Senior Audit Project Manager - Information Security

Responsibilities

The Senior Audit Project Manager leads audit engagements, monitors progress against schedules, and ensures high-quality audit results in compliance with internal policies. They also provide technical guidance and coaching to audit staff while collaborating across lines of defense to ensure effective risk-focused coverage.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and typically over 10 years of applicable experience in audit or information security. Strong project management skills and technical knowledge of cybersecurity domains and IT frameworks are essential for this role.

Skills

• Audit management
• Information security
• Risk assessment
• Project management
• Cybersecurity
• Data analytics
• IT frameworks
• Cloud migration
• DevSecOps
• API security
• Vulnerability management
• Zero trust
• Cryptography
• Compliance
• Coaching
• Technical writing

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic term life insurance
• Optional term life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability leave
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave

About this role

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
Job Description
The Corporate Audit Services Senior Audit Project Manager (SAPM) is primarily responsible for leading staff in the completion of audit engagements with minimal supervision from managers, however there are no direct reports. The Senior Audit Project Manager is expected to monitor progress of audit engagements against plan and schedule, assess work performed by the audit engagement team, and provide coaching and on-the-job training for team members to ensure engagements are completed in conformance with internal audit policies and procedures.
Primary Responsibilities
Independently lead and execute audit engagements, or supervise audit staff when applicable, ensuring timely delivery of high‑quality, well‑supported audit results.
Review and assess audit work to confirm accuracy, completeness, relevance, and adherence to internal audit policies, procedures, and IIA Standards.
Evaluate audit issues to ensure appropriate identification of risk exposures, root causes, and practical, effective management action plans.
Plan audit engagements by:
Understanding and documenting business processes
Identifying key risks and controls
Assessing control design and operating effectiveness
Developing audit programs that clearly support audit objectives
Support audit reporting and wrap‑up activities, including issue disposition and contribution to clear, concise, and well‑supported audit reports.
Monitor engagement progress against plan and schedule, proactively addressing risks to delivery and ensuring timely workpaper reviews.
Provide on‑the‑job coaching and technical guidance to audit staff, with emphasis on audit execution quality and credit risk subject‑matter application.
Collaborate across the three lines of defense and with other CAS audit teams to ensure coordinated, risk‑focused, and efficient audit coverage of credit‑related activities.
Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
Typically more than 10 years of applicable experience
Preferred Skills
Undergraduate degree in a Technology, Cybersecurity or Engineering related field of concentration or equivalent combination of training and experience. Professional certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, CIA, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Administrator) or advanced degree (e.g., MS in Technology/Information Security, MBA) is a plus.
Strong Project management and execution skills, including prioritizing tasks, balancing workload between multiple projects, anticipating next steps, adapting to changing situations and project scope.
Agile/Continuous Deployment/Continuous Delivery/DevSecOps, Secure Software Development
AI security, API and Cloud Migration experience
Advanced data analytics and visualization acumen
Strong knowledge of IT Frameworks (e.g., COBIT, ITIL, NIST, FEDRAMP, PCI-DSS, AGILE, AWS Well Architected Framework etc.
Technical knowledge of at least two cybersecurity domains: API, Secure Cloud Architecture, Deployment models, data encryption/tokenization, cryptography, vulnerability and configuration management, Zero Trust, Network Segmentation, authentication/authorization protocols. Hands-on experience in at least one of the above.
Critical thinking and intellectual curiosity
Written and verbal communications – ability to create clear, concise, and engaging messaging across multiple formats.
Ability to work well under deadline pressure.

*This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.
Benefits:
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:
Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
Review our full benefits available by employment status here.
U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
E-Verify
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About U.S. Bank

Banking · 10,001+ employees · headquartered in Minneapolis, MN