BlackRock
Director, Data Risk Oversight
$194K–$270K
New York, NY · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in data risk, data governance, operational or enterprise risk management, or a closely related control or audit discipline; ideally within asset management, banking, or financial services.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree is a plus.
About the job
Leads BlackRock’s second-line oversight of enterprise data risk, challenging data owners and reporting residual risk to senior committees and boards.
What you'll do
- Review and challenge first-line data owners’ risk assessments, controls, incident responses, and remediation across the data lifecycle.
- Develop data risk metrics and produce decision-useful reporting for committees and boards; support the data risk framework and governance.
- Lead the data risk oversight team and engage senior stakeholders, regulators, and partner control functions.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of data quality and governance across the data lifecycle, including ownership, metadata, lineage, controls, and fitness for purpose.
- Demonstrated independent oversight and challenge of first-line teams, with accountability for control performance.
- Experience designing risk indicators and senior-level reporting, and following up on incidents, root cause analysis, remediation, and escalation.
- Excellent judgment, critical reasoning, communication, and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with DAMA DMBOK, COSO ERM, NIST CSF 2.0, and relevant regulatory expectations such as OCC guidance.
- Advanced degree or relevant professional certification (e.g., CDMP, CRISC, CISA).
Pay
USD$194,000.00 - USD$270,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
DAMA DMBOK, COSO ERM, NIST CSF 2.0
AI focus
Data risk oversight amid growth driven by AI; AI is also mentioned as part of BlackRock’s work and in candidate interview guidance, not as a core job duty.
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