Risk Manager Jobs in Texas
Risk manager jobs in Texas are in strong demand, with openings concentrated in financial services, energy, healthcare, and insurance across seniority levels from analyst to senior risk officer. Houston, Dallas, and Austin account for the largest share of postings, where employers like JPMorgan Chase, ExxonMobil, and USAA maintain substantial operations. The most sought-after specialties in Texas are enterprise risk management, operational risk, and financial risk within highly regulated industries. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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DESCRIPTION
Amazon's Global Operations Enterprise Services (GOES) Compliance & Data Integrity (CDI) vertical is seeking a driven and detail-oriented Risk Manager to support the Compliance Second Line of Defense (2LOD) function. CDI's 2LOD provides continuous, independent verification that compliance standards are being met accurately and completely across CDI's full infrastructure portfolio, operating between Internal Audit cycles to maintain a live compliance posture at scale. This role owns difficult compliance assurance programs and risk projects within a defined strategy, partnering across teams to ensure ongoing audit readiness, manage finding remediation, and drive control improvements that strengthen portfolio-wide compliance health. This is an individual contributor role on a globally dispersed team.
A successful candidate will be comfortable operating in ambiguity, treating unclear problems as opportunities to define the right approach rather than waiting for direction. They have solid risk or compliance experience, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage cross-functional projects independently while seeking guidance as needed. The candidate should demonstrate comfort working with regulatory and audit frameworks, an ability to influence partner teams through data-driven documentation, and a track record of driving programs to completion.
Key job responsibilities
Program Ownership & Execution
- Own difficult compliance assurance programs and projects where the strategy is defined but the specific business problem or solution may not be fully defined
- Lead cross-functional project execution, including assurance planning, evidence gathering, walkthrough coordination, and information request management within assigned program areas
- Build and maintain working-back schedules, status trackers, and decision logs that keep your programs running with minimal manager intervention
- Manage program schedules, overcome blockers, keep scope under control, and accelerate progress by driving timely decisions
- Track remediation progress for findings within your program area, ensuring closure is sustainable, well-documented, and treated as a system improvement rather than a one-time correction
- Test and measure the effectiveness of controls within your program scope on a continuous basis, identifying and escalating gaps in risk assessment methodology or control design
- Support the shift from manual, episodic audit workflows toward more consistent, repeatable assurance processes within your program area
Risk Assessment & Decision Support
- Identify key performance indicators for assigned assurance programs and track progress against them, with an emphasis on continuous compliance health rather than point-in-time readiness
- Understand risk tolerance levels within your program area and make data-driven recommendations to partner teams
- Use lateral thinking to navigate problems where the obvious path is blocked, bringing alternative approaches rather than waiting for direction
- Prevent or mitigate consequences of decisions that could drive compliance risk above acceptable tolerance levels across your portfolio scope
- Recognize when a proposed solution or remediation approach is too complex or risky, exercising judgement on which decisions to escalate as needed (high-stakes, cross-team, one-way doors) and which to make independently
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work across CDI functions to gather assurance evidence, coordinate responses, and ensure findings are routed back into compliance execution priorities
- Partner with Internal Audit to support fieldwork activities and respond accurately to audit inquiries, representing the independent assurance posture CDI maintains between audit cycles
- Help partner teams adopt and maintain risk-reducing controls through data-driven documentation, such as legislation interpretation, competitor analysis, and cost-of-avoidance analysis
- Contribute to assurance frameworks, evidence repositories, and finding remediation tracking systems maintained by the 2LOD team
- Build strong working relationships with remote colleagues across time zones
Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Manage program-level communications, serving as a point of contact for assurance-related questions and escalations within your scope
- Deliver clear, concise written and verbal updates on assurance status, finding remediation, and program risks to relevant stakeholders, reflecting current compliance posture rather than historical reporting
- Contribute to and deliver program documentation including narratives, escalation responses, risk assessments, and remediation plans
- Develop and deliver compliance assurance training to partner teams and peers where applicable
Process Improvement & Operational Excellence
- Identify opportunities to improve assurance processes, cross-team controls, and remediation workflows within your program area, with an emphasis on reducing manual dependencies and improving coverage consistency
