OverallPurpose

Provides independent second-line oversight, assessment, and crediblechallengeof first-line technology risk management activities across the company. Partners across Technology, Security, Product, Data, and other business functions to evaluate risk and control practices, including risk assessments, issues management, control validation, key risk indicators, governance reporting, and escalation. Helps ensure technology-related risks are managedconsistentwith enterprise risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and sound industry practice. May support one or more focus areas based on business need, including Enterprise Technology Risk, Data Security Risk, Access Management Risk, Offensive Security Risk, Vulnerability Management Risk, AI SecurityRisk, andAsset and Inventory Management Risk.

Essential Functions

• Provide independent review, oversight, and crediblechallengeoffirst-line technology risk management activities, controls, and decisions.

• Evaluate the design and execution of risk management practices to ensure alignment with enterprise frameworks, policies, regulatory expectations, and relevant industry standards.

• Provide independentchallengeand oversight of risk identification and assessment activities.

• Review and challenge risk and control self-assessments,issuesmanagement, remediation plans, control validation outcomes, and key risk indicators.

• Assess the adequacy of severity ratings, root cause analyses, action plans, and closure evidence for technology-related issues and risk events.

• Identifyrisk trends, concentrations, and emerging themes through analysis of risk data, governance materials, and business changes; develop an independent view of risk exposure and control effectiveness.

• Prepare and support reporting, escalation, anddiscussionmaterials for senior leaders, governance forums, and risk committees.

• Partner with first-line leaders, subject matter experts, and independent testing or validation teams to improve clarity of control expectations, testing scope, and evidence requirements.

• Provide ongoing risk advisory support whilemaintainingsecond-line independence and accountability for effectivechallenge.

• Recommendopportunities to strengthen risk awareness, governance routines, and training that improve technology risk management maturity.

• Support the company27s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Focus: Enterprise Technologyand Information SecurityRisk

• Provide independentchallengeand oversight of technology risk management practices across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, product, and operational technology domains.

• Provide independentchallengeand oversight ofinformation securityrisk management practices acrossthreat management, network, endpoint, cloud, architecture,data, access, AI,or applicationsecuritydomains.

• Assess alignment of technology risk and control activities to enterprise policies, risk frameworks, and applicable industry standards.

• Evaluate whether risk assessments, control inventories,issuesmanagement, and key risk indicators are executed consistently and effectively across the technology organization.

• Challenge risk identification activities related to significant technology changes, new products or capabilities, and cross-functional initiatives.

• Assess risk trends and systemic themes across the technology environment and provide independent reporting and escalation as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of aBachelor27sdegree or equivalent.

• Typically has 12 years of experience ordemonstratedportfolio consistent with experience required of the role in technology risk, information security, operational risk, or related disciplines within a regulatedor otherwisecomplex operating environment.

• Strong understanding of risk management practices, control frameworks, and second-line oversight withinathree lines of defense model.

• Demonstrated experience providing independent review, challenge, or governance of first-line technology, security, data, or operational risk activities.

• Strong ability to assess control design and effectiveness, synthesize risk data,identifythemes, and translate technical issues into business risk.

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience interacting with senior leaders and cross-functional partners.

• Strong critical thinking, judgment, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide practical, risk-based recommendations in a complex environment.

• Ability tooperateindependently, manage competing priorities, andmaintaineffective working relationships while preserving second-line objectivity.

• Background and drug screen.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree oradditionalrelated education and/or experience preferred.

• Experience in financial services, payments, fintech, oranotherhighly regulated industry.

• Familiarity with relevant regulatory expectations and industry standardsand frameworksapplicable to technology and security risk managementsuchas;ISO 27002, PCI DSS, NIST, FFIEC,andSOC 2.

• Experience supporting governance committees, audits, examinations, or regulatory interactions.

• Relevant risk, security, audit, or control certifications preferredsuch as CISA, CISM, CISSP, CCSP, CRISC, GSNA, CGIH, or equivalent preferred.

• Project or process management experience supporting cross-functional risk, control, or governance initiatives preferred.