Technology Risk and Assurance Lead
About The Position
The Principal Risk Response Activation & Assurance Lead provides dedicated risk response activation and assurance capabilities across Data, Technology, and Workforce Management Risk. The position ensures validated risks are translated into effective remediation plans, controls are independently validated before closure, and residual risks are appropriately assessed and reported. It strengthens governance, improves issue resolution quality, reduces control failures, and enables more efficient management of risk remediation across critical data, workforce, and consumer technology domains. This is an individual contributor position with no direct reports. The role activates validated data and workforce-related risks into structured remediation or formal acceptance pathways. It serves as a control-layer function for risk activation across data lifecycle controls and workforce management-related processes, validating evidence, enforcing assurance gates, and maintaining a clear residual risk posture. Response pathways should align to data governance, data quality, access and entitlement, or workforce control gaps. This is a full-time onsite role, performed at the designated work location five days per week. No relocation is offered.
Requirements
- 7+ years of related experience.
- Experience assessing, managing, and driving remediation of cybersecurity, technology, data governance, or operational risks, including developing and executing risk treatment and risk acceptance strategies.
- Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, access and entitlement management, control frameworks, and assurance practices.
- Ability to validate remediation evidence and evaluate residual risk exposure.
- Proven ability to lead complex risk remediation initiatives and influence stakeholders across cybersecurity, technology, risk management, audit, data governance, and business organizations to achieve timely and sustainable risk reduction outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired in Computer Science or Cybersecurity.
- Familiarity with applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) techniques in cybersecurity contexts, such as anomaly detection, threat hunting, behavioral analytics, or risk scoring.
Responsibilities
- Activate validated data and workforce-related risks into structured remediation or formal acceptance pathways.
- Ensure rigor in data governance, data quality, entitlements, and workforce control remediation plans.
- Validate evidence, enforce assurance gates, and maintain a clear residual risk posture across data lifecycle controls and workforce management-related processes.
- Convert validated data and workforce risks into appropriate remediation, compensating control, or acceptance routes.
- Ensure response pathways align to data governance, data quality, access and entitlement, or workforce control gaps.
- Drive risk remediation and evaluate risk treatment and risk acceptance strategies.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and holidays, including at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays, based on date of hire
- Paid parental leave
- Paid caregiver leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption reimbursement
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
- Life and accidental death insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs, including critical illness, accident hospital indemnity, and group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available), and AT&T phone
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
