Risk Manager, Oversight of Engineering Risk Lead, Vice President

Your Impact

As a Risk Manager in core engineering, you will work with Engineering colleagues, as well as key Technology Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Business partners, in implementing the Oversight of Engineering Risk Programme in the engineering division, as well as heading up a regulatory response capability within core engineering as we operate in a more heightened regulatory environment.               

Who do we look for

We look for the candidate to head up and drive key programmes and initiatives that drive the introduction of technology within the organization and its adoption/integration into our business-as-usual processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Deliver, with Technology Risk, the implementation of Oversight of Engineer Risk to the Core Engineering Division and adopting all elements of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework 
• Build out a strong team and evaluate the pertinence & applicability of Policies, Standards and Procedures to core engineering
• Work with Process leads to introduce and support the following functions
  • Risk Assessment Concepts and Structures
  • Monitoring and Testing of key controls
  • Governance Communities and Escalations
  • Change management functions
  • Issue Management and Escalation
  • Metrics and Reporting
• Assist in performing a detailed analysis to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc), including material, emerging and concentration risks in accordance with enterprise Policies.
• Respond to regulatory asks within core engineering and liaise with Compliance and other regulatory response bodies to ensure consistency and common narratives
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Goldman Sachs, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency
• Liaise with Second Line and Audit on findings to ensure that findings are appropriate and remediations solve for the problem mitigate the risk and are fit for purpose and align to 
• Lead and create sustainability around core engineering driven programmes that include the adoption and resolution of significant new technology

This role requires an energetic self-starter that can liaise with stakeholders across business units and federation teams both regionally and globally. Familiarity with the concepts of operational risk, the firm’s process flows and control environment combined with strong interpersonal and analytical skills and a penchant for problem solving are necessary for this role.

Qualifications:

• Experience developing and deploying an risk framework for a technology organization ( Cyber, Resiliency, Technology )
• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience working in operational risk, relevant revenue generating division, or a control function (e.g., Credit Risk, Compliance, Operational Risk, Finance/Controllers or Audit)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to present with impact and build consensus across senior stakeholder groups
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with a focus on delivery
• Strong organizational skills (project management experience a plus)
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint – Tableau & SQL are a plus
• Familiarity with enterprise risk management best-practices and controls
• Quick learner who can thrive working as part as a cross-regional team and individually
• Cyber Risk knowledge a plus

Preferred:

• Experience developing data driven monitoring and testing programs
• Risk assessment experience for change management and process design