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Cybersecurity Jobs lists this Sr. Manager, Cybersecurity Advisory opportunity in ashburn, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Lead complex cybersecurity advisory engagements for Visa clients and help expand the Cybersecurity Advisory practice through risk-focused consulting and evidence-based recommendations.
Responsibilities
Lead cybersecurity advisory engagements from discovery and scoping through analysis, recommendations, executive presentation, and close.
Assess client cybersecurity strategies, governance models, architectures, capabilities, controls, and resilience practices across diverse environments.
Review technical findings, control evidence, architecture artifacts, security metrics, and stakeholder input to identify risks, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
Convert complex cybersecurity topics into clear business, operational, financial, and customer implications.
Produce evidence-based recommendations and pragmatic roadmaps that account for risk, business priorities, technical dependencies, implementation feasibility, and client maturity.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across cybersecurity, risk, fraud, technology, operations, payments, and business teams.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and provide project-based direction, coaching, and quality oversight.
Maintain accountability for engagement quality, timelines, risks, stakeholder alignment, and outcomes.
Support business development via consultative discovery, opportunity shaping, proposal development, pricing inputs, and client presentations.
Help develop advisory offerings, methodologies, tools, and thought leadership.
Requirements
Experience: 8+ years relevant work experience with a Bachelor degree, or 5+ years with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 2 years with a PhD.
Experience in cybersecurity consulting, cybersecurity risk management, information security, technology risk, or a related field.
Experience leading client-facing consulting engagements or complex cybersecurity workstreams.
Depth in cybersecurity risk management across multiple domains, including: security architecture, cloud or application security, identity and access management, vulnerability management, data protection, incident response, threat intelligence, and/or cyber resilience.
Experience evaluating cybersecurity environments using stakeholder interviews, architecture and process documentation, control evidence, technical findings, and security metrics.
Ability to assess security architectures, control designs, technical findings, and remediation plans, and translate gaps into prioritized recommendations.
Working knowledge of recognized cybersecurity and technology-risk frameworks such as: NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Controls, or COBIT.
Experience with financial institutions, payments companies, fintech, merchants, or other complex or regulated organizations.
Strong analytical, project-management, executive communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Ability to lead multidisciplinary contributors and manage differing perspectives effectively in a matrixed organization.
Experience supporting consultative selling, proposals, opportunity development, or advisory-offering development.
Preferred: Knowledge of payments, cyber-enabled fraud, and financial-sector risk and resilience expectations.
Preferred: A relevant certification such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSP, or comparable.
Ability to travel based on client and business needs.
Technologies
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
ISO/IEC 27001
CIS Controls
COBIT
CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSP
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Potential sales incentive payments (if applicable)
Bonus and equity (if eligible)
Location: Ashburn, VA (onsite)
Salary: USD 138,300 - 221,600 per year
Work hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel: 5-10% of the time.
Information for US Applicants
Estimated salary range: $138,300.00 to $221,600.00 USD per year (may include potential sales incentive payments, if applicable).
Salary may vary based on job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
This position may be eligible for bonus and equity.
Visa benefits may include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.
Mental/Physical Requirements
Office setting
Sitting and standing at a desk
In-person and telephone communication
Frequent use of standard office equipment such as telephones and computers
Education: Bachelor Degree
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Worksite address
ashburn, VA, 22011, US
Who can apply
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