Executive Assistant to Americas Chief Risk Officer

Deutsche Bank AG; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health and wellbeing benefits

Retirement savings plans

Parental leave

Family building benefits

Educational resources

Matching gifts & volunteer programs

Job summary

Deutsche Bank AG in New York is seeking an Executive Assistant to the Americas Chief Risk Officer to coordinate governance, prepare materials for boards and senior forums, and manage high-priority programs across divisions.

The role supports AI initiatives, drives digital tooling adoption, and ensures the CRO is prepared for critical engagements, with a hybrid work arrangement and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experienced with AI including practical usages (e.g. prompting).
• Experience in project management and/or managing critical deliverables against tight timelines.
• Deutsche Bank Organizational knowledge and/or a background in Risk is a plus.
• Strong relationship building and influencing skills.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and coordination of executive communications, presentations, briefing materials, speaking points, strategic updates, and meeting packages to support senior-level decision making and stakeholder engagement.
• Act as a central point of coordination for requests directed to the Americas CRO, ensuring timely execution, effective prioritization, and appropriate escalation of matters requiring senior management attention.
• Exercise strong judgment and independent challenge in reviewing materials, ensuring content is accurate, concise, strategically focused, and aligned with executive expectations.
• Manage and coordinate agendas for executive meetings, including the tracking of decisions, action items, follow-ups, and key deliverables.
• Proactively identify and highlight critical issues, emerging risks, key decisions, and priority materials requiring attention from the Americas CRO and broader CRO leadership team.
• Help drive the adoption and effective use of artificial intelligence across CRO Americas aligned to the CRO’s vision, including supporting divisional AI initiatives, promoting the use of Microsoft Copilot and other approved AI tools, and identifying opportunities to enhance productivity and effectiveness through technology.

Skills

Analytical communication

AI usage

Project management

Risk knowledge

Relationship building

AI tooling

Tools

Microsoft Copilot

AI tools

Job description

Job Title

Executive Assistant to Americas Chief Risk Officer Corporate Title Assistant Vice President / Associate Location New York

Overview

The Executive Assistant to the Americas Chief Risk Officer (CRO) will report directly to the Americas CRO and support him across several aspects of his remit. This role is responsible for enabling the effective execution of the CRO’s responsibilities through proactive management of priorities, strategic coordination, and executive support. Key responsibilities include coordinating executive-level governance activities, preparing materials for Board, regulatory, and senior management forums, managing strategic communications, and ensuring the CRO is effectively prepared for critical internal and external engagements. The role also supports the delivery of key strategic and regulatory initiatives through effective stakeholder management, cross-divisional coordination, and oversight of high-priority programs and special projects, including divisional AI initiatives to drive adoption and effective use of AI tools across the division. The Executive Assistant will regularly engage with senior leadership in both CRO regionally and globally as well as across the Bank in Front Office and Infrastructure divisions.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development and coordination of executive communications, presentations, briefing materials, speaking points, strategic updates, and meeting packages to support senior-level decision making and stakeholder engagement
• Act as a central point of coordination for requests directed to the Americas CRO, ensuring timely execution, effective prioritization, and appropriate escalation of matters requiring senior management attention
• Exercise strong judgment and independent challenge in reviewing materials, ensuring content is accurate, concise, strategically focused, and aligned with executive expectations
• Manage and coordinate agendas for executive meetings, including the tracking of decisions, action items, follow-ups, and key deliverables
• Proactively identify and highlight critical issues, emerging risks, key decisions, and priority materials requiring attention from the Americas CRO and broader CRO leadership team
• Help drive the adoption and effective use of artificial intelligence across CRO Americas aligned to the CRO’s vision, including supporting divisional AI initiatives, promoting the use of Microsoft Copilot and other approved AI tools, and identifying opportunities to enhance productivity and effectiveness through technology

Skills You’ll Need

• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experienced with AI including practical usages (e.g. prompting)
• Experience in project management and/or managing critical deliverables against tight timelines
• Deutsche Bank Organizational knowledge and/or a background in Risk is a plus
• Strong relationship building and influencing skills
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Excellent client and service focus, as well as absolute confidence in working with decision-makers from all levels of the organization
• Very good analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to solve complex problems, develop innovative and structured solutions
• A high degree of personal initiative and flexibility
• A solid understanding of one or multiple risk disciplines

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $85,000 to $153,000. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications.

Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

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