Operational & Technology Risk Lead
DriveWealthBrokerage Infrastructure company
Chicago, United States$200,000 - $215,000 USDLead
Insight Partners
Accel
Softbank Vision Fund
Point72 Ventures
Greyhound Capital
Fidelity International Strategic Ventures
Legal & Compliance
About the role
TL;DR
Lead operational and technology risk for a global brokerage platform, building frameworks and AI tooling.
- •The Lead of Operational & Technology Risk owns the enterprise operational and resiliency risk program across a regulated, globally distributed brokerage platform.
- •This is a builder's role where you will design the operational risk framework, stand up risk assessment and control assurance programs, and build AI-native tooling.
- •Key Responsibilities Build and own the enterprise operational risk taxonomy, risk appetite statements, and supporting policy architecture.
- •Establish and lead the operational risk and resiliency forum, driving genuine challenge and alignment.
- •Own risk assessment for new products, partners, markets, and platform capabilities.
- •Build the operational control testing program covering ICOC and key operational controls.
- •Own enterprise issue management end to end and build the risk event and loss database.
- •Requirements 10+ years in operational, technology, or enterprise risk management, with significant time in a regulated financial services environment.
- •Demonstrated experience building a risk function from an early stage.
- •Practical fluency with agentic AI applied to risk work.
- •Strong, practical understanding of broker-dealer operations and regulatory expectations.
- •Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence engineering and product organizations.
Required skills
Risk ManagementCompliance ManagementOpenAI APILangChainPythonSQLAWSCI/CDDockerKubernetesGitLinuxJiraConfluence
Nice-to-have skills
TerraformPostmanREST API
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
equity, 401(k) match, Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Disability insurance, Paid Parental Leave, wellness reimbursement, company-provided phone, personal development allowance, Paid Time Off (PTO)
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptSQLBashReactNode.jsAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitLinuxJiraConfluencePostmanREST APIOpenAI APILangChain
