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Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.
From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.
We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.
Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?
Job Overview:
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC is looking to hire a Deputy Chief Information Security Officer with an analytical mind and a detailed understanding of enterprise risk management methodologies. The candidate is expected to have a meticulous attention to detail, outstanding problem-solving skills, work comfortably under pressure and deliver on tight deadlines.
Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $150,000 - $175,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.
Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.
About Lord Abbett:
Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.
From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.
We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.
Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?
Job Overview:
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC is looking to hire a Deputy Chief Information Security Officer with an analytical mind and a detailed understanding of enterprise risk management methodologies. The candidate is expected to have a meticulous attention to detail, outstanding problem-solving skills, work comfortably under pressure and deliver on tight deadlines.
The Deputy Chief Information Security Officer performs various functions, including being responsible for new and improved controls to meet global regulatory requirements, compliance with cyber security standards used by the firm. They will help to improve and develop new process designs and technology platform strategies supporting the program.
We’ll trust you to::- Develop and enhance cyber security related policies and procedures to meet existing and new regulatory and standards certification requirements.
- Collaborate with control owners, senior leadership of technology areas to deliver creative solutions that reduce cyber security risk at the firm
- Implement a continuous monitoring strategy to identify and respond to changes to cyber security risk posture and communicate to control owners; stay abreast of emerging cyber security threats
- Oversee the implementation of new and improved cyber security controls for increased maturity and to meet regulatory expectations; respond to regulatory examination
- Maintain a risk register and provide management metrics and reporting of risks and program performance; track residual risk and mitigation plans of gaps in controls from assessments
- Provide guidance to control owners on results from controls maturity assessments, compliance assessments of standards and regulations
- Collaborate with business and technology to implement technology platforms supporting the program; identify opportunities to streamline and automate processes using technology
- Support due diligence requests of controls posture at Lord Abbett as a third party to external stakeholders
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related fields but a High School diploma / GED with extensive experience is also accepted
- Strong familiarity with cyber security risk domains: Information Security, business continuity, data privacy, records retention, technology infrastructure, physical security
- Strong familiarity with operational risk frameworks: risk assessment, risk classification, risk metrics, issue management
- Certification: CRISC, CISSP, CISA, CISM, or equivalent industry certifications
- Communication skills: In executing their duties, this role must communicate with various audiences, including business leaders, clients, team members, and engineers. It is important that they have great verbal communication skills to convey information to the relevant audience. They also require exceptional written communication, documentation, and reporting skills
- Teamwork abilities: Is expected to work with various multi-disciplinary teams, so it is vital that they are team-oriented individuals with priority on the successful completion of group goals
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills: It is also essential that applicants have the necessary skills to constantly monitor the process to identify emerging gaps or issues and proactively execute changes
Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.
- Principles-Led - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
- Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
- Purpose-Driven - Embraces our mission: Securing a sustainable future for our clients, people, and world.
We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.
Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $150,000 - $175,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.
Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance.
Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett
Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.
