Head of Strategic IT Change Risk Oversight

We need someone to live around or move to Los Angeles, NY/NJ, Houston, or Charlotte area.

Who we are

At Corebridge Financial, Action is Everything. We are a new company, but not a new business. Formerly AIG Life & Retirement, we are one of the largest and most established providers of retirement solutions and insurance products in the United States, with a long and proven track record of serving our clients. Everyday, we proudly partner with financial professionals and institutions to make it possible for more people to take action in their financial lives, for today and tomorrow.

About the role

What you need to know:

The TRC Head of Strategic IT Change Risk will be responsible for several critical programs, including the following:

• Forecast/identify portfolios of risks and related controls impacted by major IT change initiatives

• Develop programs to assess and monitor control impacts as change initiatives progress.

• Consult and work with technology change teams to ensure that change-related risks are surfaced and appropriately managed during planning and execution of change initiatives and strategic programs

• Help maintain and manage the Process, Risk, and Controls (PRC) library to ensure that it remains current as changes progress.

• Ensure ownership and management of program controls and compliance mandates.

• Enhance the process to ensure that Corebridge is meeting all internal standards and external audit requirements.

• Manage and prioritize control issue remediation processes to ensure that the underlying risk to the organization is being managed. Ensure timely remediation of issues.

• Develop communications and training programs across multiple channels to ensure successful development of a mature technology risk and control culture.

What we’re looking for:

Experience:

• 15+ years of experience within technology risk, control and governance, Internal Audit or SOX disciplines with increasing responsibility and work complexity to include progressive management roles in large, complex organizations.

• Experience managing a team of risk professionals.

• Industry certifications, including CRISC, CISA, CISSP, or similar preferred.

• Significant experience in managing complex strategic and/or transformational projects, with Project Management Professional certification (PMP) preferred.

• Required: Bachelor’s degree.

Technology Risk & Controls Skills:

• Strong expertise in technology risk, including 10+ years working in Audit, SOX, RCSA, and/or risk governance.

• Understanding of IT Audit principles and control frameworks (COBIT, NIST).

• Ability to oversee multiple projects and initiatives, action plans and key stakeholders simultaneously.

• Experience in managing development and presentation of communications and training programs

• Ability to facilitate and drive management support of risk management throughout major initiatives.

• Experience designing, maintaining, and managing a controls library.

Core Skills

• Demonstrate effective leadership skills.

• Drives for results — shows urgency and takes initiative, doesn’t let problem situations linger, and ensures service excellence and efficiency objectives are met.

• Executes through the team — manages to high standards, empowers others, and holds them accountable while actively engaging and inspiring them at the same time.

• Manages competing priorities — ability to manage competing, changing and sometimes conflicting priorities.

• Utilizes strong negotiation and influencing skills to align interests across diverse constituencies, including internal and external partners.

• Proven track record of drawing conclusions, making decisions, and using data to solve problems.

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

• Ability to set priorities and complete assignments on time.

• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.

• Experience leading complex, major change initiatives; demonstrated skills in change management.

• Ability to define solutions from ambiguous scenarios.

Maintain excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills

• Active listener.

• Proven ability to influence, collaborate, and gain support for key initiatives.

• Strong ability to communicate via written and verbal communication in both formal and casual situations.

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