Data Risk Oversight Senior Specialist

Truist Financial; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k plan

Vacation days

Job summary

Truist Financial seeks a risk-aware professional to oversee data platforms, data architecture, and AI-related risk across the enterprise. The role emphasizes credible challenge, independent risk assessment, and governance enhancements, with ongoing learning and mentoring to stay current with AI/ML technologies and regulatory developments.

The candidate will partner with 1LOD and business units to synchronize activities and deliver program priorities, ensuring effective risk oversight of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technology, data, business, or finance.
• 3+ years in banking, technology, operations, risk management, or regulators.
• 3+ years in data management, governance, analytics, testing, or risk management.
• Strong business acumen and decision-making skills.
• Experience with risk and controls framework development and measurement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Data Management, Data Analytics and Data Controls across data supply chains.
• Ability to interact effectively in a matrixed, complex environment.
• Change management abilities to navigate ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Drive EDRO coverage and risk advisory delivery.
• Engage with business partners to meet EDRO requirements and expectations.
• Contribute to the EDRO strategic plan and roadmaps.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, policies, and procedures.
• Drive effective issue management and remediation per EIM.
• Support data risk reporting and metrics across the enterprise.
• Foster a strong risk culture and accountability.
• Provide effective challenge on data processes before 3LoD validation.
• Offer risk advisory to strengthen data risk controls.
• Maintain knowledge of Data Management and Data Analytics frameworks.

Skills

Risk management

Data governance

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Change management

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Technical data management

3+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology, Data, Business and/or Finance

Tools

Archer

Job description

Please review the following job description:

This role requires a professional who brings, or can rapidly develop, sufficient technical literacy in data platforms, data architecture, and artificial intelligence (including Generative AI and Agentic AI) to provide informed risk oversight of these domains. The ideal candidate either has experience evaluating risk identification and mitigating controls in technology-driven data environments and AI use cases from a risk management and governance perspective or demonstrates a strong aptitude and intellectual curiosity to build that knowledge through structured onboarding, mentoring, and continuous learning. As Truist's data and AI landscape evolves, this position will be expected to stay current with emerging technologies, understand how they introduce or amplify risk, and apply that understanding to deliver credible effective challenge, independent risk assessment, and sound risk advisory to first‑line partners. This position will also work closely with 1LOD partners to effectively synchronize activities, and deliver against the top Program priorities, goals and objectives. The ideal candidate must maintain current knowledge of emerging AI/ML technologies, risks, and regulatory developments; translate insights into actionable risk management practices and governance enhancements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 1. Drives successful execution of the EDRO Coverage and Operating Model including risk advisory, effective challenge and independent risk assessment responsibilities and delivery.
• 2. Ensures active engagement and collaboration with key business partners and stakeholders to ensure effective communication, education and understanding of EDRO Program requirements and expectations as appropriate and to drive and facilitate achievement of common goals and objectives.
• 3. Effectively contributes to the execution and delivery of the EDRO strategic plan including the supporting tactical plans/roadmaps.
• 4. Ensures all applicable laws, rules, regulations, internal policies, standards, and procedures are being followed and can evidence adherence.
• 5. Drives effective issues management and remediation execution in alignment with the Enterprise Issue Management (EIM) Program as applicable.
• 6. Supports and facilitates data risk reporting and metrics to effectively reflect and quantify data risk across the enterprise.
• 7. Promotes and fosters a strong Truist risk culture driving proactive risk management and remediation accountability across the enterprise.
• 8. Performs effective challenge on covered areas for all significant data processes and initiatives prior to moving to 3LoD for validation.
• 9. Provides risk advisory to strengthen data risk controls when applicable. Supports the Single Point of contract for Data Risk areas within Business Units and/or Corporate Function.
• 10. Functional and technical knowledge of Data Management, Data Analytics and Data Controls framework across data supply chains.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• 1. .Bachelors degree in technology, Data, Business and/or Finance.
• 2. Three plus years of experience in banking, technology, operations, risk management and/or regulatory agencies.
• 3. Three plus years of data management, governance, analytics, testing and/or risk management experience.
• 4. Strong business acumen/knowledge, management experience, problem solving, critical thinking, influencing and sound decision-making skills. Demonstrates the ability to effectively prioritize.
• 5. Strong experience and understanding of risk and controls framework development, management, and measurement.
• 6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills demonstrating the ability to build credibility and trust with all levels of management.
• 7. Functional and technical knowledge of Data Management, Data Analytics and Data Controls framework across data supply chains.
• 9. Demonstrated ability to effectively interact, collaborate, prepare and plan in a highly matrixed and complex environment and consistently execute in delivering high quality executive level work products.
• 10. Has demonstrated strong change management abilities and skills to effectively support and manage change and navigate through ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1. Data compliance knowledge/experience regarding applicable laws/rules/ regulations.
• 2. Previous experience in a second line of defense or internal audit role.
• 3. Familiar with Governance Risk and Compliance platforms, e.g., Archer.
• 4. Deep knowledge experience with popular architectures, such as Transformer, RAG, and Agentic AI, is a plus.
• 5. Experience with GenAI/Agentic AI risk (prompt injection, hallucination, misuse) is a plus.
• 6. Technical/AI tool fluency (practical not theoretical) to effectively identify risk and contribute to the design of the governance controls.
• 7. Collaborate and consult with peers and management to resolve issues and achieve goals.

The annual base salary for this position is $145,000 - 165,000.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation:

All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax‑preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full‑time or part‑time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truists generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truists defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non‑temporary position for which you apply, based on full‑time or part‑time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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Regular or Temporary: Regular

Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

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