As an Executive Director within Corporate Control Management (1st Line of Defense), you will lead the mobilization and delivery of a dynamic portfolio of enterprise control priorities that require senior judgment, disciplined execution, and strong cross-functional alignment. You will partner closely with Lines of Business and Corporate Functions, Control Management, Compliance, Operational Risk, Legal, Technology, and other stakeholders to translate risk and control objectives into clear scope, practical governance, actionable delivery plans, and measurable outcomes that meet business, regulatory, and control expectations. This is a high-visibility role for a leader who can rapidly build fluency in new problem spaces, bring structure to ambiguity, and advance emerging control priorities as the firm’s risk, regulatory, and business agenda evolves.

Job responsibilities:

• Define objectives, scope, approach, and success metrics; build delivery plans; drive execution through to sustainable implementation.
• Manage programsacross multiple concurrent workstreams with shifting priorities; establish clear governance, program log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), and executive-level reporting.
• Drive process re-engineering, control design and implementation, control program enhancements, operating model changes, and tooling/product improvements that strengthen the control environment.
• Partner and align stakeholders across Lines of Business, Corporate Functions, Control Management, Compliance/Operational Risk, Legal, Technology, Data, and Operations.
• Synthesize inputs, identify root causes, recommend pragmatic solutions, and drive decisions at senior forums.
• Promote consistency in methodology, documentation, testing readiness, evidence standards, and sustainable BAU adoption.
• Support regulatory engagementsas needed: coordinate responses, track commitments, and drive timely remediation and validation.
• Lead and mentor project managers/control managers; set expectations, develop talent, and create a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor27s degree
• 10+ yearsin financial services with experience acrosscontrols, operational risk, audit, compliance, and/or risk & controls transformation.
• Demonstrated track record leadinglarge, cross-functional, firmwide programswith measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of the control environment and expectations for large, complex financial institutions (e.g., governance, issue management, sustainable remediation).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence and drive alignment with senior executives in a matrixed organization.
• Strong structured problem-solving skills; ability to move from ambiguity to a clear plan and deliverables.
• Executive-level communication skills (clear writing, concise status reporting, strong presentations).
• Highly organized; able to manage competing priorities and adapt quickly as project mix changes.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Experience leadingcontrols modernization, control testing/evidence readiness improvements, issue management enhancements, or risk & controls operating model redesign.
• Experience working closely withTechnology and Productteams on workflow/tooling enhancements that strengthen controls.
• Prior experience engaging withregulators, Internal Audit, and independent risk/compliance partnerson complex initiatives.
• Relevant certifications (preferred, not required): PMP, PMI-ACP, Agile/Scrum, Lean/Six Sigma, CPA, CIA, CRISC.
• Advanced proficiency with MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word; comfort with portfolio tooling (e.g., Jira/plan-on-a-page dashboards) as applicable.