SVP, Enterprise Risk Management Officer

Avidbank•San Jose, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Avidbank is seeking a seasoned, strategic risk leader to serve as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management Officer. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role leads the continued development and execution of the Bank’s enterprise risk management program and provides independent, forward-looking oversight of the Bank’s aggregate risk profile. The Enterprise Risk Management Officer is responsible for strengthening the Bank’s risk governance framework, risk appetite framework, enterprise risk reporting, and second-line oversight capabilities. This leader will ensure material risks are identified, assessed, monitored, controlled, and escalated in a timely and practical manner across the organization. This is a high-impact leadership role with regular interaction with Executive Management, the Risk Oversight Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Board of Directors. The ideal candidate will bring strong commercial banking judgment, regulatory credibility, executive presence, and the ability to provide independent challenge while partnering constructively with business and functional leaders. Why This Role Matters: The Enterprise Risk Management Officer will help shape and elevate Avidbank’s risk function during a period of continued growth, increasing complexity, and evolving regulatory expectations. Success in this role will be measured by stronger enterprise risk governance, clearer Board-level reporting, timely escalation of emerging risks, disciplined issue management, and practical partnership with leaders across the Bank.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, risk management, or a related field.
Progressive leadership experience in commercial banking or another regulated financial institution, with direct responsibility for enterprise risk management, operational risk, compliance risk oversight, or related second-line risk disciplines.
Strong knowledge of banking risk management, governance, internal controls, risk appetite, issue management, and regulatory expectations applicable to growing financial institutions.
Experience working with executive management, Board committees, regulators, internal audit, and cross-functional business leaders.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex risk and control matters into clear priorities, practical recommendations, and executive-level reporting.
Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and influencing skills, with the ability to lead teams and drive high-quality execution in a growing organization.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or relevant professional certification in risk management, audit, compliance, finance, accounting, or related disciplines.
Experience with FDICIA, SOX readiness, regulatory examinations, internal audit coordination, Board and committee reporting, and remediation governance.
Experience designing or enhancing ERM frameworks, risk appetite metrics, KRIs, RCSA programs, issue management programs, model risk oversight, third-party risk oversight, or new product risk governance.
Experience supporting a growing commercial bank or financial institution with increasing organizational, regulatory, operational, and technology complexity.

Responsibilities

Lead the Bank’s enterprise risk management framework, governance structure, policies, methodologies, and reporting practices to align with strategy, growth, complexity, and regulatory expectations.
Own and mature the risk appetite framework, including metrics, thresholds, escalation protocols, breach reporting, management actions, and periodic refreshes for Board and committee review.
Strengthen enterprise risk governance through effective committee structures, clear escalation practices, disciplined issue management, and documentation of key risk decisions and accountabilities.
Prepare and coordinate Risk Oversight Committee materials, including agendas, enterprise risk reporting packages, supporting analysis, meeting minutes, and follow-up action tracking.
Deliver concise, actionable enterprise risk reporting to Executive Management, the Risk Oversight Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Board, including risk trends, concentrations, emerging risks, appetite breaches, and remediation progress.
Develop and oversee the Bank’s risk and control self-assessment program to support consistent identification, evaluation, monitoring, and reporting of key risks and control effectiveness across the organization.
Provide second-line oversight of core risk disciplines, including operational risk, model risk, third-party risk, new product and change risk, compliance risk, and other enterprise risk areas in partnership with functional leaders.
Provide independent risk review and effective challenge for strategic initiatives, business plans, product proposals, outsourcing arrangements, technology changes, and other material management decisions.
Partner with regulators, internal audit, executive leadership, and business owners to support examinations, audits, remediation efforts, control enhancements, and continuous improvement of the risk and control environment.
Promote a strong risk culture and lead, develop, and retain a high-performing risk team capable of supporting the Bank’s strategic priorities and increasing complexity.