Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Global

Vantagedc; Denver (CO); Híbrido; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Vantage, a global technology infrastructure company, seeks a practical ERM Director based in Denver, CO (3 days on site). You will establish and advance a global ERM program to improve decision making, accountability, and action on strategic risks across NA, EMEA, APAC.

Reporting to VP Internal Audit, you will translate policy into a sustainable operating rhythm, refresh risk assessments, strengthen appetite, and partner with risk owners to embed risk practices in strategy and major initiatives.

Formación

• This role requires a Bachelor’s degree in risk management, finance, accounting, or related discipline.
• Advanced degree is a plus and experience in ERM/business risk management is preferred.
• Experience in governance, risk management, and internal audit frameworks is expected.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the relaunch and continuous improvement of Vantage's global ERM program, including governance, methodology, tools, cadence, and stakeholder engagement.
• Assess ERM maturity and develop a pragmatic, phased roadmap with deliverables, owners, milestones, and measures of success.
• Plan and facilitate the annual enterprise risk assessment, including executive interviews, workshops, risk identification, prioritization, and validation.
• Maintain a clear enterprise risk taxonomy, scoring, heat map, risk register, and documentation standards across regions and functions; ensure globally consistent reporting.
• Partner with executive leadership to define and refresh risk appetite, tolerances, escalation thresholds, and treatment expectations.
• Prepare concise quarterly risk reporting for the Executive Risk Council and support reports to Audit Committees and governance bodies.

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in risk management or related field

Descripción del empleo

About Vantage

Vantage powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Internal Audit Department

The Global Internal Audit team provides independent assurance, advice, and insight to strengthen governance, risk management, and controls across Vantage. The team also facilitates Vantage’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program while preserving Internal Audit's independence and ensuring that management retains ownership of risk decisions and mitigation actions.

Position Overview

This role will be based in: Denver, CO and is in alignment with our flexible work policy. (3 days on site required, 2 days flexible).

Vantage is seeking a practical, hands‑on ERM Director to establish and advance a global ERM program that supports better decisions, clearer accountability, and timely action on the risks and opportunities that matter most. Reporting to the Vice President, Internal Audit, Global, this leader will translate Vantage’s ERM policy and Executive Risk Council charter into a sustainable operating rhythm across North America, EMEA, APAC, and global functions.

The successful candidate will assess the current state, build a prioritized roadmap, refresh the enterprise risk assessment and risk register, strengthen risk appetite and reporting, and partner with executives and risk owners to embed risk management into strategy, planning, projects, and day‑to‑day decisions. This is a builder role, not a caretaker role.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead the re‑launch and continuous improvement of Vantage’s global ERM program, including governance, methodology, tools, cadence, and stakeholder engagement.
• Assess current ERM maturity and develop a pragmatic, phased roadmap with clear deliverables, owners, milestones, and measures of success.
• Plan and facilitate the annual enterprise risk assessment, including executive interviews, workshops, risk identification, prioritization, and validation.
• Maintain a clear, decision‑useful enterprise risk taxonomy, scoring methodology, heat map, risk register, and documentation standards across regions and functions. Collaborate with other risk functions to ensure reporting is globally consistent for maximum effectiveness.
• Partner with executive leadership and the Executive Risk Council to define and periodically refresh risk appetite, tolerances, escalation thresholds, and treatment expectations.
• Prepare concise quarterly risk reporting for the Executive Risk Council and support periodic reporting to the Audit Committees and other governance bodies.
• Work with risk owners to document mitigation plans, key risk indicators, target dates, dependencies, and evidence of progress; challenge overdue or ineffective actions and elevate when necessary.
• Identify emerging and interconnected risks through external scanning, internal listening posts, scenario analysis, and partnership with functional and regional leaders. Connect ERM risks and treatments with regional risk council actions and monitoring for for consistency throughout.
• Integrate ERM outputs with strategic planning, annual planning, capital allocation, major projects, business continuity, compliance, insurance, sustainability, cybersecurity, and Internal Audit planning without duplicating existing processes.
• Clarify roles across the three lines model and coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Information Security, EHS, Sustainability, Operations, Development, Delivery, regional risk committees, and other assurance providers.
• Design and deliver practical ERM training, playbooks, templates, and communications for executives, risk owners, risk champions, and employees. Evaluate and improve risk data quality, reporting automation, workflow, and technology enablement; establish a reliable source of truth for enterprise risk information.
• Support the Vice President, Internal Audit, Global in facilitating Executive Risk Council meetings while maintaining appropriate safeguards for Internal Audit independence and objectivity.
• Manage external advisors and targeted ERM projects as needed, ensuring knowledge transfer and sustainable internal ownership.
• Build trusted relationships across regions and functions, influence without direct authority, and make complex risk topics understandable and actionable.
• Additional duties as assigned by Management.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in risk management, finance, accounting, business, engineering, law, or a related discipline; advanced degree is a plus.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise risk management, risk advisory, internal audit, compliance, strategy, operations, or a related field, including experience leading enterpris