Information Security Specialist - AVP

Job Description: Job Title: Information Security Specialist - AVP Location: Pune, India

Role Description We are seeking an accomplished Information Security Specialist (Assistant Vice President) to lead engineering, configuration, and assurance activities for Microsoft Purview , the enterprise data governance and protection platform. In this high-impact role, you will design and implement advanced security controls , strengthen the bank’s data protection posture , and ensure compliance with global regulatory frameworks. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams across cybersecurity, compliance, architecture, and risk management to deliver a secure, resilient, and compliant data governance environment. Your expertise will directly support the bank’s mission to protect information assets, enable secure digital transformation, and maintain trust through data integrity and regulatory compliance .

Why You’ll Love This Role This is more than just an engineering position—it’s an opportunity to drive the future of data security and governance within a globally regulated banking environment. You’ll be at the forefront of digital trust, data privacy, and compliance innovation, helping the organization mitigate risks, modernize governance, and enable secure, compliant business growth. If you’re passionate about data protection, automation, and secure cloud transformation, this role offers the platform to make a lasting impact across a global enterprise.

What we’ll offer you As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy Best in class leave policy Gender neutral parental leaves 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral) Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents Accident and Term life Insurance Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities Responsible for eliciting and managing functional requirements in partnership and collaboration with the stakeholders like consumers, ITPO, Scrum Master, architect and delivery leads, working in an agile and iterative manner to build out appropriate solutions Works in a collaborative and agile manner to create end to end functional flows, document user stories and refine (eg add Acceptance Criteria) and liaise with development teams to prioritise and deliver against the requirements Ensure the right granularity of user story's by applying slicing techniques in scope of estimation and completion in a single sprint Provide needed clarifications on requirements to team members Together with Business Functional Analyst manage requirements using Agile framework i.e. user stories and help drive the agile process forward by participation in backlog grooming, sprint planning, QA, etc. Responsible for supporting the testing requirements together with the Product Team Supports the design and conceptualization of new business solution options and articulates identified impacts and risks Assures that the Product Backlog Items respect Definition of Ready before entering in the Sprint Backlog Assures that a proper number of Items enter Sprint Backlog Supports the Business Analysis Specialists, Product Owners, on the prioritization of change requests Outline business value of each requirement together with Business Functional Analyst and Product Owners and continuously engages with Engineering, POs and Journey experts to ensure development is aligned to what is required Provides domain and functional expertise as required Understands vision of the product and ensures development activities reflect that vision into the product Works with engineers, to prioritize, trouble shoot and resolve reported bugs / issues / stories on applications Drives data discovery, sourcing, modelling and analytics to support the creation of data flows and models. This includes researching and profiling data sources in data categories of expertise Evaluating dependences, interfaces and specifying inputs and formatting outputs to meet the business' Responsible for defining Non-Functional Requirements. Contribute to Communities of Practices applicable for Functional Analyst / Product Owner Role.

Your skills and experience 10+ Years of experience with good exposure in Information Security, Data Security domain. Good understanding of Data Security solutions, Microsoft Information Purview, Zscaler, Symantec Data leakage Prevention and operational processes will be preferred. Working closely with Product Owners and Stakeholders along with maintaining product backlogs and driving release content throughout via prioritized stories. Familiar with Excel, PowerPoint, Visio etc. Ability to work in a Matrix organization with stakeholders spread across geographies. Understanding of executing projects in agile (scrum) methodology Experience in conceptualization and solution definition Good analytical and problem solving experience Ability to identify and interpret stakeholders needs and requirements Self-motivated and flexibility to work autonomously coupled with ability to work in virtual teams and matrix/global organizations including appreciation of different cultures during collaborating and sharing. Ability to influence and motivate other team members and stakeholders through strong dialogue, facilitation and persuasiveness. An organized self-starter able to manage in a complex environment A team player who continually collaborates and shares information Continually looks to simplify and standardize solutions Actively seeks to reduce complexity and do the "right thing" Persistent in your drive for quality and excellence Architecturally minded with an ability to simplify complex activities Consistent in your approach to activities and tasks An excellent communicator (written & verbal) Influencer and problem solving person Fluent in English (written/verbal) additional language(s) are an advantage

How we’ll support you Training and development to help you excel in your career Coaching and support from experts in your team A culture of continuous learning to aid progression A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

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