Enterprise Risk Management Manager

Cox Communications • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team at Cox Enterprises, Inc. provides an enterprise-wide perspective on the risks and opportunities that shape our ability to achieve our strategic objectives. We partner closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, Finance, IT/Cybersecurity, HR, Strategy, and the business to identify, assess, and monitor the most critical risks facing the enterprise. This role carries high visibility into executive-level discussions and risk committee forums, and a direct hand in how risk considerations inform strategic decision-making.

Summary
The ERM Manager will play a critical role in driving the development, implementation, and execution of Cox’s holistic ERM program. You’ll bring strong command of risk frameworks, governance, and reporting, and play a central role in keeping the program strategic, disciplined, scalable, and decision-useful for leadership, the executive team, and the Executive Risk Committee.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Risk Management, Mathematics, Finance, Accounting, or a related field and 6 years' experience in related field.
• Direct experience building and running ERM programs, including risk framework, limit setting, and managing risk appetite.
• Demonstrated experience in risk reporting, metrics (KRIs), and risk/issue remediation.
• Ability to brief executive stakeholders on risk findings and recommendations, anchored to an enterprise risk framework.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to build compelling presentations and structured governance materials and translate complex risk topics into actionable insight for senior leadership.
• Strong analytical skills applied to risk data, metrics, and reporting.
• Proven influence and collaboration across all levels, from operational stakeholders to executives.
• Strong project and time management, with the ability to independently manage competing priorities and carry initiatives through to completion.
• Experience navigating ambiguity, driving decisions, managing change, and learning quickly in a complex environment.
• Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in a related field.
• Enterprise-wide risk experience, particularly in second-line governance and oversight.
• Proficiency with GRC platforms and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI or similar).

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day ERM program activities, including maturing risk management strategies and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Own Cox’s risk register, risk assessment process, and emerging-risk process, ensuring risks are accurately categorized, prioritized, and monitored.
• Operationalize the ERM framework and methodology, building the tools and practices used to manage Cox’s enterprise risk portfolio.
• Develop and maintain KRIs, KPIs, and risk analytics aligned to Cox’s risk appetite.
• Lead the identification, escalation, reporting, and tracking of key risks, trends, and remediation efforts.
• Define the risk metrics and dashboards that give leadership real-time insight into enterprise risk health.
• Lead the development and delivery of clear, consistent reporting for governance committees, executive leadership, and Board-level audiences.
• Brief executive stakeholders on risk findings and recommendations, anchoring them to the broader enterprise risk framework, and synthesize information across risk types into enterprise-level insight that informs decision-making.
• Facilitate senior-level risk workshops and run the annual risk assessment cycle, including identifying and evaluating significant risks, control deficiencies, and remediation plans tied to business objectives.
• Drive alignment and adoption of the enterprise risk framework by partnering across business units, second-line functions (Legal, Finance, Cybersecurity, HR, Third-Party Risk), and Internal Audit, promoting cohesive practices across the three lines of defense.

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• retirement planning (401(k))
• paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager