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The Deputy Chief Risk & Compliance Officer serves as the senior operating and governance leader for the Office of Compliance and Risk Management, translating the EVP-Chief Risk/Compliance Officer’s strategic direction into coordinated execution across Corporate Compliance, Privacy and Health Information Governance, and Enterprise Risk Management.
The position supervises designated functional leaders, integrates cross-functional priorities, chairs assigned governance committees, resolves routine and complex operational matters, and ensures significant risks and decisions are elevated to the EVP in a timely, concise, and decision-ready manner.
This is a full-time hybrid opportunity. The successful candidate will report onsite to the Alliance Home Office (Morrisville, NC) 1-2 days per week.
Responsibilities & Duties
Division Operations and Strategic Execution
- Translate the EVP-Chief Risk/Compliance Officer’s strategic direction into coordinated divisional priorities, annual goals, work plans, performance measures, and operating expectations across Corporate Compliance, Privacy and Health Information Governance, and Enterprise Risk Management
- Monitor execution of approved priorities and evaluate program performance, capacity, resource needs, and emerging barriers
- Integrate activities across functions to reduce duplication, close gaps, strengthen accountability, and support consistent second-line oversight
- Provide concise, exception-based reporting to the EVP regarding material issues, decisions, trends, and matters requiring executive action
Leadership, Supervision, and Talent Development
- Directly supervise and develop the Senior Director-Corporate Compliance, Director-HIPAA Compliance/Privacy Officer, Risk Manager, and other assigned leaders
- Set clear performance expectations, provide coaching and feedback, conduct performance management, support succession planning, and promote professional growth
- Build a collaborative leadership environment that preserves functional expertise and appropriate independence while strengthening coordination across teams
- Partner with Human Resources and the EVP on recruitment, retention, organizational design, leadership development, and resolution of significant personnel matters
Cross-Functional Governance and Committee Leadership
- Chair the Delegation and Accreditation Oversight Committee and, following an approved transition, the AI Governance Committee
- Ensure committee agendas, materials, decision frameworks, minutes, action tracking, and escalation processes support effective and defensible governance
- Provide executive-level coordination and oversight support for assigned committees, including the Compliance Committee, while preserving the EVP’s role as executive sponsor and ensuring significant matters are elevated appropriately
- Maintain separation between leaders responsible for day-to-day program operations and governance bodies responsible for review, challenge, decisions, and escalation
Compliance, Privacy, and Risk Program Oversight
- Provide integrated management oversight of Corporate Compliance, Privacy/HIPAA, and Enterprise Risk Management while preserving each function’s subject-matter authority and direct-access safeguards
- Review program performance, significant investigations or incidents, regulatory and contractual developments, corrective actions, work-plan progress, and risk trends
- Ensure policies, procedures, monitoring, education, reporting, and corrective-action processes are coordinated and support organizational accountability
- Confirm that material compliance, privacy, ethics, and enterprise-risk matters are promptly assessed and escalated to the EVP as required
Issue Resolution, Escalation, and Executive Decision Support
- Resolve routine and complex cross-functional matters within delegated authority and remove barriers that affect division performance
- Establish and administer escalation criteria identifying matters reserved to the EVP, Chief Audit Executive, CEO, Executive Team, or Board
- For material matters, coordinate fact development, risk analysis, stakeholder input, options, and recommendations so the EVP receives decision-ready information
- Maintain open escalation pathways for significant ethical, privacy, compliance, risk, retaliation, independence-sensitive, or organizational concerns, including matters involving the Deputy
Executive, Board, and External Readiness
- Coordinate preparation of integrated reports, dashboards, presentations, briefing materials, and follow-up items for the EVP, CEO, Executive Team, and Board Audit & Compliance Committee
- Support the EVP’s role as staff liaison to the Board Audit & Compliance Committee while ensuring functional leaders are prepared to present matters within their areas of responsibility
- Coordinate responses and readiness activities for significant regulatory, contractual, accreditation, audit, consultant, and other external reviews involving assigned functions
- Represent the EVP or Office of Compliance and Risk Management in internal or external forums when delegated
Continuous Improvement and Organizational Partnership
- Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of division governance, reporting, meeting structures, workflows, and coordination practices
- Partner with Program Integrity, Internal Audit, Legal, Quality, Information Security, Information Technology, Human Resources, Vendor Relations, clinical leadership, and operational departments to address cross-functional risks and improve organizational controls
- Promote risk-informed decision-making, ethical conduct, transparency, learning, and practical compliance solutions throughout the organization
- Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce administrative burden, strengthen data and dashboard use, and improve responsiveness to emerging risks
Minimum Requirements
Education & Experience
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field, from an accredited college/university, and a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare compliance, privacy, enterprise risk management, internal audit, program integrity, regulatory affairs, governance, or another related second-line or oversight function.
