Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Strategy

What You’ll Do

• Lead Enterprise Risk Strategy
  • Evolve Enterprise Risk into a trusted business partner enabling better business decisions
  • Design practical approaches improving clarity and decision-making while minimizing unnecessary process and burden
  • Translate enterprise strategy into clear risk appetite, practical operating guardrails, and decision-useful executive reporting
• Partner with executive leadership
  • Navigate complex strategic, operational, product, and regulatory decisions
  • Evaluate tradeoffs and build alignment across differing perspectives on risk and business priorities
  • Bring an enterprise-wide perspective to help leaders make informed decisions while supporting Affirm's culture of innovation and growth
• Drive Cross-Functional Influence
  • Build trusted relationships with leaders including across Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and Credit Risk
  • Influence through thoughtful challenge, sound judgment, and clear communication
  • Serve as a trusted advisor who helps teams solve business problems
• Lead Enterprise Initiatives
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives improving how Affirm identifies, discusses, and manages emerging enterprise risks
  • Partner with teams across the company to navigate new products, technologies, regulatory changes, and strategic initiatives
  • Translate complex business challenges into actionable recommendations for executive leadership
• Strengthen Enterprise Risk Capabilities
  • Continue evolving key Enterprise Risk capabilities including operational risk, governance, issue management, third-party risk, and business continuity
  • Improve executive reporting and risk insights that support better decision-making across the organization
• Lead a High-Impact Enterprise Risk Team
  • Set the vision, priorities, and operating model for the Enterprise Risk function as it continues to evolve
  • Foster a culture of sound judgment, curiosity, business partnership, and thoughtful execution
  • Build a team known for pragmatic problem solving, trusted partnership, and effective challenge

What We Look For

• 12+ years of experience in a regulated or risk-intensive environment such as fintech, financial services, or technology
• Experience leading business transformation, strategy, product risk, operations, governance, Chief of Staff, Enterprise Risk, or similar cross-functional initiatives
• Exceptional business judgment with the ability to simplify complex problems and influence senior leaders
• Penned ability to build trust, challenge constructively, and drive alignment without formal authority or operating as a control function
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, building new capabilities, and partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and other business-facing teams