Deputy Chief Risk & Compliance Officer (Full Time, Hybrid, North Carolina Based)

Alliance Health•Durham, NC

1d•$161,372 - $201,715•Hybrid

About The Position

The Deputy Chief Risk & Compliance Officer is the senior operating and governance leader for the Office of Compliance and Risk Management. The role translates the EVP-Chief Risk/Compliance Officer’s strategic direction into coordinated execution across Corporate Compliance, Privacy and Health Information Governance, and Enterprise Risk Management. The position supervises designated functional leaders, integrates cross-functional priorities, chairs assigned governance committees, resolves operational matters, and escalates significant risks and decisions to the EVP in a timely, decision-ready manner. This is a full-time hybrid position based in North Carolina. The successful candidate reports onsite to the Alliance Home Office in Morrisville, NC, one to two days per week. The position coordinates division operations and strategic execution; supervises and develops leaders; leads cross-functional governance; provides integrated compliance, privacy, and risk oversight; supports issue resolution and executive decision-making; coordinates executive, Board, and external review readiness; and partners across the organization to improve governance, controls, and risk-informed decision-making. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field, at least ten years of progressively responsible experience in a relevant compliance, privacy, risk, audit, program integrity, regulatory, governance, or oversight function, including at least five years in management or senior leadership. A relevant professional certification is required. The salary range is $161,372–$201,715 annually, with exact compensation determined by education, experience, market data, and internal equity. Employment is contingent on satisfactory background and credit checks after offer acceptance and before the start date.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare compliance, privacy, enterprise risk management, internal audit, program integrity, regulatory affairs, governance, or another related second-line or oversight function.
At least five years in a management or senior leadership role, including responsibility for leading professional staff, managing complex cross-functional initiatives, and advising executive leadership.
Required certification: Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC), Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), RIMS Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP), or comparable compliance, risk, privacy, or governance certification.
Demonstrated experience in a highly regulated environment.
Experience integrating multiple compliance, privacy, risk, audit, legal, or governance disciplines.
Expert knowledge of healthcare compliance program requirements, ethics and compliance principles, and regulatory governance.
Advanced knowledge of enterprise risk management, privacy/HIPAA, internal controls, auditing and monitoring, investigations, and corrective-action principles.
Ability to integrate oversight functions, identify interdependencies, and translate strategy into coordinated execution.
Executive judgment and ability to distinguish routine matters from material issues requiring CEO, Executive Team, Board, or regulatory escalation.
Leadership, supervision, coaching, succession planning, conflict resolution, and organizational change management skills.
Ability to communicate complex, sensitive, or controversial information clearly to executives, Board members, regulators, providers, vendors, and staff.
Committee governance, facilitation, negotiation, consensus-building, and decision-rights design skills.
Analytical skills, risk-based decision-making, dashboard and report interpretation, and preparation of concise executive recommendations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and reporting or visualization tools.
Satisfactory background and credit checks, performed after acceptance of an offer and before the employee’s start date.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field from an accredited college or university, or a Juris Doctor.
Experience in Medicaid managed care, health plans, government-sponsored healthcare, or a comparable regulated healthcare environment.
Experience supporting cross-functional governance and oversight committees, developing governance frameworks, leading organizational change, and presenting complex risk and compliance matters to executive leadership or a governing board.
Additional relevant professional certifications.

Responsibilities

Translate the EVP-Chief Risk/Compliance Officer’s strategic direction into divisional priorities, annual goals, work plans, performance measures, and operating expectations across Corporate Compliance, Privacy and Health Information Governance, and Enterprise Risk Management.
Monitor execution of approved priorities and evaluate program performance, capacity, resource needs, and emerging barriers.
Integrate activities across functions to reduce duplication, close gaps, strengthen accountability, and support consistent second-line oversight.
Provide concise, exception-based reporting to the EVP on material issues, decisions, trends, and matters requiring executive action.
Directly supervise and develop the Senior Director-Corporate Compliance, Director-HIPAA Compliance/Privacy Officer, Risk Manager, and other assigned leaders.
Set performance expectations; coach and provide feedback; conduct performance management; support succession planning and professional growth.
Build a collaborative leadership environment that preserves functional expertise and appropriate independence while strengthening coordination.
Partner with Human Resources and the EVP on recruitment, retention, organizational design, leadership development, and significant personnel matters.
Chair the Delegation and Accreditation Oversight Committee and, following an approved transition, the AI Governance Committee.
Ensure committee agendas, materials, decision frameworks, minutes, action tracking, and escalation processes support effective and defensible governance.
Coordinate oversight support for assigned committees, including the Compliance Committee, while preserving the EVP’s executive-sponsor role and appropriately elevating significant matters.
Maintain separation between day-to-day program operations and governance bodies responsible for review, challenge, decisions, and escalation.
Provide integrated management oversight of Corporate Compliance, Privacy/HIPAA, and Enterprise Risk Management while preserving subject-matter authority and direct-access safeguards.
Review program performance, significant investigations or incidents, regulatory and contractual developments, corrective actions, work-plan progress, and risk trends.
Ensure policies, procedures, monitoring, education, reporting, and corrective-action processes are coordinated and support organizational accountability.
Confirm material compliance, privacy, ethics, and enterprise-risk matters are promptly assessed and escalated to the EVP as required.
Resolve routine and complex cross-functional matters within delegated authority and remove barriers affecting division performance.
Establish and administer escalation criteria for matters reserved to the EVP, Chief Audit Executive, CEO, Executive Team, or Board.
Coordinate fact development, risk analysis, stakeholder input, options, and recommendations for material matters so the EVP receives decision-ready information.
Maintain open escalation pathways for significant ethical, privacy, compliance, risk, retaliation, independence-sensitive, or organizational concerns, including matters involving the Deputy.
Coordinate integrated reports, dashboards, presentations, briefing materials, and follow-up items for the EVP, CEO, Executive Team, and Board Audit & Compliance Committee.
Support the EVP’s role as staff liaison to the Board Audit & Compliance Committee and prepare functional leaders to present matters within their areas of responsibility.
Coordinate responses and readiness activities for significant regulatory, contractual, accreditation, audit, consultant, and other external reviews involving assigned functions.
Represent the EVP or Office of Compliance and Risk Management in internal or external forums when delegated.
Evaluate division governance, reporting, meeting structures, workflows, and coordination practices for effectiveness and efficiency.
Partner with Program Integrity, Internal Audit, Legal, Quality, Information Security, Information Technology, Human Resources, Vendor Relations, clinical leadership, and operational departments to address cross-functional risks and improve organizational controls.
Promote risk-informed decision-making, ethical conduct, transparency, learning, and practical compliance solutions throughout the organization.
Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce administrative burden, strengthen data and dashboard use, and improve responsiveness to emerging risks.