Experience must include at least five (5) years in a management or senior leadership role with responsibility for leading professional staff, managing complex cross-functional initiatives, and advising executive leadership.
Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC), Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), RIMS Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP), or comparable compliance, risk, privacy, or governance certification, required
Demonstrated experience in a highly regulated environment and experience integrating multiple compliance, privacy, risk, audit, legal, or governance disciplines are required.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field from an accredited college/university or Juris Doctor.
- Experience in Medicaid managed care, health plans, government-sponsored healthcare, or a comparable regulated healthcare environment (is preferred).
- Experience supporting cross-functional governance and oversight committees, developing governance frameworks, leading organizational change, and presenting complex risk and compliance matters to executive leadership or a governing board (is preferred).
- Additional relevant professional certifications are preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Expert knowledge of healthcare compliance program requirements, ethics and compliance principles, and regulatory governance
- Advanced knowledge of enterprise risk management, privacy/HIPAA, internal controls, auditing/monitoring, investigations, and corrective-action principles
- Ability to integrate multiple oversight functions, identify interdependencies, and translate strategy into coordinated execution
- Executive judgment and ability to distinguish routine matters from material issues requiring CEO, Executive Team, Board, or regulatory escalation
- Leadership, supervision, coaching, succession planning, conflict resolution, and organizational change management
- Ability to communicate complex, sensitive, or controversial information clearly to executives, Board members, regulators, providers, vendors, and staff
- Committee governance, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building, and decision-rights design
- Analytical skills, risk-based decision-making, dashboard/report interpretation, and preparation of concise executive recommendations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and reporting or visualization tools
Salary Range
$161,372 - $201,715/ Annual
Exact compensation will be determined based on the candidate's education, experience, external market data and consideration of internal equity
An excellent fringe benefit package accompanies the salary, which includes:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Long Term Disability
- Generous retirement savings plan
- Flexible work schedules including hybrid/remote options
- Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, holiday, management leave
- Dress flexibility
Employment for this position is contingent upon a satisfactory background check and credit check, which will be performed after acceptance of an offer of employment and prior to the employee's start date.
Education
Required- Bachelors or better in Health Administration
- Bachelors or better in Business Administration
- Bachelors or better in Public Administration
- Bachelors or better in Law (MBA)
- Bachelors or better in Compliance
- Bachelors or better in Risk Management and Insurance
Licenses & Certifications
Required- Cert-Healthcare Complianc
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
The Deputy Chief Risk & Compliance Officer serves as the senior operating and governance leader for the Office of Compliance and Risk Management, translating the EVP-Chief Risk/Compliance Officer’s strategic direction into coordinated execution across Corporate Compliance, Privacy and Health Information Governance, and Enterprise Risk Management.
The position supervises designated functional leaders, integrates cross-functional priorities, chairs assigned governance committees, resolves routine and complex operational matters, and ensures significant risks and decisions are elevated to the EVP in a timely, concise, and decision-ready manner.
This is a full-time hybrid opportunity. The successful candidate will report onsite to the Alliance Home Office (Morrisville, NC) 1-2 days per week.
