Manager, Cybersecurity and Threat Modeling

Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing, so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians.

How do we get there? With a talented team of inquisitive and agile challengers that break through the status quo. So, if you’re passionate about redefining the future of banking—while having fun—this could be your next big opportunity.

Our company continues to grow, and today we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform ( eqbank.ca ) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021. 

The Work

The Manager, Cybersecurity and Threat Modeling provides leadership and direction for the organization's security assessments and threat modeling initiatives, ensuring that security is integrated into technology solutions from design through maintenance. This role leads the Threat Modeling team, ensuring the identification of security risks early in the project and system development lifecycle, mitigating potential cyber threats through robust security design in alignment with regulatory and industry standards. The Manager collaborates with Architecture teams, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure security controls are effectively integrated and advises on risk management strategies, directly contributing to the organization’s resilience to cyber threats. 

The Core Responsibilities!

• Overseeing the Threat Modeling team and their processes, ensuring effective operation and high-quality output.
• Developing and guiding high-priority security patterns for critical technology use cases, in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Leading discussions on control designs for projects, ensuring decisions are based on comprehensive cost/benefit analysis.
• Work with development, cloud, and infrastructure teams to identify and prioritize cyber threats and vulnerabilities during design.
• Collaborating in Architecture Review Council to align projects and implementations with the organization’s risk appetite and compliance requirements.
• Provide guidance and validation for secure configurations across cloud environment, endpoints, APIs, and identity solutions.
• Lead or support security tooling integration (WAF, DLP, IAM, SIEM, EDR) in product pipelines and infrastructure.
• Educate engineering and business teams on secure design practices and threat awareness.
• Directing team goals and objectives, aligning them with strategic business priorities.
• Cultivating a culture of continuous improvement, mentorship, and professional development within the Threat Modeling team.
• Managing team performance, providing clear direction, and setting performance standards in line with organizational expectations.

Let's Talk About You!

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field.
• At least eight (8) years of Information Technology experience with at least six (6) years of security engineering / architecture experience.

· Strong leadership and management skills, capable of directing and developing a high-performing team.

· Mastery of risk-oriented thinking and the ability to lead complex IT projects and cybersecurity risk assessments.

· Experience performing Technology Risk Assessments and building threat models is required.

• Experience in coding and development or architecture is required.
• Experience and ability to document security architecture views and threat modeling analysis (i.e. attack trees, sequence flow diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams etc.) for various technology designs.
• Understanding and experience in Application Security frameworks is required (e.g. OWASP, SANS Top 20 Controls for applications)
• Knowledge of control frameworks and Technology Risk Assessment methodologies is essential (e.g. NIST CSF, Zero Trust, ISO27002, ISO 31000, ISO 27005)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with proven track record of developing relationships and communicating conceptual information effectively to individuals unfamiliar with subject material.
• The following certifications are preferred: CCSP, SABSA, CCSK, CISM, CISSP, or CRISC.

What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]

Competitive discretionary bonus 

✨ Market leading RRSP match program

Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one

Generous vacation policy and personal days 

Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues

Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program

A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience

The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON .

Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well. 

We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.

We can’t wait to get to know you!