VP, CoreTech Governance & Risk Leader

Synchrony; Olde West Chester (OH); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony is seeking a VP-level CoreTech Governance Leader to direct safety and soundness programs across CoreTech, prepare for internal and external exams, and drive risk remediation. You will lead governance teams, coordinate exams, strengthen the risk/control framework, and collaborate with all 3 lines of defense while delivering timely dashboards and reports.

This front-line, hands-on role requires deep risk expertise, strong leadership, and ability to communicate complex technical risk to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8+ years of either Technology, Risk Management, OR in lieu of a degree minimum of 12+ years of Technology and Agile Portfolio Management experience.
• Demonstrated experience of governance and/or risk management.
• Strong people leadership skills.
• Demonstrated experience working in a matrixed environment with proven experience influencing leaders at all levels.
• Strong presentation and communication skills with a demonstrated business presence while interacting with senior business executives

Responsibilities

• Lead the team and/or personally lead OCC and FRB exams, Internal Audits, 2LOD exams, Pen tests.
• Explain technical challenges and solutions to non-technical leaders and accurately describe the risk to the business in order to appropriately prioritize risks for the business.
• Challenge when evaluating the true risk to the business.
• Listen and interpret the level of risk to guide appropriate next steps for the organization.
• Liaison with Information Security team on risk management.
• Responsible for the team who leads the PCI evidence delivery in the CoreTech space.
• Drive proactive action in evaluating the control environment and identifying risks.
• Drive automation in the assessment of our control environment.
• Communication of overall issues remediation work in the CoreTech environment and driving timely issues remediation across CoreTech.
• Strong risk mindset to lead identification, treatment, and remediation of risks across CoreTech.
• Participate and drive continuous improvements in the area of issues management.
• Responsible for the Audit Readiness program; a calendar of tasks that drive surveillance.
• Facilitation for creating or renewing Policies, Standards, and Procedures. Ensuring CoreTech has the appropriate requirements documents supporting the PRC framework.
• Collaborate across technology on issues remediation and Sox compliance.
• Product Owner for the CoreTech Governance board, participate in Agile ceremonies, and drive PI Planning for the Governance area.
• Liaison to the Tech and Ops Governance team as well as both 2nd and 3rd Line of defense for the CoreTech organization.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to facilitate challenging conversations with senior leadership.
• This is a front-line, hands-on role involved in exam/audit details and driving the team to deliver results in the timeframe.
• Create and update dashboards to communicate status and drive productivity in this space.
• Advocate across the organization driving good risk practices.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Skills

Governance

Risk management

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Synchrony is seeking a VP-level CoreTech Governance Leader to direct safety and soundness programs across CoreTech, prepare for internal and external exams, and drive risk remediation. You will lead governance teams, coordinate exams, strengthen the risk/control framework, and collaborate with all 3 lines of defense while delivering timely dashboards and reports.

This front-line, hands-on role requires deep risk expertise, strong leadership, and ability to communicate complex technical risk to