Hiring: Vice President, Cyber Defense Company: Fannie Mae Location: Washington, DC Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 12:52:27 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, Machine Learning, Risk Management, SaaS About the job Experience: •Significant progressive leadership experience in cybersecurity, technology, or technology risk, with substantial experience leading cybersecurity organizations in large, complex enterprises. •Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale Cyber Defense, Security Operations, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, or closely related cybersecurity capabilities. •Proven experience developing and executing cybersecurity strategies and major transformation programs across complex technology environments. •Demonstrated leadership during significant cyber incidents, including the ability to make consequential decisions under pressure and communicate effectively with senior executives. •Comprehensive expertise in modern adversary behaviors and attack techniques, including AI-driven attacks, as well as threats targeting identity, endpoints, networks, applications, cloud environments, data, and third-party ecosystems. Required Skills: •The VP will foster a culture of security, operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement while leveraging data, automation, and emerging technologies to improve cybersecurity outcomes across the enterprise. •Drive successful detection and containment of cybersecurity events that threaten the security of Fannie Mae Systems. •Ensures the availability of comprehensive cyber threat detection capabilities while leveraging external technical, forensic, and investigative resources as needed. •Directs strategic intelligence activities to identify cyber threats and vulnerabilities relevant to Fannie Mae. •Oversee cyber incident response and management programs, partnering with leaders across the organization to address specific vulnerabilities. •Oversee the development and operationalization of strategies for maturing the enterprise cyber security posture to meet or exceed industry standards in a complex, on-prem/multi-cloud environment. •Provides oversight of cybersecurity risk management activities, including audits, reviews and assessments of our cyber security program and manages audit issue remediation. •Applies an understanding of cloud security technologies and models to ensure the relevance, viability and scalability of cybersecurity applications and systems. Provides leadership and direction in the innovation of bleeding edge cybersecurity technology. Qualifications: •The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers. •For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote. •Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related field. Compensation: •$250,000 - $350,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!