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Business Unit: Blackstone Technology & Innovations

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTi) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone’s businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we work to build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies.   

BXTi is nimble and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development mean that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.  

Cybersecurity:

Blackstone has a dedicated team that works across the firm to properly balance security with convenience, believing that securing the firm requires a total team effort. User training/awareness programs, development of governance models, transparent metrics, industry leading technologies and innovative approaches are part of Blackstone’s world class information risk and security.

Job Description:

The Senior Governance Associate provides hands-on expertise for a diverse set of governance projects including but not limited to regulatory audit assistance, user certification assistance, human security assistance, policy assistance and vendor risk management.

This position will learn all aspects of Governance at Blackstone and seek to manage and improve the status quo to ensure that Blackstone always maintains compliance with its regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities:

• Learn and support the compliance activities at Blackstone. Understand the IT controls and evidence required to support those controls. Be able to assist BXTI employees in understanding the importance and requirements of those controls.

• Lead policy management to ensure that all policies are up to date, reviewed annually, relevant, and available to applicable parties.

• Ability to understand auditor expectations and develop pre-reviews of various audit topics to ensure BX compliance with policy and expectations.

• Learn and lead the management of user certifications which includes kick off certifications, management of those certifications including follow up to completion and verification of removal of access where required.

• Understand IT risks in order to translate BXTI policy into Key Performance Indicators and help subject matter experts design and manage policy.

• Create and maintain positive relationships with other Blackstone compliance stakeholders. The ability to effectively communicate BXTI risks to Blackstone business personnel at all levels.  

• Understand and be able to support the Human Security Program at Blackstone.

• Learn and support the vendor risk management process and be able to assist in completing vendor reviews in both Blackstone tools, assist with the completion of reports and assess risks identified.

• Understand and operate in an agile environment.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years in a hands-on technical role in information security

• Hands-on experience with compliance, policy, IT Audit, VRM and IAM

• Have a strong understanding of risk in financial services and IT

• Possess the knowledge of Information Security best practices

• Desire to learn new technologies, share best practices, and contribute to the broader shared knowledge of a global infrastructure and security team

• Ability to self-organize, prioritize activities independently, create documentation and reporting

• Prior experience interfacing with business and technology stakeholders

• Prior experience with GRC tools such as SNOW, JIRA, HyperProof or equivalent

• An ability to manage stakeholder expectations in the delivery of projects

• Enables creative solutions by stimulating ideas through discussion and collaboration

• Manage uncertainty well – can assess and act with good enough but imperfect or incomplete information

• Possess strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to explain technical ideas to non-technical individuals at any level

• Have at least one active security or compliance certification: CISA, CISM, CISSP or related

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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