Technology Risk AVP: Lead Strategic Oversight & Resilience

LPL Financial LLC; Fort Mill (SC, FL); On-site; USD 107,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

health benefits

employee stock options

paid time off

volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial LLC in South Carolina is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Technology Risk to provide independent oversight and credible challenge of technology risk across the firm. This role partners with Technology, Information Security, and Compliance to strengthen controls and support responsible innovation.

You will lead risk assessments, monitor exposures, and report to senior leadership, with a focus on cybersecurity, cloud, data, and third-party risk, while guiding teams through

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 5-10+ years of progressive experience in technology risk, cybersecurity risk, information security, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading technology risk assessments, control evaluations, issue oversight, governance, and risk reporting.
• Experience providing independent risk oversight and credible challenge while maintaining effective partnerships with technology and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead areas of the Technology Risk Management program and support execution of the program strategy, priorities, operating model, and capability roadmap.
• Provide independent oversight and credible challenge of technology risks, controls, risk acceptances, remediation strategies, and emerging exposures.
• Lead technology risk assessments across areas such as cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, applications, data, software development, change management, identity and access management, resilience, and technology-enabled third parties.
• Evaluate the design and effectiveness of technology controls and assess whether residual risk is understood, appropriately rated, and managed within risk appetite.
• Apply and enhance technology risk methodologies, standards, procedures, governance routines, and reporting requirements to promote consistent execution.
• Monitor material technology risks, control weaknesses, issues, exceptions, and dependencies, and raise concerns when exposure or remediation progress warrants attention.
• Review and challenge technology-related issues and action plans for clear root cause, sustainable corrective action, appropriate milestones, supporting evidence, and timely closure.
• Develop and monitor key risk indicators, metrics, dashboards, and trend analyses that provide actionable insight into the firm’s technology risk profile.
• Prepare concise risk reporting and recommendations for senior leadership, governance committees, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate technology risk governance discussions and support timely decisions regarding risk treatment, remediation priorities, and acceptance of residual risk.
• Provide risk oversight for strategic initiatives, major technology changes, new capabilities, cloud adoption, automation, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies.
• Partner with first-line technology and security teams to clarify risk ownership, strengthen control design, and improve the quality and consistency of risk management practices.
• Coordinate with Compliance, Legal, Business Resilience, Third-Party Risk, Internal Audit, and other oversight functions to promote aligned coverage and reduce unnecessary duplication.
• Support regulatory examinations, Internal Audit reviews, independent assessments, and responses related to technology risk and controls.
• Track regulatory developments, threat trends, and changes in the technology environment, and recommend appropriate enhancements to the risk program.
• Lead and develop a team of technology risk professionals, set clear expectations, and allocate resources based on risk exposure and business priorities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, credible challenge, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Technology risk

Cybersecurity risk

Information security

Risk reporting

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / Cybersecurity / related field

Tools

Archer

Job description

LPL Financial LLC in South Carolina is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Technology Risk to provide independent oversight and credible challenge of technology risk across the firm. This role partners with Technology, Information Security, and Compliance to strengthen controls and support responsible innovation.

You will lead risk assessments, monitor exposures, and report to senior leadership, with a focus on cybersecurity, cloud, data, and third-party risk, while guiding teams through