Tech Risk and Controls Lead(PMO)

Leverage your deep technical expertise and leadership to guide cutting-edge projects, fostering growth and innovation in a dynamic environment.

As a Tech Risk & Controls Lead(PMO) within the Cybersecurity Technology and Controls, Governance Risk and Controls, you will drive the successful delivery of complex technology projects and programs that will help reaching business goals across the firm and also responsible for identifying, and mitigating compliance and operational risks in line with the firm's standards. Leveraging your deep knowledge of technical principles, practices, and theories is essential for developing innovative solutions, while simultaneously effectively managing resources, budgets, and high-performing teams. Your strong analytical reasoning and adaptability skills will enable you to navigate through ambiguity and change, ensuring that technology initiatives align with business goals. With advanced communication and stakeholder management abilities, you will foster productive working relationships and influence decision-making to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. As a subject matter expert, you will contribute to the development of operational plans and risk management strategies, ensuring the highest quality and professionalism in service delivery.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive project plans, incorporating technical requirements, resource allocation, and timelines to ensure on-time delivery of technology solutions.
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate synthesis of risk/control evidence and draft executive-ready reporting, validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity and security requirements
• Identify and mitigate risks, proactively addressing potential roadblocks and implementing contingency plans to maintain project and program momentum.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders, to define program scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
• Utilize advanced analytical reasoning to assess program performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement data-driven optimizations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Champion the adoption of agile methodologies and technical solutions, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the team.
• Promotes reuse-first, AI-assisted approaches to streamline recurring control testing and issue/action-plan management routines, ensuring human review and alignment to auditability and regulatory expectations

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on security concepts and 5+ years of applied experience in technical program management, leading complex technology projects and programs in a large organization.
• Advanced expertise in stakeholder management, with the ability to establish productive working relationships and influence decision-making across cross-functional teams and clients.
• Advanced experience in utilizing technical fluency, including knowledge of vendor products and managing vendor relations, to enable on-demand access to shared pools of applications and services.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support technology risk and controls workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted risk summaries and recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and ensuring outcomes align to security, auditability, and regulatory expectations.
• Proven track record of effectively managing resources, budgets, and high-performing teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying analytical reasoning and problem-solving techniques to break down business, technical, or operational objectives into manageable tasks and activities.
• Ability to analyze large sets of data, identify themes, and present actionable insights to leadership for planning purposes.
• Experience working in risk management, technology controls, or cybersecurity environments and experience working in a global, matrixed organization, understanding the nuances of cross-border collaboration.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change, able to adapt to evolving business needs and priorities and passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and driving positive change within the organization.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization, understanding the nuances of cross-border collaboration.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change, able to adapt to evolving business needs and priorities.
• Passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and driving positive change within the organization.