Manager Technology Risk

**About Our Company** We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world. **Job Description** Ameriprise Financial is looking to add a Manager, Technology Risk to the team! The Manager, Technology Risk is a Second Line of Defense (2LOD) role reporting to the VP, Technology Risk. Responsible for supporting execution of technology and cyber risk oversight activities and ensuring accurate documentation, assessment, and monitoring of risks. **Key Responsibilities:** - Oversight and credible challenge the first line of defense (1LOD) in their execution of the annual risk self-assessments. Credible challenge is done for both the Technology / Cyber organizations and well as for the enterprise. - Support the implementation of Operational Risk Management (ORM) methodology and requirements across assigned business unit, in agreement with the overall ORM framework - Support and creditability challenge the first line of defense as they manage and respond to risk events (issues/incidents). - Support risk governance forums (prep materials, reporting, follow-ups) - Risk Framework and Governance: Support framework execution and control documentation. - Support audit readiness and regulatory alignment - Risk Monitoring, Challenge, and Reporting: Perform assessments, support RCSA/REV/ROC. - Pro-actively identify opportunities and recommend solutions to mitigate current and future technology and cyber risk. Provide expertise for enhancement and implementation of technology policies, standards, controls and metrics. - Coach and mentor other team members **Required Qualifications:** - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent - 5-7 years of relevant experience - Knowledge of IT technical and operational processes, and associated risks and controls, IT risk management with a strong emphasis on AI risk management. - Technical knowledge of risk management frameworks, applicable standards, and regulatory requirements including, NIST, COBIT, FFIEC, ISO27000, and other relevant IT governance frameworks. - Ability to communicate complex information technology risks and issues to non-technical business stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of criticality and implications. - Critical thinker and ability to express risk themes from data that will serve to inform and guide leadership decisions and actions. - Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills. - Strong ability to lead, partner, and influence across all leadership levels. - Ability to drive results and meet deadlines to reduce risks. - Strong written and verbal communication skills - Must be able to work independently. **In-Office Collaboration** We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process. **Visa Sponsorship** Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or…