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Job Description
The MD of Operational Resilience and Global Security ensures that CME Group's critical market functions—trade execution, clearing, and settlement—remain robust against severe disruptions. You will lead the enterprise strategy to prevent, adapt to, and recover from operational threats while ensuring global regulatory compliance. This role serves as the primary bridge between technical and cybersecurity recovery, physical security, and executive governance. Principal Accountabilities Strategy Governance •
Program Leadership:
Direct the 24/7 Global Business Continuity (BCM) and Security programs, aligning them with industry best practices and global regulatory requirements. •
Executive Liaison:
Represent resilience and security programs to the Board's Risk Committee, senior leadership, and global regulators; manage all regulatory exams and remediation plans. •
Strategic Integration:
Align resilience programs with CME's growth, including new business lines, legal entities, and cloud/data center migrations. Crisis & Incident Management •
Crisis Command:
Act as a key decision-maker during live incidents, leading the enterprise-wide Crisis Analysis and Response framework. Ensure alignment and coordination with Global Information Security (GIS) and the Corporate Incident Response Plan. •
Testing and Simulation:
Design and execute complex crisis exercises, including cyber-attack simulations, data integrity failures, and physical infrastructure outages. •
External Partnerships:
Maintain high-level relationships with law enforcement and financial sector bodies (e.g., FBI, DHS, FS-ISAC, SIFMA). Global Security Operations •
Critical Infrastructure:
Oversee the Global Security Command Center, threat intelligence, and protection for high-risk assets (Trading Floor, Data Centers, and colocation sites). Enhance threat awareness and protection through deep collaboration with Cyber Resiliency and Cyber Defense teams. •
Personnel Safety:
Manage executive protection, global secure travel, life safety protocols (drills/credentialing), and the background investigation adjudication process. •
Investigations:
Lead sensitive corporate investigationsin partnership with Legal, HR, and GIS. Risk & Resilience •
Technical Resilience:
Partner with Technology teams to ensure 24/7 uptime across on-prem, colocation, and cloud environments. •
Cyber Resilience:
Partner with Cyber Resiliency and Cyber Defense teams to ensure cross-domain communication and coordination with GIS, including the functions that are responsible for monitoring and incident response for business- critical systems. •
Third-Party Risk:
Define and manage the vendor risk management framework for security and resilience in coordination with the Third-Party Risk Management team. Qualifications & Experience •
Experience:
15+ years of progressive leadership in Operational Resilience and BCM within complex financial environments. •
Industry Knowledge:
Deep understanding of trade lifecycles, clearing workflows, and low-latency infrastructure. •
Crisis Leadership:
Proven track record of managing major operational disruptions and establishing high-stakes decision- making protocols. •
Regulatory Gravitas:
Extensive experience managing regulatory examinations and presenting to Board-level committees. •
Strategic Mindset:
Ability to integrate security and resilience into technology transformations (Cloud/Data Center strategy) •
Education:
MBA or advanced degree preferred. CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $261,800-$436,300. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.
CME Group:
Where Futures are Made CME Group is the world's leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it - all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we're looking for more. At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone's perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.
Important Notice:
Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here. As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. We enable clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data - empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes foreign exchange energy agricultural products and metals. We meet uncertainty and volatility with confidence and clarity, across the trading lifecycle and around the world. Hear more about our employee experience Get a look inside CME Group and see what makes us tick A rewarding career is only the beginning Best Place to Work Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Additionally, CME Group does not communicate with job applicants over Telegram. Learn more here. For U.S. employment, CME Group is legally required to validate a new hire's employment eligibility by having them complete an Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) companied with legally acceptable proof of identity and work authorization (as listed on the Form I-9). CME Group uses E-Verify, which is an online system operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility and validate social security numbers. Through participation in the E-Verify program, information entered on Form I-9 will be provided and compared to information available at both of these agencies. See posters below for more details. E-Verify Notice E-Verify Notice Español U.S. Right to Work Notice U.S. Right to Work Notice Español