- Optimize cross-team processes that improve team efficacy and assurance delivery timeliness
- Look for opportunities to drive operational excellence and reduce recurring findings within your scope
- Mentor and help develop team members; help recruit and interview for the team
A day in the life
Amazon Benefits:
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Maternity and Parental Leave Options
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of auditing business processes, risk mitigation, program compliance or internal audits experience
- Experience in audits related to business processes, risk mitigation, program compliance, or internal audits
- Experience working in relevant industries such as law, customer service, investigations, risk, compliance or project management
- Experience with all Microsoft Office applications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional certification such as CAMS, CRCM, or CRP
- Experience using data and metrics to back up assumptions and implement effective solutions
- Experience working in risk, fraud or compliance organizations
- Master's degree or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, TX, Austin - 83,200.00 - 145,500.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
Amazon's Global Operations Enterprise Services (GOES) Compliance & Data Integrity (CDI) vertical is seeking a driven and detail-oriented Risk Manager to support the Compliance Second Line of Defense (2LOD) function. CDI's 2LOD provides continuous, independent verification that compliance standards are being met accurately and completely across CDI's full infrastructure portfolio, operating between Internal Audit cycles to maintain a live compliance posture at scale. This role owns difficult compliance assurance programs and risk projects within a defined strategy, partnering across teams to ensure ongoing audit readiness, manage finding remediation, and drive control improvements that strengthen portfolio-wide compliance health. This is an individual contributor role on a globally dispersed team.
A successful candidate will be comfortable operating in ambiguity, treating unclear problems as opportunities to define the right approach rather than waiting for direction. They have solid risk or compliance experience, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage cross-functional projects independently while seeking guidance as needed. The candidate should demonstrate comfort working with regulatory and audit frameworks, an ability to influence partner teams through data-driven documentation, and a track record of driving programs to completion.
Key job responsibilities
Program Ownership & Execution
- Own difficult compliance assurance programs and projects where the strategy is defined but the specific business problem or solution may not be fully defined
- Lead cross-functional project execution, including assurance planning, evidence gathering, walkthrough coordination, and information request management within assigned program areas
- Build and maintain working-back schedules, status trackers, and decision logs that keep your programs running with minimal manager intervention
- Manage program schedules, overcome blockers, keep scope under control, and accelerate progress by driving timely decisions
- Track remediation progress for findings within your program area, ensuring closure is sustainable, well-documented, and treated as a system improvement rather than a one-time correction
- Test and measure the effectiveness of controls within your program scope on a continuous basis, identifying and escalating gaps in risk assessment methodology or control design
- Support the shift from manual, episodic audit workflows toward more consistent, repeatable assurance processes within your program area
Risk Assessment & Decision Support
- Identify key performance indicators for assigned assurance programs and track progress against them, with an emphasis on continuous compliance health rather than point-in-time readiness
- Understand risk tolerance levels within your program area and make data-driven recommendations to partner teams
- Use lateral thinking to navigate problems where the obvious path is blocked, bringing alternative approaches rather than waiting for direction
- Prevent or mitigate consequences of decisions that could drive compliance risk above acceptable tolerance levels across your portfolio scope
- Recognize when a proposed solution or remediation approach is too complex or risky, exercising judgement on which decisions to escalate as needed (high-stakes, cross-team, one-way doors) and which to make independently
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work across CDI functions to gather assurance evidence, coordinate responses, and ensure findings are routed back into compliance execution priorities
- Partner with Internal Audit to support fieldwork activities and respond accurately to audit inquiries, representing the independent assurance posture CDI maintains between audit cycles
- Help partner teams adopt and maintain risk-reducing controls through data-driven documentation, such as legislation interpretation, competitor analysis, and cost-of-avoidance analysis
- Contribute to assurance frameworks, evidence repositories, and finding remediation tracking systems maintained by the 2LOD team
- Build strong working relationships with remote colleagues across time zones
Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Manage program-level communications, serving as a point of contact for assurance-related questions and escalations within your scope
