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Security Human Risk & Resilience Analyst

Kemper · Downers Grove, IL · $89,000–$148,100 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a time you persuaded a business leader to change something for security reasons.

What they are checking: Whether they can influence leaders with data and business framing rather than fear or policy citations.

Describe a time your data told a different story than what leadership expected.

What they are checking: Whether they report findings honestly even when they are unwelcome, which governance work requires.

What would you do

Phishing click rates in one department stay high after training. What would you do?

What they are checking: Whether they dig into why, like workflow or email volume, rather than just assigning more training.

A team wants a policy exception because the control slows their work. How do you handle that?

What they are checking: Whether they can weigh risk fairly, offer alternatives and document exceptions instead of saying yes or no reflexively.

How do you design security messages that people actually pay attention to?

What they are checking: Whether they understand human behavior well enough to avoid preachy messages people ignore.

About the work

The posting says this isn't an administrative training role. How would you use phishing and incident data to find real human risk?

What they are checking: Whether they can analyze behavior data to find patterns, not just send out training and track completion.

Walk me through a security risk assessment you've done. How did you decide a control was weak?

What they are checking: Whether they have enough technical depth to challenge weak controls, which the posting specifically asks for.

How do you measure whether a security culture program is actually working?

What they are checking: Whether they track meaningful outcomes like reporting rates and incidents, not just training completion numbers.

How do you manage issue tracking so security findings actually get fixed and don't just sit open?

What they are checking: Whether they can drive remediation through ownership, deadlines and escalation in a GRC program.

What frameworks, like NIST CSF or ISO 27001, have you worked with, and how did they shape your work?

What they are checking: Whether they can use a framework as a practical guide rather than just mapping controls on paper.

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The full job description

As published by Kemper.

Location(s) P&C-Butterfield Road-Downers Grove-IL-AAC Details Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises. Position Summary: Kemper is seeking a Security Risk & Resilience Analyst to work at our Kemper office. This position combines substantive security GRC execution with security-culture and human-risk program design. The role uses risk, control, incident, phishing, training, and workforce data to identify behavioral and governance risk, influence business leaders, and drive measurable improvements rather than functioning as an administrative compliance or training-coordination role. Position Responsibilities: • Execute security risk assessments, control and policy support, issue tracking, governance reporting, and assurance coordination with sufficient technical understanding to challenge weak evidence or control design. • Design targeted security-culture and human-risk interventions based on role, behavior, business context, incident patterns, and measurable risk indicators. • Develop role-based education, leader toolkits, campaigns, and behavior-change initiatives that extend beyond annual awareness requirements. • Analyze GRC, control, incident, phishing, training, and workforce data to identify risk patterns and measure program effectiveness. • Develop dashboards, KRIs/KPIs, cohort analyses, executive insights, and action plans tied to actual risk outcomes. • Partner with business leaders, HR, Communications, technology teams, and security specialists to implement sustainable changes in behavior and control execution. • Own assigned GRC/culture processes end to end; standardize, automate, document, and improve recurring workflows. Position Qualifications: • 5+ years of cybersecurity GRC, risk, compliance, security awareness/human risk, change management, or related experience, with demonstrated ownership of both risk/control work and measurable stakeholder or behavior-change outcomes. • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Risk Management, Business, Communications, Behavioral Science, Education, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience. • Practical experience with security GRC processes including risk assessments, controls, policies, issues, governance, and assurance support. • Strong analytics capability using spreadsheets, BI/reporting tools, GRC platforms, or equivalent data sources. • Experience designing and measuring security-awareness, human-risk, or behavior-change interventions • Ability to understand technical security evidence and identify when a control or response does not address the underlying risk. • Working knowledge of cybersecurity risks and controls across common domains and ability to connect security culture to incidents and control outcomes. • Ability to build clear metrics, dashboards, and risk narratives for leaders • Understanding of security governance, policy, risk treatment, assurance, and issue-management concepts. • Ability to distinguish compliance activity from meaningful risk reduction. • Excellent written and verbal communication. • Behavior-change and stakeholder-influence capability. • Analytical curiosity and evidence-based decision-making. • Ability to tailor messages to executives, leaders, technical teams, and general workforce populations. • Independent process ownership and continuous-improvement mindset. Preferred Qualifications: • CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+, or comparable security/risk credential. • Formal training or certification in change management, adult learning, communications, or behavioral science. • Experience with GRC platforms, BI/analytics tools, phishing/human-risk platforms, and security metrics. • Experience in a regulated enterprise supporting audit, compliance, or governance forums. • Sponsorship is not accepted for this opportunity. • This position is a hybrid role that sits in either our Downers Grove, IL or Chicago, IL office locations • The base range for this position is $89,000 to $148,100. When determining candidate offers, we consider experience, skills, education, certifications, and geographic location among other factors. This job is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and Kemper benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, etc.) Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination. Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. Kemper will never request personal information, such as your social security number or banking information, via text or email. Additionally, Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates. If you receive such a message, delete it. #LI-JO1

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