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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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Frame your credentials around specialty occupation
USCIS scrutinizes whether a VP of Risk Management truly requires a specific degree field. Document that your role demands financial risk theory, quantitative modeling, or actuarial methods, not just general business acumen, to withstand an RFE.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your location and role level. Run the OFLC Wage Search yourself using the risk management occupation category before you negotiate, so you know the floor going in.
Target financial services and insurance employers directly
Banks, insurers, and asset managers file H-1B petitions for risk leadership roles more consistently than general corporations. Focus your search on regulated industries where enterprise risk functions are legally mandated, not discretionary.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers
Search Migrate Mate's database of employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history filtered to risk management roles. This cuts out companies that list VP-level positions but have never sponsored a work visa at that seniority level.
Anticipate the H-1B cap and plan your timeline
H-1B is subject to an annual cap and selection process, and the rules have changed recently. If you're not already in H-1B status, start employer conversations at least six months before you need authorization to avoid a gap between job start and visa approval.
Ask HR whether PERM labor certification is on the table
Some employers willing to sponsor an H-1B for a VP of Risk Management will also initiate PERM for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship concurrently. Get clarity on this before signing, starting PERM early matters significantly if your country of birth has a priority date backlog.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a VP of Risk Management role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the employer can demonstrate the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as finance, economics, mathematics, or risk management. Roles that accept any degree, or that treat the degree as a formality rather than a job requirement, face higher RFE rates. Document the technical nature of your responsibilities, model validation, regulatory capital frameworks, stress testing, to support the specialty occupation argument.
What degree background do employers typically require for sponsored VP of Risk Management positions?
Most sponsoring employers require at minimum a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, statistics, or engineering, with many preferring a master's degree or MBA with a quantitative concentration. Some roles in market or credit risk explicitly require actuarial credentials or CFA designation alongside the degree. USCIS will assess whether the specific degree field is directly related to the duties performed, so a general business degree may draw scrutiny if the role involves highly technical risk modeling.
How does the H-1B annual cap affect my timeline for a VP of Risk Management role?
H-1B is subject to an annual numerical cap and a selection process, and USCIS has changed the selection rules recently. If you're currently on OPT, STEM OPT, or another visa status that doesn't bridge to H-1B automatically, you need to plan your offer timing carefully. Employers can file petitions for cap-exempt institutions such as universities or nonprofit research organizations outside the cap, but most financial services employers are cap-subject. Build at least a full year of runway into your job search timeline.
Will my employer need to go through PERM labor certification to sponsor me as a VP of Risk Management?
PERM is required for most EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based green card sponsorships, not for the initial H-1B. However, if your employer is willing to sponsor permanent residency, starting PERM early matters, especially if you were born in India or China where priority date backlogs can run many years. The VP-level salary at this role typically clears the EB-2 advanced degree threshold, making PERM the standard pathway rather than the EB-2 National Interest Waiver.
Where can I find VP of Risk Management jobs with confirmed visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for risk management roles, so you can focus on companies that have actually sponsored candidates at this seniority level rather than relying on job postings that mention sponsorship without any track record. Searching by role and location on Migrate Mate saves time you'd otherwise spend chasing leads that go nowhere at the offer stage.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Vice President of Risk Management jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.