Senior Digital Risk Lead - Cloud, AI & Platforms

EY; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 443,000; Full time

Job summary

EY’s Digital Risk practice in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Senior Manager to lead risk, compliance, and control transformation across automated ecosystems. You will partner with CFOs, CTOs, and AI/ML teams to embed scalable, audit-ready frameworks into complex environments, enabling secure growth and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes SOX expertise, cloud architecture fluency, and modern PDLC/SDLC knowledge, with travel and leadership responsibilities across cloud-native

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, accounting, computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Digital Risk, IT risk, or technology consulting, focused on TMT sector clients with deep industry knowledge.
• Strong hands‑on experience in cloud platforms (AWS), microservices architectures, DevOps/CI-CD, SDLC/PDLC, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing and assessing ITGCs and automated controls in modern environments.
• Experience leading risk assessments, control testing, and transformation initiatives in cloud-native ecosystems.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into engineering‑aligned controls.
• Exposure to data platforms and AI-enabled development environments.
• Willingness to travel at least 50% and work extended hours as needed. A valid passport is required.
• Relevant certifications such as CPA, CISA, CISSP, CISM, AWS Certified Solutions Architect/Security with cloud or AI certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Digital Risk engagements across cloud platforms, microservices architectures, and AI-enabled development environments, including risk assessments and transformation initiatives.
• Serve as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders (CFO, CIO, CTO), delivering executive presentations and actionable recommendations.
• Drive budgeting, forecasting, staffing, delivery quality, and oversight of technical risk areas.
• Provide technical leadership as a subject matter expert on cloud, platform, and engineering risk considerations.
• Design and evaluate controls across DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, SDLC/PDLC processes, and distributed data environments, including APIs and AI-enabled systems.

Skills

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Executive presence

Engineering credibility

AI risk awareness

TMT industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps

SDLC/PDLC

Job description

EY’s Digital Risk practice in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Senior Manager to lead risk, compliance, and control transformation across automated ecosystems. You will partner with CFOs, CTOs, and AI/ML teams to embed scalable, audit-ready frameworks into complex environments, enabling secure growth and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes SOX expertise, cloud architecture fluency, and modern PDLC/SDLC knowledge, with travel and leadership responsibilities across cloud-native