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Mercury

Business Risk Officer

$60,000 – $95,000estimatedRemoteFull-timeMiddleUSAManagement
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Job Responsibilities

  • Identify any potential blind spots in processes and controls, and suggest commercial improvements/enhancements
  • Facilitate pre-launch and new activity initiatives/reviews, tracking items to closure and escalating where/when necessary
  • Facilitate execution of risk self assessments and similar exercises within the non-financial risk frameworks
  • Event/incident, issues , and remediations management - ensuring that incidents and issues are recorded and managed through to remediation in line with any and all relevant frameworks in the company
  • Develop and enhance iteratively KPIs/KRIs to be monitored by yourself, product/process owners, and other stakeholders in order to mitigate risk
  • Coordinate interactions and responses between Product and Operations teams vs. other stakeholders for audits, exams and similar reviews (internal and external)
  • Engage and partner deeply with stakeholders across the organization including Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, etc.
  • Help design / provide feedback on certain enterprise/firm-wide trainings and deliver trainings as needed

Requirements

Have at least 5 - 7+ years of experience in a banking, fintech, or other financial services firms in a product/business, business risks and/or controls, operational risk, or other similar roles

Track record of balancing risk, compliance, and customer experience in cross-functional settings

Excellent communication skills to simplify complex business, reg and/or risk concepts into clear explanations and/or recommendations

Familiarity with Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) practices and non-financial risk frameworks

Curious, growth-oriented, and motivated to work on risk and controls at all lifecycle stages (new product launches, scaling, and legacy optimization)

Bring a collaborative, problem-solving mindset to your work, have strong stakeholder management skills, and an ability to influence without direct authority

Approach your work with a high quality bar and a strong sense of ownership - you see things through to completion, knowing when to be pragmatic vs. when not to settle

Proficient with AI tools, or eager to get there, to drive efficiency in risk and controls work — a growth mindset is enough if you're not an expert day one.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications: Exposure to product or technology development lifecycles (e.g., involvement in pre-launch reviews, feature rollouts, or cross-functional builds) — doesn't need to be a formal PM background, just familiarity with how products move from idea to launch

What you'll do

Not specified beyond responsibilities listed above.

Who you are

Not specified beyond qualifications and requirements above.

Tech stack

Not specified.

Team description

Not specified beyond cross-functional collaboration with Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, etc.

Benefits & Perks

Total Rewards: base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits. Salary ranges provided for various locations. Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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