Experience: 12+ years
We're looking for someone who enjoys building, thrives in ambiguous environments, and believes Enterprise Risk should create value for the business - not simply operate governance processes.
- Lead the evolution of Enterprise Risk into a trusted business partner that enables better business decisions.
- Design practical approaches that improve 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 leaders to navigate complex strategic, operational, product, and regulatory decisions.
- Help leadership evaluate tradeoffs and build alignment across differing perspectives on risk and business priorities.
- Bring an enterprise-wide perspective that helps leaders make informed decisions while supporting Affirm's culture of innovation and growth.
- 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 cross-functional initiatives that improve 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.
- 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 and develop a lean, high-impact Enterprise Risk team that helps the business make better decisions while strengthening core risk capabilities.
- 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 that is known for pragmatic problem solving, trusted partnership, and effective challenge.
- 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.
- Proven 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
You don't need to have spent your entire career in Enterprise Risk to be successful in this role. If you've helped organizations navigate complex decisions, lead transformation, or influence executive teams in a regulated environment, we'd love to hear from you!
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $285,000 - $355,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $253,000 - $323,000
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. #LI-Remote
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