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We are looking for a Payments Business Risk Management Executive, Senior Vice President to lead and steward the first-line risk and control agenda across the firm’s global Payments business.
This senior executive will operate as a strategic partner to the Head of Payments and the Head of Business Controls & Enterprise Resiliency, with a dual reporting relationship that ensures close alignment between Payments business priorities and the firm’s broader risk, control and resiliency agenda.
The successful candidate will bring deep experience in financial services, payments and/or business risk management, combined with the executive presence and commercial judgment required to influence senior leaders across a complex global organization.
Why this role is important to us
Payments represents a critical component of the firm’s global operating environment, supporting high-volume, time-sensitive and highly regulated activities across multiple markets, platforms and clients.
As the Payments business continues to modernize its platforms, operating models and capabilities, this role will ensure that risk management and controls are embedded into business strategy, transformation and day-to-day execution.
The role will provide senior first-line risk leadership across enterprise-wide Payments while partnering closely with Business Controls & Enterprise Resiliency, Risk, Compliance, Technology, Product and Operations.
What you will be responsible for
Business Risk & Control Leadership
- Lead and steward the first-line risk and control agenda for enterprise-wide Payments globally, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, monitored, mitigated and appropriately escalated.
- Serve as the senior Business Risk Management partner to the Head of Payments, providing strategic advice and constructive challenge on business, operational and transformation priorities.
- Ensure appropriate risk, controls and governance for this critical business service and related processes across the firm.
- Maintain a comprehensive view of the Payments risk profile across platforms, products, processes and geographies.
- Drive consistent and sustainable risk and control practices across the global Payments organization.
- Establish effective governance, reporting, issue management and escalation mechanisms for material risks and control matters.
Transformation, Resiliency & Regulatory
- Provide risk leadership and challenge across Payments transformation, including technology modernization, automation, platform change and operating model redesign.
- Partner with Product, Technology and Operations to ensure risk and control requirements are embedded in new capabilities and material change programs.
- Strengthen operational resilience across critical Payments services and ensure appropriate consideration of technology, process and third-party dependencies.
- Lead first-line engagement on significant issues, including root-cause analysis, remediation and sustainable risk reduction.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal and Internal Audit and support regulatory examinations, audits and other reviews relating to Payments.
- Represent the Payments risk and control agenda in senior governance and risk forums.
Leadership & Culture
- Promote strong first-line ownership and an effective risk and control culture throughout Payments.
- Build trusted relationships across business, product, technology and control functions and influence outcomes in a highly matrixed global organization.
- Lead and develop a high-performing Payments Business Risk Management team, building strong capabilities, accountability and succession.
- Play a key leadership role in Business Controls and resiliency organisation, developing best practices, innovation and standards.
- Act as a change leader, balancing appropriate risk management with the commercial and strategic objectives of the Payments business.
What we value
At Senior Vice President level, we are looking for an established leader who combines strong risk and control expertise with deep business understanding and executive influence.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Significant leadership experience in financial services, with experience across payments, transaction banking, banking operations, operational risk or first-line business risk management.
- Deep understanding of operational and non-financial risk, controls, governance, issue management and remediation.
- Strong understanding of complex, high-volume and time-critical payment environments.
- Experience supporting major technology, operational or business transformation programs within regulated financial services.
- Proven ability to partner with and constructively challenge senior executives while maintaining a pragmatic and commercially focused approach.
- Ability to operate effectively in a dual-reporting, highly matrixed global organization.
- Strong understanding of regulatory expectations and operational resilience within financial services.
- Experience engaging with senior Risk, Compliance, Audit and regulatory stakeholders.
- Excellent executive communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity and significant organizational change.
Qualifications & Experience
- 15+ years of relevant financial services experience, including significant senior leadership experience.
- Experience in Payments, Treasury Services, Transaction Banking, Banking Operations, Business Risk Management or related areas strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading risk and control agendas across complex global businesses or platforms.
- Experience providing risk leadership for significant business and technology transformation.
- Strong people leadership and talent development experience.
- Graduate degree or equivalent professional experience; relevant risk, finance or business qualifications are advantageous.
Salary Range:
$225,000 - $337,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a Payments Business Risk Management Executive, Senior Vice President to lead and steward the first-line risk and control agenda across the firm’s global Payments business.
This senior executive will operate as a strategic partner to the Head of Payments and the Head of Business Controls & Enterprise Resiliency, with a dual reporting relationship that ensures close alignment between Payments business priorities and the firm’s broader risk, control and resiliency agenda.
The successful candidate will bring deep experience in financial services, payments and/or business risk management, combined with the executive presence and commercial judgment required to influence senior leaders across a complex global organization.
Why this role is important to us
Payments represents a critical component of the firm’s global operating environment, supporting high-volume, time-sensitive and highly regulated activities across multiple markets, platforms and clients.
As the Payments business continues to modernize its platforms, operating models and capabilities, this role will ensure that risk management and controls are embedded into business strategy, transformation and day-to-day execution.
The role will provide senior first-line risk leadership across enterprise-wide Payments while partnering closely with Business Controls & Enterprise Resiliency, Risk, Compliance, Technology, Product and Operations.
What you will be responsible for
Business Risk & Control Leadership
- Lead and steward the first-line risk and control agenda for enterprise-wide Payments globally, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, monitored, mitigated and appropriately escalated.
- Serve as the senior Business Risk Management partner to the Head of Payments, providing strategic advice and constructive challenge on business, operational and transformation priorities.
- Ensure appropriate risk, controls and governance for this critical business service and related processes across the firm.
- Maintain a comprehensive view of the Payments risk profile across platforms, products, processes and geographies.
