Cyber Resilience and Risk Governance Lead

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the oversight and challenge function for critical and high-impact cyber risks and issues, ensuring timely escalation, resolution, and alignment with enterprise risk appetite and cyber resiliency objectives
• Design and implement AI and automation solutions to streamline the risk and issue management lifecycle, including automated risk register updates, classification, and reporting.
• Collaborate with business and technical leaders to define governance plans, performance metrics, and escalation protocols that embed cyber resiliency into operational and strategic decision-making.
• Conduct ongoing and forensic audits of governance processes to assess compliance, identify gaps, and recommend enhancements. Use data analytics to track trends and inform leadership.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance teams to interpret and apply regulatory, contractual, and industry requirements to cyber risk governance. Ensure documentation and controls reflect current obligations.
• Use intelligent automation to ensure supporting materials (e.g., risk treatment plans, issue logs, mitigation strategies) are consumable, contextually linked to governance frameworks, and easy to maintain.
• Provide clear, actionable insights and reporting to business and technical leadership on risk posture, issue trends, and governance effectiveness. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and challenge.
• Mentor junior team members and promote a culture of proactive risk management and cyber resilience. Lead by example in adopting innovative technologies and governance practices.

Essential Skills:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in cybersecurity governance, risk management, or operational resilience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in developing and operationalizing cyber resiliency governance models, escalation protocols, and performance metrics aligned with enterprise risk appetite.
• Minimum 1 year of experience with AI-driven automation for risk registers, workflows, and documentation.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience leveraging Gen AI tools.
• CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CISM, or other relevant certifications.
• Experience communicating effectively with resources of all levels, including frontline support.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job does not have supervisory duties.

Skills

Compensation

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact.

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