including Zero Trust, identity-centric security, defense-in-depth, and resilience-focused design.
• Demonstrated success establishing enterprise security standards, patterns, and reference architectures and driving their adoption across federated technology organizations.
• Strong judgment and credibility serving as a decision authority for complex architectural trade-offs.
• Extensive experience guiding cloud-native security architecture across AWS and Azure environments at enterprise scale.
• Ability to shape platform-centric and product-aligned security models that enable secure reuse and consistency across teams.
• Experience influencing the integration of security into modern delivery models, including automation, infrastructure-as-code, and policy-based controls.
• Strong understanding of governing security in distributed engineering environments without creating unnecessary friction.
• Deep understanding of enterprise data security, including access control, encryption, and alignment with data governance and regulatory objectives.
• Expertise in identity and access management (IAM) as a foundational architectural capability across applications, APIs, platforms, and data services.
• Awareness of emerging technology risks and opportunities, including advanced analytics, AI/ML platforms, and highly distributed systems, with the ability to translate them into architectural guidance.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior technology and business leaders across CIO organizations without direct authority.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex security architecture concepts to technical and executive audiences.
• Proven experience building and leading high-performing security architecture teams, with accountability for talent development and succession.
• Strong prioritization and outcome-oriented leadership skills, balancing risk, speed, and enterprise value across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Continuous learning mindset with intellectual curiosity and resilience in navigating change and ambiguity.
Preferred:
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
Company:
Prudential Financial specializes in the fields of investment management, life insurance, and retirement benefits. It is a sub-organization of Prudential Financial. Founded in 1875, the company is headquartered in Newark, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.