Sr. Director, Risk Management

Home Depot; Georgia; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Depot is seeking a senior risk leader to develop enterprise risk strategies, determine coverage needs, and guide capital decisions on insurance programs and captives. You will align with safety, legal, and finance to articulate program benefits and impacts.

The role leads the Risk Management team, collaborates with brokers and the market, and drives ongoing risk monitoring and mitigation across all lines.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Bachelor's degree in business, risk management, or a related field.
• Business or Risk Management degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and operationalize compliance policies and processes.
• Provide leadership direction to Risk Management Department and manage staff.
• Monitor and assess insurable risk and balance between insurance, self‑insurance, and captives.

Skills

Risk management

Strategic planning

Analytical decision-making

Organizational savvy

Business insights

Decision quality

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPCU/ARM/AIC certifications

Job description

Position Purpose:

Develops Enterprise-wide strategy for assessing insured risks across all relevant insurance lines, identifies the need for coverage and limits, determines appropriate risk transfer goals, determines the effective use of the insurance market, self-insured retentions, deductibles, captive insurance programs, and RMIS systems

Key Responsibilities:

• + 40% - Develop, enhance, and operationalize compliance policies and processes - Ensures compliance with all insurance capital and regulatory requirements. Partners with safety, legal, and finance leaders, among others, to explain insurance programs and their benefits and impacts. Procures and utilizes effective risk management systems.
• + 30% - Lead and develop ongoing management of risk program - Provides leadership direction to Risk Management Department. Serves as lead contact for the insurance industry including insurance brokers and the insurance market overall. Selects, develops, and motivates staff within Risk Management.
• + 30% - Perform activities to monitor and assess risk on an ongoing basis - Identifies and evaluates insurable exposure. Evaluates appropriate balance between insurance, self-insurance, and captive utilization.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• + This Position typically reports to the Vice President, Legal
• + This Position has up to 3 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• + Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• + Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• + Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• + Must be 18 years of age or older
• + Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• + Business or Risk Management degree
• + Insurance industry designations such as CPCU, ARM, AIC

Minimum Education:

• + The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• + The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• + 10

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• + 10

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• + None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• + None

Certifications:

• + None

Competencies:

• + Business Insights
• + Decision Quality
• + Organizational Savvy
• + Strategic Mindset
• + Expertise in the risk management/insurance discipline
• + Flexibility, problem solving, and organizational skills
• + Strategic planning and risk management planning experience
• + Analytical and decision-making skills

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. - $0.00 - $0.00