Risk Director, OGC and Enterprise Growth

People Leadership and Talent Development

Leads, develops, and manages a team of risk professionals. Responsible for hiring, performance management, coaching, and talent development, fostering a high-performing and inclusive environment. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes compensation decisions in accordance with Human Resources policies and procedures.

Risk Governance and Council Leadership

Leads and facilitates risk councils and governance forums for OGC and Enterprise Growth, with a focus on the effective management of top risks. Partners with senior leaders to help define risk appetite, establish key risk indicators (KRIs), and ensure appropriate escalation, transparency, and oversight.

Enterprise and Divisional Risk Oversight

Engages and leads risk efforts covering critical enterprise risks impacting Legal and Enterprise Growth activities. Provides credible challenge and strategic guidance to business leaders and helps design and implement mitigation strategies to manage and monitor those risks.

Business Controls and Operational Risk Management

Oversees and helps design business control oversight activities across multiple business lines. Identifies, measures, and monitors operational risk, providing clarity on policies, procedures, internal controls, risk management practices, and reporting mechanisms.

Control Management and Oversight Programs

Led the development, implementation, and ongoing management of control management and risk mitigation programs. Makes key decisions that provide strategic direction for business controls, ensuring alignment with industry best practices, defined standards, and applicable regulatory expectations.

Control Assessments and Effectiveness

Owns periodic assessments of key controls across both divisions. Provides leadership to business partners on control design and effectiveness and drives strategies to increase control maturity, consistency, and resilience.

Enterprise Growth Risk Leadership

Provides cross-enterprise leadership on Enterprise Growth risks that span multiple divisions. Partners with leaders across Vanguard to identify emerging risks, assess impacts, and support risk-informed decision-making for growth initiatives.

Stakeholder Engagement and Risk Culture

Builds and maintains strong strategic relationships with senior leaders, business partners, and risk stakeholders. Champions risk awareness, ownership, and accountability, helping embed a strong, risk-smart culture across OGC, Enterprise Growth, and the broader enterprise.

Regulatory and Industry Expertise

Maintains expert-level knowledge of Vanguard’s policies, objectives, and business model, as well as relevant industry and regulatory developments. Reviews current and emerging regulatory requirements to ensure effective controls, procedures, and oversight mechanisms are in place.