Director, Risk and Audit

NTT Global Data Centers; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT Global Data Centers in the United States seeks a Director to lead Construction Risk and Audit, driving enterprise-wide risk management, audit programs, governance, and assurance across the Global Infrastructure Development organization.

You will partner with Legal, Finance, Internal Audit, and executive leadership to establish risk frameworks, conduct risk-based reviews, and manage audits while guiding a team through construction life cycles and compliance obligations.

Qualifications

• Must possess extensive experience in risk management, governance, and audit across complex programs.
• Experience leading construction risk, governance, and assurance activities within large-scale data center projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an enterprise risk management framework for GID.
• Establish and manage portfolio-wide risk assessment processes across the data center life cycle.
• Direct construction-related internal audits and coordinate external audits.
• Track findings, actions, and closure statuses; drive timely remediation.
• Create dashboards and KPIs/KRIs to monitor risk, audit results, and compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Risk management

Audit

Construction

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance

Tools

Excel

Job description

The Director, Construction Risk and Audit is responsible for developing, implementing, and leading the enterprise-wide risk management, audit, governance, and assurance programs across the Global Infrastructure Development (GID) organization. The position serves as the primary liaison between Global Infrastructure Development, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Internal Audit, Legal, Finance, and Executive Leadership.

KEY responsibilities

• Build, develop, and lead a team of risk and audit professionals responsible for construction risk, governance, compliance, and assurance activities.
• Develop and maintain the Global Infrastructure Development risk management framework.
• Establish and manage a portfolio-wide risk assessment process across all phases of the data center development life cycle.
• Develop standardized functional risk assessments for all major GID functions (may include Design, Construction, Schedule, Cost Management, Supply Chain, Commissioning, Operations)
• Evaluate internal and external risks that may impact project delivery, costs, schedules, regulatory compliance, supply chains, labor markets, utilities, financial markets, geopolitical environments, and business continuity.
• Oversee risk identification, quantification, prioritization, escalation, mitigation tracking, and closure processes.
• Ensure significant project and portfolio risks are escalated appropriately to GID leadership.
• Develop and manage Global Infrastructure Development audit and assessment programs.
• Create and implement a recurring assessment process to evaluate organizational compliance with established policies, procedures, standards, and governance requirements.
• Conduct risk-based reviews of major programs, projects, business processes, and controls.
• Coordinate all construction-related internal audits and support external audit activities.
• Track audit findings, management responses, corrective actions, and closure status.
• Identify control deficiencies and partner with business leaders to implement corrective actions.
• Monitor organizational performance against established standards and risk tolerances.
• Coordinate with Governance, Risk, Compliance on corporate requirements of Risk/ Audit programs, including insurance requirements for construction projects.
• Manage and update governance requirements in Global Authorities Matrix and Legal Contract Signing Policies.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that support organizational risk assessment and performance evaluation.
• Create dashboards and reporting frameworks that provide visibility into risk trends, audit findings, compliance performance, corrective actions, and organizational effectiveness.
• Develop and manage an enterprise lessons learned program across Global Infrastructure Development. Please use clear language and avoid using acronyms or terminology unless it has been defined.

KNOWLEDGE & ATTRIBUTES

• Must possess a clear understanding of the full construction life cycle and be able to apply concepts to data center construction.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
• Capability to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to clearly set and lead meetings to develop strong systems.
• Proficient with computers to include the utilization of Microsoft Office programs with very strong capabilities in Excel.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Cost Management, Construction Management, or related field or equivalent education and/or relevant experience. MBA is a plus.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 10 years’ experience with emphasis on construction project controls, risk management, governance, audit, compliance. Data Center construction project experience preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Primarily sitting with some walking, standing, and bending.
• Able to hear and speak into a telephone.
• Close visual work on a computer terminal.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate any required computer keyboard, mouse, and other technical instruments.

Work conditions & other requirements

• Extensive daily usage of workstation or computer, thus must have high speed internet.
• This role is expected to work remote with ability to travel up to 25% to project site.