Tech Risk & Controls Director

Join a role that's central to our technological resilience, offering a unique opportunity to shape the firm's tech risk strategy and enhance industry compliance.

As a Tech Risk & Controls Director in Infrastructure Platforms you will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing the firm's technology risk management strategy. Leveraging your advanced knowledge and expertise in technology-risk disciplines, you will identify, oversee, and mitigate compliance and operational risks in line with the firm's standards. You will collaborate with various stakeholders, including Product Owners, Business Control Managers, and regulators, to develop and maintain a comprehensive view of the technology risk posture and its impact on the business. Your ability to make calculated decisions, manage large teams, and drive strategic projects will be crucial in ensuring the firm's adherence to regulatory obligations and industry best practices. Your work will contribute to the long-term success and resilience of the organization in an ever-evolving technology landscape.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and implement technology risk management strategies, policies, and processes to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, and drive strategic projects and initiatives to enhance the firm's technology risk management capabilities, in line with industry best practices and the firm's standards and regulatory requirements
• Sets reuse-first expectations for enterprise-authorized AI adoption within the work environment across technology risk and controls operations to accelerate evidence synthesis, issue analysis, and executive reporting, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Identify and escalate emerging and upstream technology risk through execution of the Firm’s management framework tools, including risk event management, reporting, and action plan tracking, and provide expert counsel to stakeholders and constituents regarding their security obligations, facilitating acceptable outcomes
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including key cross-functional team leads, regulators, and auditors, to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and industry standards
• Manage reporting and governance of overall controls, policies, issue management, and measurements, etc., providing insight to senior leaders into effectiveness of controls and inform governance work
• Establishes governance standards for AI-assisted workflows used in risk reporting and issue/action-plan management, ensuring traceability/auditability and alignment to security, resiliency, and regulatory expectations.
• Partner with technology and business leadership to shape technology strategy and drive program governance, including oversight of program health, milestone tracking, and governance forums across complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Drive proactive identification of program risks, technology dependencies, and cross-program themes, and ensure prompt escalation through established governance channels for timely senior stakeholder visibility.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• 10+ years of experience in technology risk management, cybersecurity, or a related field, focusing on regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
• Demonstrated experience leading safe adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment within technology risk and controls workflows, including validation practices and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to define review/approval and escalation expectations for AI-assisted recommendations while maintaining security, auditability, and regulatory compliance outcomes.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk management frameworks, industry standards, and regulatory requirements relevant to the financial industry.
• Proven ability to lead large teams, manage cross-functional projects, influence executive-level strategic decision-making, and effectively translate technology insights to business strategy in communications with senior executives.
• Advanced knowledge and experience leading data security, risk assessment & reporting, and control evaluation, design, and governance, with a track record of implementing effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, executive-ready materials and present complex technical and risk topics to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and global time zones, collaborating with distributed stakeholders to drive alignment and execution.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, or similar industry-recognized risk/audit certifications.
• Experience with technology strategy development and program governance frameworks within large, complex organizations.
• Experience with risk management tools, GRC platforms, and data analytics preferred.