Executive Director, Enterprise Regional Enablement

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +2 more locations.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary operational risk enablement leader for designated regions.

• Collaborate with heads of regional business units and maintain consistent engagement to comprehend needs, monitor progress, and address obstacles.

• Foster relationships with regional business leaders, local compliance teams, Internal Audit, and other stakeholders across the three lines of defense.

• Adapt enterprise frameworks, methodologies, KRI standards, taxonomies, and reporting templates for regional application while incorporating local requirements.

• Work closely with specialty Centers of Excellence and tailor specialty playbooks to fit regional operational environments.

• Deploy regional analysts and leaders as embedded advisors for RCAs, KRI design, incident documentation, scenario analysis, and remediation planning.

• Mentor first-line practitioners to independently carry out risk activities.

• Oversee regional control programs, encompassing control monitoring, testing, effectiveness assessment, gap tracking, and remediation.

• Collaborate with Internal Audit and compliance teams on integrated control assurance.

• Organize training schedules, practitioner communities of practice, and regional roundtables.

• Advocate for operational risk culture transformation and support enterprise change management initiatives.

• Track regulatory changes and prioritize significant incidents and emerging risks.

• Provide updates to enterprise operational risk leadership and Centers of Excellence on emerging requirements.

• Ensure that regional risk data is integrated into enterprise reporting and that quality-control measures for regional submissions are in place.

• Contribute regional risk insights, themes, and data to Board and risk committee briefing documents.

• Assist with regional risk exposure quantification, scenario analysis, and loss modeling.

• Represent regional user needs in GRC platform decisions and promote enterprise tooling utilization.

• Build and cultivate a high-performing regional team, focusing on talent development, succession planning, and performance management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Risk Management, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in operational risk management, enterprise risk, internal audit, internal controls, or a related second-line risk function within financial services or insurance, including demonstrated experience in designing or maintaining a risk management framework required.

• At least 5 years of people management experience, including building or leading teams in a regional or matrixed environment required.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the insurance or reinsurance industry required.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience working across various geographies, regulatory frameworks, or cultural contexts.

• Proven proficiency in AI, spreadsheets, and databases required.

• Experience with an Enterprise Integrated Risk Management / GRC platform (e.g., ServiceNow IRM, Archer, MetricStream) required.

• Experience promoting the adoption of new risk management practices, tools, or frameworks, employing a coaching-oriented approach to capability building and applied knowledge of effective change management principles required.

• Extensive knowledge of operational risk management frameworks and methodologies, including RCA, KRI, scenario analysis, and loss event capture, along with related regulatory expectations including NAIC ORSA, Solvency II, COSO, and ISO 31000.

• Proficiency with GRC platforms, reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI, and emerging AI tools applied to risk reporting and analytics.

• Capable of leading, influencing, and building trust across diverse cultural, regulatory, and linguistic contexts, including managing geographically dispersed virtual teams.

• Ability to translate enterprise-level strategy into regional execution plans that consider local constraints and opportunities.

• Professional risk management certification such as FRM, PRM, ORM, or CRMA.

• Over 12 years of operational risk management experience, including framework design and engagement with senior executives, regulators, and the Board preferred.

• Experience in developing risk quantification methods covering inherent/residual risk and control effectiveness preferred.

• Certifications in Lean / Six Sigma or Change Management preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus plan.

• Eligibility for a long-term equity incentive plan for certain positions.

• Health benefits.

• Retirement benefits.

• Additional employee benefits.

• A diverse and caring team of colleagues worldwide.

• A respectful and welcoming environment that encourages individuality and innovative thinking.

• Extensive career growth potential.

• AI-supported personalized job recommendations, interview scheduling, candidate chatbot responses, and experience-based preliminary screening.