VP, Cyber Intelligence Leader

Synchrony

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Work type
On-site
Location
Stamford, CTChicagoCosta Mesa, CAOrlando, FL
Salary
$170,000–$290,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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About Synchrony

Synchrony is a premier consumer financial services company and one of the nation’s largest providers of private-label and co-branded credit cards, alongside promotional financing and FDIC-insured savings products.

Synchrony currently has 17 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $150,000–$250,000 across 11 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · VP, Cyber Intelligence Leader

JOB TITLE: VP, Cyber Intelligence Leader The VP, Cyber Intelligence Leader leads the Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, and Cyber Hunt programs. This leader is responsible for translating internal and external threat signals into actionable intelligence, proactive hunts, and measurable detection improvements across the enterprise. Key responsibilities include defining intelligence requirements, managing the intelligence lifecycle, and leading hypothesis-driven hunts mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The role involves building and maintaining detection content and analytics within a SIEM/EDR environment while developing detection standards and tuning processes. The position requires expertise in financial sector cyber intelligence, security telemetry across endpoint, network, cloud, and edge/WAF systems, and proficiency with scripting languages. This role solves the business problem of reducing adversary dwell time and strengthening cyber defenses within a regulated financial services environment.

What you'll do

  • Produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence reports including executive briefings and actor tracking.
  • Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection content, hunt hypotheses, and response playbooks.
  • Lead hypothesis-driven hunts mapped to MITRE ATT&CK across endpoint, network, cloud, and identity environments.
  • Manage the full intelligence lifecycle from collection and analysis to production and dissemination.
  • Lead a detection engineering function to build and maintain analytics across the enterprise.
  • Establish detection standards for naming, severity, testing criteria, and structured tuning processes.
  • Drive detection validation through purple-team exercises and real incident lessons learned.
  • Partner with the SOC to improve alert fidelity and reduce noise in security monitoring.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent degree.
  • 8–12+ years of cybersecurity experience in threat intelligence, hunting, detection engineering, or incident response.
  • 3+ years of experience leading teams and/or enterprise programs with measurable outcomes.
  • Experience building and operationalizing detections within SIEM and EDR environments.
  • Strong knowledge of adversary tactics and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
  • Proficiency in analyzing security telemetry across endpoint, network, cloud, and edge systems.
  • Preferred certifications include GIAC (GCTI/GCIA/GCIH/GNFA), CISSP, or CCSP.
  • Security Clearance, as a plus.

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