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Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management
Affirm is hiring for the role of Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Houston, TX · Remote. This is a Risk role in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $253,000 to $355,000. Review the full details below and apply directly with Affirm.
Affirm's Enterprise Risk team provides an enterprise-wide view of risk, helping the company identify, assess, and manage risks that span multiple business areas. Affirm is seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Risk to lead and evolve its enterprise risk management programs, driving a cohesive, forward-looking risk strategy, strengthening risk frameworks, enhancing enterprise risk insights, and enabling the business to make informed, risk-aware decisions.
This is a highly cross-functional leadership role working closely with Product, Engineering, Credit Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Operations. The Senior Director serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, bringing a strong enterprise risk perspective and helping the company balance sound risk discipline with Affirm's culture of innovation and growth.
Responsibilities include leading the ongoing evolution of Affirm's ERM program to support its scale and complexity, strengthening enterprise risk governance (risk appetite, risk taxonomy, and governance structures), and driving alignment of risk management practices across business units.
Qualifications
- 12 to 15+ years of experience in financial services, fintech, or technology leading risk, audit, compliance, or related functions
- Proven experience leading and maturing enterprise risk frameworks and programs in a high-growth environment
- Strong strategic mindset connecting risk management to business objectives and leadership decisions
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority
- Strong analytical and communication skills, translating complex data into clear insights and actions
Location and market context
This is a remote risk management role, so it draws from a national talent pool rather than a single metro. Remote governance and compliance roles reward candidates who can show they work effectively across time zones and distributed legal, security, and product teams. Confirm any residency, travel, or occasional-onsite expectations directly with Affirm.
About risk management roles
Risk roles own the methodology for identifying, assessing, and escalating enterprise, operational, and technology risk. Second-line teams set risk appetite and challenge the first line. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices.
How to position yourself for this risk management role
Strong candidates emphasize risk assessment methodology, appetite and escalation, cross-functional partnership, and clear reporting to senior leadership and the board. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Affirm would apply enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.
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