Vice President - IAM - Technology Risk Officer - Dallas

Goldman Sachs•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Identity and Access Management business unit within Foundation Engineering is looking for an experienced risk manager to fulfill the Technology Risk Officer (TRO) role. The role of TRO is primarily to be a trusted advisor to Business Unit (BU) leadership in all aspects of risk and to understand, in detail, the risk profile of the BU. The TRO will also be a subject matter expert in their BU and able to understand the associated challenges and nuances. The role is focused on risk identification, triage, ranking, dialogue, and remediation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
Minimum 6+ years’ work experience successfully driving projects
Must have experience in coordinating work across multiple disciplines or organizations and be adept at building consensus across organizational and functional lines
Must have experience with managing client expectations and communicating effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization
Ability to translate business requirements into a project plan which includes all milestones, dependencies, and resources; manage the execution of the plan
Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills
Highly organized, attention to detail and excellent follow-through skills
Ability to work independently and with a team
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and Atlassian Jira products

Nice To Haves

Should have knowledge of Identity and Access Management principles.
Technical grounding, i.e. prior grounding in application development and / or technology infrastructure

Responsibilities

Partner with Technology Risk, risk program owners and other TROs in a collaborative manner to help manage risk in a consistent and transparent manner and provide challenge within and across BU’s where required
Be a culture carrier, role model, and risk champion within their BU
Provide risk-based input to the technology strategy for their BU
Help with awareness and prioritization of risk related work programs within their BU and across BUs
Work with other TROs to identify risk mitigation opportunities across the division
Identify risks within their BU that may have a broader impact and escalate these to appropriate risk oversight groups to allow for roll-out of firm-wide programs as appropriate
Measure and challenge BUs on the performance of their risk management, other agreed mandates and priorities
Define and influence strategy for driving compliance / achievement of agreed risk reduction efforts throughout BU
Provide an analytical focus when reviewing metrics / programs etc. and be comfortable to delve into details to gain further understanding and review at the relevant level of detail
Assist and guide team members during internal and external audit engagements