Senior Director, Governance and Risk
Senior Director Governance and Risk
College Board – Risk Management
Location: This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employeesare required tooccasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.
Role Type :This is a full-time position
About the Team
The Information Security Governance Risk and Compliance (ISGRC) team at the College Board works closely with other teams across the organization to assess and certify the security of College Board’s information systems and processes. This dedicated team facilitates information security governance and compliance by assessing College Board ’s vendors, reviewing and negotiating contractual commitments to information security, planning for disaster response and recovery, testing system strength using industry-recognized frameworks (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS and SOC2) and obtaining related compliance certifications, implementing information security policies, promoting security awareness and training, and testing the acumen of College Board employees through robust and innovative training and phishing campaigns.
About the Opportunity
As the Senior Director, Information Security Governance & Risk, you will operationalize the vision set in collaboration with other Senior Team members and approved by Executive Leadership. The Senior Director will oversee delivery across Security Policy, Security Awareness, Business Continuity, Vendor Risk Management, and the Information Security Risk Register. Your role is to ensure execution of Governance and Risk functions through a team of practitioners. You will work closely with stakeholders from Legal, Procurement, Information Security Office, Privacy, and Business Stakeholders.
In this role, you will:
Manage Governance and Risk (50%)
Security Policy & Governance Operations
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Ensure policies and standards aremaintained, updated, and operationalized by the organization.
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Oversee policy communication, awareness, andexceptionprocesses.
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Drive consistency in governance practices across the organization.
Security Awareness Execution
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Ensure effective delivery of the organization’s security awareness program.
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Oversee targeted training and campaigns aligned to key risk areas.
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Monitor engagement andeffectivenessmetrics.
Business Continuity Coordination
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Ensure coordination of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery governance activities.
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Oversee execution of BIAs, plan updates, and testing exercises.
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Track and drive remediation of identified gaps.
Technology Risk Register
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Ensure the teammaintainsan accurateand actionable Information Security Risk Register.
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Oversee consistent risk identification, assessment, and documentation practices.
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Drive accountability fortimelyriskremediation and escalation.
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Support development of risk reporting for senior leadership consumption.
Vendor Risk Management (VRM)
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Ensure consistent, high-quality execution of the third-party risk assessment program.
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Drive increased assessment throughput and reduced cycle times through team performance and process optimization.
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Oversee standardized approaches for SOC 2 reviews, control analysis, and risk evaluation.
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Ensure effective coordination with Procurement and business stakeholders.
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Experience with or exposure to continuous monitoring capabilities (e.g., external risk signals, ongoing vendor posture tracking) to enhance third-party risk visibility is a plus.
Process Optimization & Automation (20%)
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Identifyand prioritize opportunities to scale Governance and Risk processes using automation and AI Agents.
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Ensure successful implementation of tooling and workflow improvements (e.g.,OneTrust, KnowBe4).
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Drive reduction of manual effort across assessments, evidence review, and reporting.
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Promote a culture of continuous improvement within the team.
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