- Deliver clear, concise written and verbal updates on assurance status, finding remediation, and program risks to relevant stakeholders, reflecting current compliance posture rather than historical reporting
- Contribute to and deliver program documentation including narratives, escalation responses, risk assessments, and remediation plans
- Develop and deliver compliance assurance training to partner teams and peers where applicable
Process Improvement & Operational Excellence
- Identify opportunities to improve assurance processes, cross-team controls, and remediation workflows within your program area, with an emphasis on reducing manual dependencies and improving coverage consistency
- Optimize cross-team processes that improve team efficacy and assurance delivery timeliness
- Look for opportunities to drive operational excellence and reduce recurring findings within your scope
- Mentor and help develop team members; help recruit and interview for the team
A day in the life
Amazon Benefits:
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Maternity and Parental Leave Options
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of auditing business processes, risk mitigation, program compliance or internal audits experience
- Experience in audits related to business processes, risk mitigation, program compliance, or internal audits
- Experience working in relevant industries such as law, customer service, investigations, risk, compliance or project management
- Experience with all Microsoft Office applications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional certification such as CAMS, CRCM, or CRP
- Experience using data and metrics to back up assumptions and implement effective solutions
- Experience working in risk, fraud or compliance organizations
- Master's degree or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, TX, Austin - 83,200.00 - 145,500.00 USD annually
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon21
- Apple6
- Dennis6
- Google6
- Fidelity Investments5
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services44
- Construction & Real Estate31
- Technology & Software29
- Banking & Financial Services26
- Energy24
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in risk manager jobs across Texas.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, accounting, or a related field required
- Professional certification such as FRM, CRM, or CRISC strongly preferred by Texas employers
- Three or more years of risk management or financial analysis experience in a regulated industry
- Demonstrated proficiency with risk management frameworks such as COSO or ISO 31000
- Strong analytical skills with experience using data modeling or enterprise risk software
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for reporting to senior leadership and regulators
Risk Manager Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a risk manager in Texas?
The typical path starts with a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related discipline, followed by entry-level work in audit, compliance, or financial analysis. Texas has no state-issued license specific to risk management, but professional certifications carry real weight with employers here. The Financial Risk Manager designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals and the Certified Risk Manager credential from the National Alliance in Austin are the most recognized in the Texas market.
Which companies hire risk managers in Texas?
Employers hiring risk managers in Texas right now include Amazon, Apple, and Dennis, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Texas's concentration of energy companies, regional banks, insurance carriers, and large hospital systems means demand stays consistent across multiple industries rather than depending on a single sector.
Which Texas cities have the most risk manager jobs?
Dallas, Houston, and Austin have the most risk manager openings in Texas. Houston leads because of its density of energy firms, petrochemical companies, and large financial institutions, while Dallas draws volume from corporate headquarters in banking, insurance, and technology, and Austin's fast-growing fintech and healthcare sectors have added steady demand in recent years.
Are there remote risk manager jobs in Texas?
Yes, and more than many fields, since risk management is primarily an analytical and advisory function that does not require hands-on presence. About 14% of risk manager openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting how widely the role translates to distributed work. Enterprise risk, credit risk modeling, and compliance-focused positions tend to offer the most remote flexibility.
How can I get hired as a risk manager in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving laterally from a role in audit, compliance, financial analysis, or insurance underwriting, all of which build directly applicable skills. Large Texas employers like USAA, Frost Bank, and Memorial Hermann run rotational or associate programs that place early-career candidates in risk functions. Earning the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation or completing the National Alliance's risk management coursework in Austin gives candidates a concrete credential that opens doors with Texas insurers and corporations hiring at the associate level.
Where can I find and apply to risk manager jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to risk manager jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings tied to the Texas market. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the employer without going through a third party.
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