- Drive consistent and sustainable risk and control practices across the global Payments organization.
- Establish effective governance, reporting, issue management and escalation mechanisms for material risks and control matters.
Transformation, Resiliency & Regulatory
- Provide risk leadership and challenge across Payments transformation, including technology modernization, automation, platform change and operating model redesign.
- Partner with Product, Technology and Operations to ensure risk and control requirements are embedded in new capabilities and material change programs.
- Strengthen operational resilience across critical Payments services and ensure appropriate consideration of technology, process and third-party dependencies.
- Lead first-line engagement on significant issues, including root-cause analysis, remediation and sustainable risk reduction.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal and Internal Audit and support regulatory examinations, audits and other reviews relating to Payments.
- Represent the Payments risk and control agenda in senior governance and risk forums.
Leadership & Culture
- Promote strong first-line ownership and an effective risk and control culture throughout Payments.
- Build trusted relationships across business, product, technology and control functions and influence outcomes in a highly matrixed global organization.
- Lead and develop a high-performing Payments Business Risk Management team, building strong capabilities, accountability and succession.
- Play a key leadership role in Business Controls and resiliency organisation, developing best practices, innovation and standards.
- Act as a change leader, balancing appropriate risk management with the commercial and strategic objectives of the Payments business.
What we value
At Senior Vice President level, we are looking for an established leader who combines strong risk and control expertise with deep business understanding and executive influence.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Significant leadership experience in financial services, with experience across payments, transaction banking, banking operations, operational risk or first-line business risk management.
- Deep understanding of operational and non-financial risk, controls, governance, issue management and remediation.
- Strong understanding of complex, high-volume and time-critical payment environments.
- Experience supporting major technology, operational or business transformation programs within regulated financial services.
- Proven ability to partner with and constructively challenge senior executives while maintaining a pragmatic and commercially focused approach.
- Ability to operate effectively in a dual-reporting, highly matrixed global organization.
- Strong understanding of regulatory expectations and operational resilience within financial services.
- Experience engaging with senior Risk, Compliance, Audit and regulatory stakeholders.
- Excellent executive communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity and significant organizational change.
Qualifications & Experience
- 15+ years of relevant financial services experience, including significant senior leadership experience.
- Experience in Payments, Treasury Services, Transaction Banking, Banking Operations, Business Risk Management or related areas strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading risk and control agendas across complex global businesses or platforms.
- Experience providing risk leadership for significant business and technology transformation.
- Strong people leadership and talent development experience.
- Graduate degree or equivalent professional experience; relevant risk, finance or business qualifications are advantageous.
Salary Range:
$225,000 - $337,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Vice President of Risk Management
Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
EB-2 covers advanced-degree professionals, so document your master's degree or your bachelor's plus five years of progressive risk management experience before you start applying. USCIS scrutinizes whether the degree field directly relates to the role.
Use O*NET to anchor your specialty
Pull the O*NET occupation profile for your SOC code before interviews. VP of Risk Management roles often span credit, operational, and enterprise risk. Knowing your exact occupational classification helps you confirm the PERM job description matches what you actually do.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers with verified green card sponsorship history for senior risk roles. Targeting companies that have already sponsored similar positions reduces the time you spend on employers unfamiliar with the PERM process.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating offers
Run the OFLC Wage Search for your target metro and SOC code before you enter salary negotiations. The employer's PERM filing must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage, so knowing that floor protects you from offers that could later fail the certification test.
Check your country's priority date backlog early
Nationals of high-demand countries such as India and China face significant EB-2 and EB-3 backlogs due to per-country limits. Confirm the current priority date for your country through USCIS before accepting a role, so you can plan your timeline realistically.
Negotiate I-140 filing into your offer terms
Ask the employer to commit to filing your I-140 petition promptly after PERM certification is granted. An approved I-140 locks in your priority date even if you later change employers, giving you AC21 portability rights once your I-485 has been pending 180 days.
Green Card Vice President of Risk Management: Frequently Asked Questions
Which green card category fits a Vice President of Risk Management role?
Most VP of Risk Management positions qualify under EB-2, which covers roles requiring an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree combined with at least five years of progressive experience in risk management, finance, or a related field. Candidates who hold only a bachelor's degree may qualify under EB-3 as a professional. The employer's PERM job requirements determine which category applies, so the job description must accurately reflect the role's minimum requirements.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa sponsorship is temporary and must be renewed, while green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residence. The green card process requires PERM labor certification filed with the Department of Labor, which includes a prevailing wage determination and a formal recruitment test to show no qualified U.S. workers were available. There is no lottery for employment-based green cards, but per-country annual limits mean nationals of high-demand countries may wait years before their priority date becomes current.
What does the PERM recruitment test mean for a senior risk role?
PERM requires the employer to conduct good-faith recruitment and document that no minimally qualified U.S. worker applied for the VP of Risk Management position. For senior roles, this typically involves job postings, internal notice, and additional recruiting steps. The employer must retain all recruitment records because DOL can audit the PERM filing for up to five years after certification is granted.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor green cards for risk management roles?
Migrate Mate shows U.S. employers with verified green card sponsorship history, searchable by role and location. This lets you target companies that have already navigated the PERM and I-140 process for similar positions, rather than approaching employers who may not have an established sponsorship infrastructure. For VP-level roles, confirming a company's prior sponsorship track record before you apply saves significant time.
Can I change employers after my green card process starts?
Once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 job portability allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation without restarting the entire process. Separately, an approved I-140 petition locks in your priority date, and that date can carry over to a new employer's I-140 filing. Neither rule eliminates all risk, so timing and documentation matter when switching companies mid-process.