Risk Manager

You will identify, assess, and manage legal and regulatory risks across business operations, contracts, and strategic initiatives. You will develop and maintain legal risk assessment frameworks, policies, and mitigation strategies. You will support litigation, regulatory inquiries, and compliance matters and prepare risk reporting for leadership. You will advise stakeholders on contractual and regulatory exposure, contribute to incident response and investigations, and promote a risk-aware culture.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and manage legal and regulatory risks across business operations, contracts, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop and maintain legal risk assessment frameworks, policies, and mitigation strategies.
• Partner with internal legal counsel and external advisors on litigation, disputes, regulatory inquiries, and compliance matters.
• Review and assess risk exposure related to contracts, commercial agreements, partnerships, and vendor relationships.
• Monitor changes in laws, regulations, and industry standards and advise stakeholders on impact.
• Lead risk reporting and escalation, including preparation of materials for senior leadership and governance committees.
• Support enterprise risk management initiatives with a legal risk lens.
• Contribute to incident response, investigations, and remediation efforts.
• Promote a strong risk-aware and compliance-focused culture across the organization.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of experience in legal risk management, compliance, legal advisory, or related roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, Risk Management, or a related field; JD or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Solid understanding of legal, regulatory, and compliance risk frameworks.
• Experience working with contracts, litigation risk, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate risk and recommend pragmatic solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain legal risks clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, technology, energy, healthcare, crypto, or fintech preferred.
• Familiarity with enterprise risk management preferred.
• Exposure to international or cross-border regulatory environments preferred.
• Professional certifications such as CRMP, CCEP, or CRCM are a plus.

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule: Monday to Thursday in office and Friday work from home.
• Travel up to 30% to visit sites in North America.