Technology Risk Advisor Sr

PNC Bank•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•$112,000 - $228,800•Onsite

About The Position

The Technology Risk Advisor Sr is a senior individual-contributor risk professional responsible for shaping and executing risk management activities and communication strategies. The position supports the Enterprise Fraud Organization and is accountable for risk identification, control effectiveness, governance execution, and risk posture across assigned Risk Assessment Units. It applies advanced subject matter expertise in fraud risk, technology environments, governance, and risk and control frameworks to identify, assess, and mitigate risks. The role serves as a senior subject matter expert and escalation point, partnering with business and function leads, Fraud Operations, Technology, Compliance, Legal, Second Line of Defense Risk Management, and Internal Audit. It has no people-management responsibility, though it includes cross-functional leadership and mentoring junior team members. The role owns and maintains risk and control mappings, control effectiveness and validation status, issue inventories and remediation, and audit and regulatory exam readiness. It ensures supported activities align with the Fraud Risk Management Program, enterprise policy, procedures, regulatory requirements, and organizational risk appetite. It leads RCSA and issue-management activities; designs and assesses fraud-prevention and detection controls; supports audits, regulatory exams, and governance forums; and translates risk, technical, and regulatory information into clear, evidence-based reporting for leadership. The position is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Strongsville, Ohio; or Phoenix, Arizona. PNC describes itself as an in-office company and encourages applicants to confirm workplace expectations with the recruiter and hiring manager. PNC will not provide employment-visa sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Requirements

Typically requires a university or college degree; a comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience, including military service, may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Typically requires 8 or more years of industry-relevant experience.
Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities appropriate to the role.
Bachelor’s degree listed as the education requirement.
Must demonstrate customer focus and the ability to assess and manage risks in support of PNC’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Relevant competencies include decision-making and critical thinking, industry knowledge, information security management, internal controls, IT environment, organizational savvy, and planning and organizing work.
No required certification or license is listed.
No employment-visa sponsorship or STEM OPT participation is available for this position.

Nice To Haves

Higher education such as a master’s degree or PhD, or certifications, is desirable.
Preferred skills include compliance reporting, customer risk, decision making, regulatory requirements, risk assessments, risk control, and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior First Line of Defense risk professional for assigned Enterprise Fraud Organization Risk Assessment Units and own the risk posture end to end.
Own and maintain risk and control mappings across supported processes, including links between processes, risks, controls, and supporting evidence.
Maintain accountability for control effectiveness and validation status, issue inventories and remediation progress, and audit and regulatory exam readiness.
Identify emerging fraud risks, control weaknesses, and execution gaps, and drive them to resolution.
Ensure activities align with the Fraud Risk Management Program, enterprise policies and procedures, applicable regulations, and organizational risk appetite.
Assess and document whether processes, risks, and controls satisfy program requirements; consult with teams on implementation of risk program components.
Design, enhance, and sustain preventive and detective controls for fraud mitigation, decisioning, and operational execution.
Perform or oversee control-effectiveness assessments, including evidence sufficiency, testing outcomes, and remediation sustainability.
Evaluate business self-assessments for alignment with fraud risk frameworks, standards, and control requirements.
Lead 1LOD remediation of control gaps, including issue documentation, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action tracking.
Lead RCSA activities, including risk identification, control assessment, rationale, and documentation; maintain accurate, defensible RCSA artifacts that meet enterprise standards.
Own 1LOD issue lifecycle management, including internally identified issues, remediation plans, and closure evidence; assess issue scope and alignment with program requirements.
Prepare for and support internal audits, regulatory examinations, and Second Line of Defense challenge activities; provide evidence-based responses.
Contribute fraud risk insights and materials to governance forums, enterprise reporting, and regulatory deliverables, ensuring outputs are documented and audit-ready.
Advance analytical methodologies to assess fraud risks, identify trends, and support risk-informed decision-making.
Aggregate risk, issue, and control data into clear leadership insights, distinguishing facts, assumptions, and open items; translate technical and regulatory content into executive-ready narratives.
Build partnerships across Enterprise Fraud Organization functions, Technology, and business partners to monitor and escalate risk issues appropriately.
Coordinate consistent risk methodology and terminology across Plan, Act, React, and Adapt functions, and link fraud operations, technology, and risk governance.
Mentor junior risk team members and contribute to team capability, standards, and continuous improvement.
Leverage expertise in technology environments and risk frameworks to identify and mitigate technology and associated risks; interpret security and threat intelligence in the context of technology and controls.

Benefits

Medical and prescription drug coverage, including a Health Savings Account feature
Dental and vision options
Employee and spouse/child life insurance
Short- and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
Pension plan
Stock purchase plans
Dependent care reimbursement account
Back-up child and elder care
Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
Educational assistance, including select fully paid programs
Wellness program with financial incentives
Maternity and/or parental leave
Up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level and years of service
Incentive-eligible compensation based on company, business, and/or individual performance