VP, Enterprise Risk Transformation & Program Leadership

Goldman Sachs; Dallas (WV); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs, through The Core Engineering's Non-Financial Risk & Controls Engineering Program Management, seeks a VP to lead end-to-end transformation initiatives across risk and compliance domains.

You will synthesize strategy into executable plans, coordinate with Risk, Compliance, Engineering and Transformation offices, and deliver executive-ready updates. This role requires 10+ years of program management experience and exceptional communication in a fast-paced, global environment.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in program management, transformation, strategy, risk management, compliance management, product management, or management consulting.
• Strong ability to connect strategy to execution, including translating high-level objectives into clear workplans, milestones, ownership, and decision points.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing executive-level materials and simplifying complex topics for senior audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to drive alignment across business, risk, engineering, and transformation teams.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management for an area of a large transformational initiative, connecting strategic objectives, target operating model decisions, and execution planning.
• Translate senior stakeholder direction into clear program structure, with concrete solutions anchored in and aligned to Engineering capabilities to deliver them.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Engineering, Transformation Program Office, and divisional stakeholders to align on scope, delivery expectations and measures of success.
• Define and monitor program success metrics and adjust execution or strategy to meet objectives.
• Drive the development of executive-ready materials, including strategy updates.
• Frame and communicate complex topics such as process simplification, convergence, foundational data, AI-enabled capabilities, and operating model transformation.
• Enable successful senior leadership updates with thematic talking points, illustrative examples and demos.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Program management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology or related field

Job description

Goldman Sachs, through The Core Engineering's Non-Financial Risk & Controls Engineering Program Management, seeks a VP to lead end-to-end transformation initiatives across risk and compliance domains.

You will synthesize strategy into executable plans, coordinate with Risk, Compliance, Engineering and Transformation offices, and deliver executive-ready updates. This role requires 10+ years of program management experience and exceptional communication in a fast-paced, global environment.