ERM Program Manager

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Position Summary

At F5 were a big tech company with a small-company vibe. The F5 Enterprise Risk Management team is looking for a Risk Reporting and Governance Program Manager to join our growing team. The Risk Reporting and Governance Program Manager will be focused on quarterly enterprise-level risk reporting supporting governance and escalation processes that align with the approved ERM frameworks and reporting protocols.

On this team you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your strong leadership communication and project management skills and your ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams to execute on a wide variety of initiatives. Demonstrable skills in risk and process taxonomies risk assessment processes project and stakeholder management are mandatory. This role has a heavy project management emphasis to keep quarterly reporting of risk metric information on track.

What Youll Do

• Lead the execution of quarterly and ad-hoc enterprise risk metric gathering for reports to the Executive Team and Risk Committee of the Board.
• Builds and maintains risk dashboards KRIs and incident escalation protocols for cross-functional visibility.

• Align reporting practices with enterprise-level rating criteria ensuring consistency for comparisons of likelihood impact and treatment strategies.
• Leads enterprise-wide risk assessments and facilitates workshops to identify high-priority threats.
• Drive the escalation process for material and emerging risks from management to the ERM team executives and the board.
• Drives process improvements in risk evaluation and reporting through automation or workflow redesign
• Support the development update and maintenance of the ERM framework risk categorization and methodologies for assessing likelihood impact and treatment.
• Coordinate and deliver training programs on risk management principles tools and compliance with the ERM framework.
• Acts as a liaison between the risk function and operational teams to embed a risk-based mindset
• Review and refine risk domain definitions categories and assessment criteria in response to emerging trends or evolving business needs.
• Management Responsibility: Employee management including but not limited to interviewing and hiring candidates for open positions onboarding establishing goals assigning or delegating work providing on-the-job training giving guidance to staff conducting performance evaluations approving paid time-off (PTO) developing performance improvement plans and taking disciplinary action.

• Responsible for upholding F5s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

What Youll Bring

• Strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) principles frameworks and best practices.
• Proficiency in creating clear concise and impactful risk reports for senior leadership and board-level audiences.
• Exceptional ability to analyze and evaluate risk data including likelihood impact and treatment strategies and align them with enterprise-level rating criteria.
• Advanced knowledge of governance structures and processes with the ability to monitor adherence and recommend enhancements.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills to work effectively with management functional leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Advanced communication and presentation skills particularly in conveying complex risk insights to senior stakeholders.
• Leadership and management skills including interviewing onboarding coaching performance evaluation and employee development.
• Excellent organizational and time management abilities to drive timely submission of risk data and metrics.
• Adaptability in handling ad-hoc tasks and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High ethical standards and commitment to upholding the Business Code of Ethics.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Finance or related field;
• At least 8-12 years of professional experience in enterprise risk management governance or related roles.
• Proven experience in managing teams including hiring coaching and performance management.
• Certification in risk management and/or project management are highly desirable.
• Demonstrated success in preparing enterprise-level reports and engaging with senior leadership and Board members.
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements related to risk management.

F5 Networks Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .