Risk & Governance Manager

Skills

About the Role

You will build and operate enterprise risk, third-party risk, and policy governance infrastructure. You will maintain risk registers and risk appetite statements, manage vendor due diligence and monitoring, own the policy library, prepare for examinations and audits, and provide board-ready reporting and escalation support.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in risk management compliance or governance within financial services or fintech
• Experience building or managing an Enterprise Risk Management framework
• Experience with risk registers and risk appetite statements
• Experience designing and operating Third-Party Risk Management programs
• Experience with vendor due diligence and ongoing monitoring
• Experience owning and maintaining enterprise-wide policy libraries in a regulated environment
• Familiarity with regulatory examination processes and audit readiness requirements
• Exceptional written communication and documentation skills
• Ability to produce board-ready materials

Responsibilities

• Design and implement an Enterprise Risk Management framework
• Maintain a risk register and risk appetite statement
• Establish reporting cadences for senior leadership and the board
• Build and operate a Third-Party Risk Management program
• Tier critical vendors and manage due diligence workflows
• Monitor vendors against defined risk thresholds
• Create review approve version-control and communicate risk and compliance policies
• Maintain the complete enterprise policy framework
• Lead regulatory examination and institutional audit readiness
• Manage documentation and mock examination preparation
• Coordinate responses to examinations and audits
• Provide risk reporting escalation frameworks and committee materials

Benefits

• Future token rights and/or equity
• Medical vision and dental benefits
• Flexible vacation policy and paid time off
• Remote-first work arrangement