Director, Risk Management - Platform Transformation

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle, Paze, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overview
The Director of Transformation Risk & Technology Controls serves as the first line risk leader embedded within the transformation and modernization programs.
Partnering closely with the Head of Transformation Management - Product, Engineering, Data, and Operations leaders, this role is accountable for operationalizing risk management, ensuring regulatory compliance, strengthening control design, and protecting customer outcomes during platform modernization, migrations, and large-scale data movement initiatives.
This leader brings deep experience in cloud platforms, technology controls, data risk, and regulatory expectations, translating enterprise risk requirements into practical, executable controls that enable speed without sacrificing safety.

Key Responsibilities
Technology, Cloud & Platform Risk Management:

• Act as the primary first line risk owner for transformation initiatives, accountable for identifying, assessing, and managing risks introduced by platform modernization, cloud adoption, and operating model change.
• Embed risk management directly into transformation planning, execution, and go-live decisioning, not as a gate, but as an enabler of safe delivery.
• Ensure transformation initiatives align with Early Warning's enterprise risk appetite, technology risk standards, and regulatory obligations.
• Lead risk assessments for new platforms, technologies, and architectural changes, including cloud-native services, third-party integrations, and distributed systems.
• Assess and oversee control design and effectiveness across:
• Cloud infrastructure and services
• Identity and access management
• Data movement and storage
• Platform resiliency, availability, and failover
• Partner with Engineering and Architecture teams to ensure secure-by-design and resilient-by-design solutions throughout transformation.
• Conduct and maintain end-to-end risk assessments for:
• Platform migrations
• Product modernization
• Data migrations and large-scale data movement
• Decommissioning of legacy systems
• Support go-live readiness decisions with documented risk posture, residual risk acceptance, and mitigation status.

Platform Migration and Transformation

• Review and challenge alerting, monitoring, and operational run books for new platforms and technologies to ensure:
• Meaningful detection of failures and anomalies
• Clear escalation paths and ownership
• Alignment with availability, resiliency, and customer impact expectations
• Validate that monitoring controls adequately support regulatory, audit, and operational requirements.
• Ensure transformation initiatives comply with applicable regulations and frameworks, including but not limited to:
• PCI DSS
• SOC 2
• FFIEC
• Data protection and privacy requirements
• Lead risk management activities related to large-scale data movement, data lineage, and data integrity during transformation.
• Assess risks associated with metadata management, including:
• Data classification and sensitivity
• Lineage and traceability
• Control coverage for metadata repositories and tools
• Ensure data risk considerations are embedded into platform design, migration planning, and analytics enablement.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Ensure end-to-end testing strategies account for cross-platform dependencies, failure scenarios, and customer impact.
• Validate that control requirements are incorporated into testing plans and that identified gaps are addressed prior to production release.
• Support post-implementation reviews to confirm risk outcomes align with expectations.
• Operate as a trusted risk partner to:
• Head of Transformation Management - CertosSM
• Product and Engineering leadership
• Cloud, Infrastructure, and Data teams
• Translate enterprise risk expectations into actionable guidance for delivery teams without slowing execution.
• Provide clear, concise risk reporting to transformation leadership and executive stakeholders

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ in USD per year is: $154,000 - $193,000.
New York, NY in USD per year is: $186,000 - $232,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage-Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan-Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

• Paid Time Off -Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

• Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

AndSOmuch more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure tocheck our Benefits page here for the latest. Ourteamcan share more during the interview process!

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.

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