Remote Risk Governance Program Lead

First Interstate Bank; Omaha (NE); Remote; USD 108,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO + federal holidays

Student debt repayment

401(k) with 6% match

Job summary

First Interstate Bank seeks a Risk Governance Program Manager to oversee enterprise risk governance programs and drive strategic initiatives. You will coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, manage governance processes, and serve as the owner for risk systems and programs to promote consistent governance practices.

The role partners with Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, Privacy, and Technology to align responsibilities, escalate issues, and deliver executive-level reporting for

Qualifications

• Demonstrates knowledge of enterprise risk management, the Three Lines Model, policy governance, issues management, risk taxonomy, committee governance, and executive reporting.
• Reads, analyzes, and interprets complex regulatory, governance, technical, and business documents.
• Interprets regulatory expectations and coordinates their implementation through policies, procedures, governance processes, reporting, and controls.
• Translates complex regulatory, technical, governance, and process requirements into clear, actionable business requirements.
• Applies quantitative and qualitative analysis to interpret risk data, evaluate trends, assess program performance, and support informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Supports strategic planning and leads the implementation of initiatives affecting assigned risk governance programs.
• Provides governance, program management, and decision-support expertise to the Risk Leadership Team.
• Coordinates the maintenance of the enterprise risk governance framework, including committee structures, charters, decision authorities, escalation pathways, and reporting standards.
• Builds effective partnerships with Executive Management, Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, Privacy, Technology, and business-line stakeholders to align governance responsibilities and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Coordinates governance calendars, agendas, meeting materials, decisions, minutes, action items, and follow-up activities for risk committees.
• Coordinates timely and accurate reporting on strategic initiatives, audit and regulatory matters, issues, risk trends, and other matters requiring executive or Board oversight.
• Develops and conducts quality reviews of executive- and Board-level risk materials to ensure accuracy, consistency, completeness, and alignment with governance standards.
• Coordinates the preparation, validation, approval, and submission of assigned regulatory risk reports in partnership with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and applicable business owners.
• Administers the risk policy governance process, including standards, review cycles, approvals, exceptions, change management, and the escalation of overdue items.
• Maintains complete and examination-ready records of policy decisions, approvals, exceptions, and supporting documentation.
• Leads the Bank's Issues Management Program, including governance standards, lifecycle requirements, reporting, escalation, system administration, and program effectiveness monitoring.
• Identifies and escalates overdue, disputed, or potentially material issues and governance matters to the appropriate risk leader or governance committee.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Policy governance

Risk reporting

Stakeholder management

GRC platforms

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Risk Management, Business, Finance, Compliance, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Data visualization tools

Job description

First Interstate Bank seeks a Risk Governance Program Manager to oversee enterprise risk governance programs and drive strategic initiatives. You will coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, manage governance processes, and serve as the owner for risk systems and programs to promote consistent governance practices.

The role partners with Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, Privacy, and Technology to align responsibilities, escalate issues, and deliver executive-level reporting for