Vice President - Technology Risk and Governance (Dallas, TX)

Vice President - Technology Risk and Governance (Dallas, TX) location_on Dallas, Texas, United States

Goldman Sachs is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

RISK

Goldman Sachsâ Core Engineering Risk Management in the Engineering Division develops comprehensive programs and processes to identify, monitor, assess and manage operational risks in support of the firmâs risk appetite statement and strategic Engineering business plans. Risk teams play a critical function for the firm, driving how the firm considers and manages risk. The group works closely with the development teams and Technology Risk teams to help identify, resolve and baseline risk remediation efforts and associated priorities. Risk professionals execute critical day‑to‑day risk management activities, lead strategic risk initiatives, and contribute to the ongoing advancement of the firmâs risk management framework. They are analytically curious, have an aptitude to challenge, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

CORE ENGINEERING RISK MANAGEMENT

The Core Engineering Risk Management group is responsible for designing, executing, and maintaining various aspects of the Engineering Divisionâs risk governance and strategy components globally. This group reports into the Engineering Divisionâs Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and plays a key role in increasing the transparency of risks and influencing related decision making and prioritization.

Role Summary

We are seeking a candidate with a strong software engineering background and demonstrated expertise in technology risk identification and governance. This role offers the opportunity to shape and scale risk governance across complex, distributed systems in a fast‑paced, high‑stakes environment. The ideal candidate combines deep technical fluency with a sharp risk mindset and can drive control rigor across software development, infrastructure, and cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement & Enhance Engineering Risk Governance Frameworks across the Engineering division, with a focus on Engineering risks.
• Partner with Engineering teams to identify control gaps (Issues), design remediation plans, and improve control effectiveness.
• Partner with our risk partners and communicate and guide teams on how the risks apply to their technology.
• Design and execute adoption campaigns for control deficiencies and uplifts.
• Advise on key performance, control and risk indicators working on setting appropriate risk appetite statements
• Provide executive‑level reporting and risk narratives for senior engineering and risk leadership

Qualifications

Preferred

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short‑term disability, long‑term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state‑of‑the‑art on‑site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on‑site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre‑approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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