Asset & Wealth Management, Global Risk Management, Multi-Asset Risk, Vice President - New York

Goldman Sachs•New York, NY

5h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Vice President in Global Risk Management within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, you will help protect our clients’ capital and enable informed risk-taking across a diverse multi-asset platform. You will apply deep risk expertise, rigorous analysis and sound judgement to identify emerging risks, challenge constructively, and influence portfolio and business decisions. Working closely with portfolio managers, and senior stakeholders, you will strengthen risk governance, enhance transparency through high-quality reporting, and drive continuous improvement of tools, frameworks and processes across the firm. Global Risk Management sits at the center of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, providing independent oversight and governance for a global platform with over USD 3 trillion in assets under supervision across public and private markets, funds and separately managed accounts. Our mandate is to support sustainable growth by helping the business take risk thoughtfully—bringing transparency to portfolio exposures, stress and liquidity dynamics, counterparty and operational risks, and the broader control environment. We partner closely with portfolio management, trading, and control functions such as Legal, Compliance, and Firm-wide Risk to strengthen frameworks, improve monitoring and reporting, meet regulatory obligations and continuously evolve our risk practices in line with a fast-changing market and product landscape.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant experience in buy-side risk management, ideally supporting multi-asset strategies and/or solutions platforms
Demonstrated ability to partner with senior investment stakeholders (CIOs/PMs) and to influence decisions through independent, well-reasoned risk perspectives
Strong understanding of cross-asset market dynamics, correlations and key risk drivers; experience with factor frameworks and multi-asset portfolio construction concepts
Hands-on knowledge of core risk and performance analytics (e.g., VaR, stress/scenario analysis, tracking error, liquidity risk, risk/return attribution)
Experience producing clear, decision-useful reporting for senior leadership and participating in governance forums/committees
Proven people leadership skills (or clear leadership potential): coaching, developing talent, setting priorities and driving high-quality execution
Strong quantitative and data skills; working knowledge of analytics/programming tools (e.g., Python) and comfort partnering with Engineering/Technology to deliver scalable improvements
Highly organized, intellectually curious and proactive, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

Lead, coach and develop a small team; set priorities, ensure high-quality delivery and foster a culture of constructive challenge
Own senior relationships with Multi-Asset CIOs, portfolio managers and key stakeholders; provide independent perspectives that influence portfolio construction and risk appetite
Drive enhancements to Multi-Asset risk capabilities and tooling (stress/scenario, factor & liquidity analytics, attribution) in partnership with Engineering and Technology
Deliver risk and performance insights for MAS funds and OCIO mandates (objectives, benchmarks and peers), and lead regular review discussions with investment teams
Oversee daily/weekly monitoring of key portfolio risks and ensure adherence to the independent risk governance framework
Provide clear, decision-useful risk reporting to divisional and risk leadership on MAS business exposures and emerging themes