Responsibilities & Duties
Division Operations and Strategic Execution
- Translate the EVP-Chief Risk/Compliance Officer’s strategic direction into coordinated divisional priorities, annual goals, work plans, performance measures, and operating expectations across Corporate Compliance, Privacy and Health Information Governance, and Enterprise Risk Management
- Monitor execution of approved priorities and evaluate program performance, capacity, resource needs, and emerging barriers
- Integrate activities across functions to reduce duplication, close gaps, strengthen accountability, and support consistent second-line oversight
- Provide concise, exception-based reporting to the EVP regarding material issues, decisions, trends, and matters requiring executive action
Leadership, Supervision, and Talent Development
- Directly supervise and develop the Senior Director-Corporate Compliance, Director-HIPAA Compliance/Privacy Officer, Risk Manager, and other assigned leaders
- Set clear performance expectations, provide coaching and feedback, conduct performance management, support succession planning, and promote professional growth
- Build a collaborative leadership environment that preserves functional expertise and appropriate independence while strengthening coordination across teams
- Partner with Human Resources and the EVP on recruitment, retention, organizational design, leadership development, and resolution of significant personnel matters
Cross-Functional Governance and Committee Leadership
- Chair the Delegation and Accreditation Oversight Committee and, following an approved transition, the AI Governance Committee
- Ensure committee agendas, materials, decision frameworks, minutes, action tracking, and escalation processes support effective and defensible governance
- Provide executive-level coordination and oversight support for assigned committees, including the Compliance Committee, while preserving the EVP’s role as executive sponsor and ensuring significant matters are elevated appropriately
- Maintain separation between leaders responsible for day-to-day program operations and governance bodies responsible for review, challenge, decisions, and escalation
Compliance, Privacy, and Risk Program Oversight
- Provide integrated management oversight of Corporate Compliance, Privacy/HIPAA, and Enterprise Risk Management while preserving each function’s subject-matter authority and direct-access safeguards
- Review program performance, significant investigations or incidents, regulatory and contractual developments, corrective actions, work-plan progress, and risk trends
- Ensure policies, procedures, monitoring, education, reporting, and corrective-action processes are coordinated and support organizational accountability
- Confirm that material compliance, privacy, ethics, and enterprise-risk matters are promptly assessed and escalated to the EVP as required
Issue Resolution, Escalation, and Executive Decision Support
- Resolve routine and complex cross-functional matters within delegated authority and remove barriers that affect division performance
- Establish and administer escalation criteria identifying matters reserved to the EVP, Chief Audit Executive, CEO, Executive Team, or Board
- For material matters, coordinate fact development, risk analysis, stakeholder input, options, and recommendations so the EVP receives decision-ready information
- Maintain open escalation pathways for significant ethical, privacy, compliance, risk, retaliation, independence-sensitive, or organizational concerns, including matters involving the Deputy
Executive, Board, and External Readiness
- Coordinate preparation of integrated reports, dashboards, presentations, briefing materials, and follow-up items for the EVP, CEO, Executive Team, and Board Audit & Compliance Committee
- Support the EVP’s role as staff liaison to the Board Audit & Compliance Committee while ensuring functional leaders are prepared to present matters within their areas of responsibility
- Coordinate responses and readiness activities for significant regulatory, contractual, accreditation, audit, consultant, and other external reviews involving assigned functions
- Represent the EVP or Office of Compliance and Risk Management in internal or external forums when delegated
Continuous Improvement and Organizational Partnership
- Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of division governance, reporting, meeting structures, workflows, and coordination practices
- Partner with Program Integrity, Internal Audit, Legal, Quality, Information Security, Information Technology, Human Resources, Vendor Relations, clinical leadership, and operational departments to address cross-functional risks and improve organizational controls
- Promote risk-informed decision-making, ethical conduct, transparency, learning, and practical compliance solutions throughout the organization
- Identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce administrative burden, strengthen data and dashboard use, and improve responsiveness to emerging risks
Minimum Requirements
Education & Experience
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field, from an accredited college/university, and a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare compliance, privacy, enterprise risk management, internal audit, program integrity, regulatory affairs, governance, or another related second-line or oversight function.
Experience must include at least five (5) years in a management or senior leadership role with responsibility for leading professional staff, managing complex cross-functional initiatives, and advising executive leadership.
Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC), Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), RIMS Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP), or comparable compliance, risk, privacy, or governance certification, required
Demonstrated experience in a highly regulated environment and experience integrating multiple compliance, privacy, risk, audit, legal, or governance disciplines are required.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field from an accredited college/university or Juris Doctor.
- Experience in Medicaid managed care, health plans, government-sponsored healthcare, or a comparable regulated healthcare environment (is preferred).
- Experience supporting cross-functional governance and oversight committees, developing governance frameworks, leading organizational change, and presenting complex risk and compliance matters to executive leadership or a governing board (is preferred).
