Governance Lead

Role : Governance Lead

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: 3 months Contract to Hire

MOI : Telephonic & MS Teams

Primary Skills: Project Management, GOVERNANCE

This is a 3-month contract-to-hire role and requires candidates with a Minimum of 10 Years of experience. This is an Onsite/Hybrid Model.

Job Description:

• Manage the overall response to various teams and subject matter experts within the organization to drive the risk evaluation and remediation processes to completion.
• Work with subject matter experts to create and maintain remediation strategies, tasks, and documentation related to action plan milestones and deliverables.
• Drive the coordination across teams to meet project requirements and deliverables associated with identified findings, appropriate action plans, milestones and deliverables.
• Evaluate and understand findings within the pipeline to help ensure proper planning of priorities and resources
• Build strong partnerships with key leaders, technology and business partners, segment risk, information security teams, internal and external audit entities, as appropriate.
• Provide status tracking, updates and reporting to various levels of leadership.
• Directs, prioritizes, and schedules audits of internal processes; ensures that any corrective actions identified are carried out
• Assist with regulatory, audit, and compliance exams, ensuring required information is provided promptly.
• Engage and collaborate with other teams to remain up-to-date on their objectives and activities.
• Continually evaluates standards and controls for fit and compliance before scheduled Internal Audit engagements, reviews and testing
• Support governance and operational departments with policy, standard, and procedure updates.
• Assist the team throughout the lifecycle of work to ensure alignment with business needs
• Collect, maintain, and ensure accuracy and integrity for tracking of project plan deliverables.
• Lead initiatives, projects, and perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to form strong relationships.
• Successful ability to explain risks and issues, IT-related concepts clearly and concisely.
• Proven ability to work with technology and business owners, information security, risk, compliance, and audit teams to ensure clear communications among all parties.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical solutions in business terms with internal/external entities, and various levels of leadership.
• Experience with IT service management principles
• Track record of successful project deliverables on time, within budget, and meeting objectives.
• Must be detail-oriented, analytical, and self-directed to make decisions supported by thorough data analysis.
• High performer, driven and has a positive can-do approach to problem solving.
• Working knowledge of recognized frameworks.
• 3+ years of IT GRC, information security, and/or audit experience.
• 2+ years of communication and engagement with various levels, including senior leadership.
• 2+ years of project management experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of risk management and audit principles.
• Experience with cloud technologies.
• Experience in using Archer, ServiceNow GRC, or other related systems.
• Experience using Azure DevOps or similar agile toolsets.
• Experience with technical writing.
• Experience processing, analyzing, or working with several different types of data, including risk ratings, control, and metrics.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Knowledge of control testing and associated tests regarding project plan implementation.
• Certification (CISSP, CISA, CySA+, or CRISC).