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Head of Premier and Branch Banking Risk Execution and Governance

Truist
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Feb 2026

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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:  English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

Responsible for Premier and Branch supervisory oversight, execution and implementation of first-line risk management, and business led governance routines. Lead a large team of professionals in the first line of defense, providing direction and guidance for aggregated oversight and governance for all risk types in the core areas of risk and controls for a major revenue-producing BU and/or major, highly visible corporate function BU. Responsible for the implementation of the company’s supervisory and risk programs. Support risk identification, mitigation, and coordination with BURE as well as LOD2 and LOD3 partners. Support the design of strategic group (risk) initiatives. Lead a team of supervisory and risk management professionals who collaborate with senior leaders from CSBB, other business units, and enterprise teams to drive business change, achieve business unit goals, and contribute to business unit performance. Provide leadership and oversight for execution of the Premier and Branch Banking’s Internal Controls function with significant emphasis on risk management, compliance, legal and security

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job.  Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below.  Specific activities may change from time to time.  

1. As a member of the Premier & Branch Senior Leadership team, responsible for the vision, leadership, communication and oversight of the strategic development of risk framework strategies to include processes, policies, initiatives, and risk and controls.
2. Serve as point of contact for all risk management and governance activities and lead a team of risk management professionals that are responsible for executing on day-to-day risk management activities for aligned business such as supporting RCSA activities, process mapping, control identification, documentation, and providing evidence for testing requests, partnering to establish and monitor KRIs, issues and events management, change risk assessments; enterprise technology, Third Party, and Compliance Risk Program Support Activities . 
3. Assist in business line management with identifying, assessing, controlling, mitigating, and communicating risks associated with business processes and decisions for assigned BU. Provide oversight and governance to assigned BU regarding its control environment.

4. Facilitate activities with Corporate Compliance, Truist Audit Services, regulators and other stakeholders. Assist in facilitation of materials for quarterly regulatory meetings/requests and exam requests. 
5. Ensure all Premier and Branch Banking leaders are aware and accountable to operate within Risk Appetite with adequate adherence and remediation to risk management policies and processes. Promote an internal risk culture that encourages self-identification, promoting various risk initiatives and supporting metrics, and the maturity of various aligned business and risk committees/ councils. 
6. Leads Issue Management and oversees the execution of enterprise-wide Internal Control Reviews (ICR) and proper adherence to internal controls procedures to ensure Premier and Branch operate consistently with a bias towards standardization and the elimination of exception processing thus mitigating the risk.
6. Deep working knowledge of Premier and Branch Banking policies, processes, and systems to lead the identification and resolution of issues for material and highly complex projects, including managing regulatory and legislative projects on an ongoing basis. 

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