- Additional relevant professional certifications are preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Expert knowledge of healthcare compliance program requirements, ethics and compliance principles, and regulatory governance
- Advanced knowledge of enterprise risk management, privacy/HIPAA, internal controls, auditing/monitoring, investigations, and corrective-action principles
- Ability to integrate multiple oversight functions, identify interdependencies, and translate strategy into coordinated execution
- Executive judgment and ability to distinguish routine matters from material issues requiring CEO, Executive Team, Board, or regulatory escalation
- Leadership, supervision, coaching, succession planning, conflict resolution, and organizational change management
- Ability to communicate complex, sensitive, or controversial information clearly to executives, Board members, regulators, providers, vendors, and staff
- Committee governance, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building, and decision-rights design
- Analytical skills, risk-based decision-making, dashboard/report interpretation, and preparation of concise executive recommendations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and reporting or visualization tools
Salary Range
$161,372 - $201,715/ Annual
Exact compensation will be determined based on the candidate's education, experience, external market data and consideration of internal equity
An excellent fringe benefit package accompanies the salary, which includes:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Long Term Disability
- Generous retirement savings plan
- Flexible work schedules including hybrid/remote options
- Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, holiday, management leave
- Dress flexibility
Employment for this position is contingent upon a satisfactory background check and credit check, which will be performed after acceptance of an offer of employment and prior to the employee's start date.
Education
Required- Bachelors or better in Health Administration
- Bachelors or better in Business Administration
- Bachelors or better in Public Administration
- Bachelors or better in Law (MBA)
- Bachelors or better in Compliance
- Bachelors or better in Risk Management and Insurance
Licenses & Certifications
Required- Cert-Healthcare Complianc
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Insurance
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in deputy chief compliance officer jobs.
- JD or advanced degree in law, finance, or business administration
- 10 or more years of compliance, legal, or regulatory experience
- Deep knowledge of applicable regulatory frameworks such as SEC, FINRA, OCC, or HIPAA
- Experience building or managing an enterprise compliance program
- Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) or equivalent certification preferred
- Demonstrated ability to present to boards, audit committees, or senior executives
Tips for Your Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Job Search
Tailor your resume to regulatory scope
Hiring committees for deputy chief compliance officer roles want to see the regulatory frameworks you've owned, not just the departments you've overseen. Name the specific statutes, rules, or agency relationships your work touched, whether SEC, HIPAA, OCC, or FINRA.
Highlight cross-functional leadership experience
Deputy chief compliance officers are expected to influence legal, finance, and operations without direct authority. Your resume should show concrete examples where you built alignment across business units on a compliance initiative, not just managed a compliance team internally.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists deputy chief compliance officer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name your specialty
Job titles at this level vary significantly. Search for postings that specify your area, such as BSA, privacy, or third-party risk, rather than applying broadly. Roles aligned to your regulatory background move faster through screening and are more likely to reach final interviews.
Prepare a compliance program case study
Interviewers at the deputy CCO level typically ask you to walk through a compliance program you built or overhauled. Have one ready with a clear before-and-after structure, the stakeholders involved, the gaps you identified, and the measurable outcome you delivered.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At this level, your reporting line, budget authority, and access to the board or audit committee matter as much as title. During offer discussions, ask directly how the deputy CCO interacts with the chief compliance officer and whether the role has an independent escalation path.
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most deputy chief compliance officers?
Block, Sutter Health, and Emigrant Bank are hiring the most deputy chief compliance officers right now, with openings concentrated in New York, California, and North Carolina, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial services, healthcare, and insurance firms account for the largest share of active postings at this level.
How many deputy chief compliance officer jobs are remote?
About 100% of deputy chief compliance officer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with fully on-site roles most common at regulated depository institutions and government contractors. Sub-specialties in privacy compliance and third-party risk management tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible postings.
How do you become a deputy chief compliance officer?
Most deputy chief compliance officers move up from director or VP-level compliance roles after building deep expertise in a specific regulatory domain. Getting there typically involves leading a significant compliance function, earning a recognized certification such as CCEP or CRCM, developing board-level communication skills, and taking on cross-functional projects that demonstrate enterprise-wide judgment rather than functional depth alone.
Can you get a deputy chief compliance officer role with limited senior leadership experience?
It's uncommon but possible at smaller organizations, credit unions, or early-stage regulated companies where compliance infrastructure is still being built. Candidates with strong regulatory examination experience, a legal background, or hands-on program-building experience at the director level can sometimes step into a deputy CCO title earlier, particularly if the organization lacks a fully formed compliance hierarchy.
What does the deputy chief compliance officer interview process look like?
The process typically runs four to six rounds and involves an HR screen, a hiring manager interview focused on regulatory background, a panel with legal and risk leadership, and a final presentation to a C-suite committee or board member. Candidates are usually asked to walk through a compliance program they built, describe how they handled a regulatory examination or enforcement matter, and explain how they set compliance culture across a large organization.
Where can I find and apply to deputy chief compliance officer jobs?
You can find and apply to deputy chief compliance officer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your regulatory background and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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