This position is a key risk leader within the Risk organization, responsible for ensuring a strong risk culture and delivery of all risk management responsibilities supporting Early Warning’s digital asset initiatives.
Requirements
- Drive cultural awareness, knowledge, adoption, and accountability for risk management activities across digital asset–related initiatives.
- Serve as the subject matter expert and strategic advisor to identify, assess, monitor, and document current and emerging risks associated with digital asset platforms, distributed systems, and evolving payment architectures.
- Actively engage in discussions concerning strategic business decisions to advise and guide on risk considerations, particularly where new technologies, integrations, or regulatory considerations introduce novel risk profiles.
- Collaborate with other risk and business leaders to drive an end-to-end, holistic view of technology risks, controls, and issues, including those spanning traditional systems and emerging digital asset–enabled platforms.
- Work with First Line Risk Management (FLRM) functions to understand and monitor applicable requirements and assess business impact to support a consistent approach across Technology for appropriate projects and processes to address needed changes.
- Work closely with technology business leaders and second line of defense teams to maintain a comprehensive universe of risks, controls, and RCSAs that reflect a complete and accurate view of technology risk, including considerations for new architectures, external integrations, and evolving regulatory expectations.
- Aggregate risk data to support reporting and analytics for risk management use, including RCSA results, issues management, vendor risk, and control testing; ensure a comprehensive set of KRIs for effective reporting.
- Oversee risk assessments and control design for complex, distributed, and externally integrated systems, ensuring appropriate coverage of areas such as data integrity, transaction processing, security, and resiliency.
- Manage and develop a team responsible for executing risk management disciplines in support of digital asset initiatives.
- Prepare materials for risk reporting and updates to senior management, risk committees, and external oversight bodies.
- Ensure leadership has a holistic understanding of timelines and dependencies for risk programs supporting digital asset initiatives.
- Provide effective leadership in developing and leading a high-performing team in support of technology risk objectives.
- Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
- Minimum of 12 years of risk management experience, preferably within financial services or other complex, highly regulated environments, using the three lines of defense model.
- Strong Information Technology subject matter knowledge, including modern architectures such as cloud, APIs, distributed systems, and external integrations.
- Strong understanding of risk assessment techniques, practices, and control frameworks relevant to the financial services industry.
- Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across the three lines of defense.
- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements related to financial services technology and emerging technology domains.
- Ability to synthesize and analyze risk data and translate into actionable insights.
- Persuasive communication, organization, and presentation skills, with experience working with C-level executives.
- Effective influence management skills with experience challenging peers and leaders with contrasting views.
Benefits
- Healthcare Coverage
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Maven Family Planning
- 11 paid company holidays
