MUSCP - Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management - Charleston

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

About The Position

The Senior Director of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) provides strategic leadership for MUSC’s organization-wide risk management program, serving the academic, research and clinical functions of the enterprise. This role, together with other departments, ensures the systematic identification, assessment, prioritization, mitigation, and ongoing monitoring of risks that could affect MUSC Enterprise’s mission, strategic goals, clinical and academic operations, research integrity, financial performance, regulatory compliance, reputation, and overall organizational resilience. Serving as a trusted advisor and strategic partner, this leader fosters a culture of risk awareness, accountability, and informed decision-making across the MUSC Enterprise. The Senior Director evaluates and advances the maturity of MUSC’s integrated ERM program and works collaboratively with University Risk Management, Insurances Services, Clinical Risk Management, the Office of General Counsel, Internal Audit, Compliance, Finance, Clinical Quality & Safety, and operational leaders, as well as the Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee of the MUSC Board of Trustees, to promote alignment and transparency in risk management practices. The role leads the development of enterprise risk reporting, establishment of key risk indicators (KRIs), mitigation strategies, and enterprise resilience and assurance mechanisms, providing regular updates and strategic insights to executive leadership and the Board. This position reports jointly to: Chief Executive Officer, MUSC Health & Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, University, and Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, healthcare administration, risk management, or a similar field plus 10 years of experience—or a master’s degree (such as MBA, MHA, JD, or equivalent) with 8 years of experience—is required.
Candidates must also have at least 5 years of progressive risk management or related experience within complex organizations, ideally in healthcare, higher education, or other regulated industries.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing an enterprise risk management framework and reporting to governance committees or boards.
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups, and manage sensitive or confidential issues with discretion.
Strong analytical, facilitation, and communication skills; ability to translate risk data into actionable insights for executive decision-making.
Familiarity with COSO ER , ISO 31000 , and/or NIST RMF frameworks.

Responsibilities

Advance the enterprise risk management vision, strategy, and operating framework consistent with MUSC’s mission and strategic priorities.
Stewards the continuous maturation of ERM policies, procedures, and methodologies, including the enterprise risk taxonomy, common risk language, and risk register.
Partners with key leaders to integrate ERM into MUSC’s strategic planning, capital prioritization, performance management, and annual business review cycles.
Evaluates and implements technology platforms to support electronic tracking, monitoring, and reporting of enterprise risks and mitigation activities.
Leads the periodic enterprise risk assessment cycle and facilitates prioritization of top enterprise and strategic risks for review by executive leadership and the Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee of the MUSC Board of Trustees.
Chairs the Strategic Risk Workgroup and drives alignment, accountability, and coordinated monitoring of enterprise risks across business units and affiliates.
Applies data analytics to monitor key risk indicators (KRIs), emerging risk signals, and mitigation effectiveness; incorporates benchmarking and external intelligence into risk analysis.
Prepares clear, data-driven risk communications and presentations for the senior leadership team and the Board of Trustees.
Produces the Enterprise Risk Dashboard summarizing risk status, trends, and directional indicators; translates risk insights into strategic implications and recommended actions.
Supports regulatory, accreditation, and rating agency-related risk reporting to ensure MUSC’s enterprise risk profile is accurately communicated and understood.
Partner with University Risk Management, Insurances Services, Clinical Risk Management, the Office of General Counsel, Internal Audit, Compliance, Information Security, Finance, and Quality and Safety teams to align risk activities and avoid duplication.
Ensures each of the academic, research and clinical missions as well as MUSC divisions and affiliates maintain ownership and visibility of key risks and mitigation plans.
Together with other risk related functions, champion an enterprise-wide risk culture that promotes transparency, accountability, learning and shared ownership.
In collaboration with other risk related functions, contributes to education, training, and communication strategies to strengthen risk awareness and risk-informed decision-making across academic, clinical, research, and administrative domains.
Communicates complex risk concepts and analytics in a concise, compelling manner tailored to executive and operational audiences.
Support ERM strategy and implementation across all MUSC domains, including colleges, departments, divisions and affiliates.
Conducts ongoing environmental scanning to identify emerging and evolving risks.
Proactively participates in both internal and external initiatives that serve to identify and/or mitigate high-level enterprise risks and/or risk events.
Supports or leads high-level risk scenario planning and enterprise tabletop exercises to assess preparedness, stress-test response plans, validate mitigation strategies, and identify operational gaps.
Partner in crisis management and issues management processes, ensuring ERM integration into response planning and post-event analysis.
Coordinates with departments such as Information Security, Clinical Quality, Internal Audit, Office of General Counsel, Government Relations, Insurance Services, University Risk Management, and Compliance to identify and monitor Key Risk Indicators.
Maintains appropriate professional risk management certification(s).
Perform other duties and special assignments that advance MUSC’s enterprise resilience and strategic objectives.