Global Risk Security Architect Expert Director

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Job Description

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

The Global Risk Security Architect Expert Director is a strategic leader responsible for defining and implementing BCG’s enterprise security architecture. This role ensures the protection of data, intellectual property, and client assets by designing secure, scalable, and resilient systems that align with the firm's business goals and security standards. The architect leads efforts to integrate security into every stage of IT systems development, ensuring alignment with agile practices, emerging technologies, and zero-trust principles. By leveraging robust governance and cross-functional collaboration, the architect ensures secure innovation, operational resilience, and effective risk management.

Key responsibilities include:

  1. Security Architecture Leadership:Define and enforce secure engineering practices and frameworks, including reusable reference architectures and secure-by-design standards. Develop and maintain security blueprints aligned with Agile/DevSecOps methodologies. Ensure security is embedded in all IT projects, including secure code reviews, vulnerability testing, and automated CI/CD pipeline integration.
  2. Emerging Technology Integration:Drive the adoption of advanced technologies, including zero-trust architectures, secure APIs, and cryptographic solutions. Leverage AI/ML, containerization, and cloud-security practices to enhance enterprise defenses.
  3. Continuous Improvement:Use insights from incident analysis, threat intelligence, and testing outcomes to refine and enhance security architectures. Collaborate with operational teams to integrate feedback loops that ensure continuous alignment with evolving threats.
  4. Governance and Collaboration:Partner with Security Operations, Incident Response, and Risk Management teams to ensure comprehensive security integration. Facilitate enterprise-wide adherence to regulatory, industry, and internal standards, including ISO 27001 and NIST.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

  1. Strategic Vision: Translating complex business strategies into secure, scalable, and actionable architectures.
  2. Technical Expertise: Leveraging modern frameworks and technologies, including zero-trust, DevSecOps, and cryptography, to protect enterprise systems.
  3. Collaboration: Partnering effectively across geographies and functions to achieve security goals.
  4. Problem Solving: Driving innovative solutions for emerging threats and architectural challenges.
  5. Mentorship: Leading and inspiring teams while fostering an enterprise-wide culture of architectural excellence.

What You'll Bring

  1. Education: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent).
  2. Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in information security, with strong expertise in enterprise security architecture. Proven experience in cloud security, zero-trust architecture, API security, and DevSecOps pipelines. Experience creating reusable security reference architectures, integrating security into Agile/DevSecOps methodologies, and driving consistency in security frameworks.
  3. Technical Proficiency:Hands-on experience designing secure architectures for hybrid cloud environments. Deep understanding of zero-trust frameworks, secure-by-design standards, and agile methodologies. Familiarity with automation tools and secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices.

Who You'll Work With

You will collaborate within a fast-paced, intellectually challenging, and service-oriented environment. Working alongside internal IT, business leaders, and consultants, you will be an integral part of BCG’s Information Security Risk Management team. By partnering with technical and operational teams globally, you will drive the firm’s security strategies, enabling secure innovation and digital transformation.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable state or local law. BCG is an E-Verify Employer.

(Click herehttps://careers.bcg.com/global/en/e-verifyfor more information on E-Verify.)

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