Risk Project Manager
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Job overview
The Risk Project Manager will develop and implement an enterprise change governance and risk management framework, including processes for classifying changes and determining governance requirements. The role reports to senior leaders and risk committees, guides first-line stakeholders, and partners across risk, business, and technology to align risk appetite with enterprise limits. The position is hybrid in New York, with onsite days discussed during the interview process.
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Full job description
Our client, a leading financial services organization, is seeking a Risk Project Manager to join their team.
Job Title: Risk Project Manager
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid—onsite days can be discussed during the interview process)
Pay Range: $50/hr
What's the Job?
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Develop, implement, and enforce an enterprise change governance and risk management framework.
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Develop and implement a methodology and process to classify change and determine the required governance.
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Develop and issue regular change governance reporting to senior leaders and/or appropriate risk committees.
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Review and provide guidance to first-line stakeholders as they develop and maintain procedures to implement the governance framework.
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Partner with senior leaders across risk, business, and technology to define risk appetite and ensure alignment with enterprise limits and thresholds.
What's Needed?
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3-5+ years of risk management experience at large U.S. banks or risk-related management consulting firms.
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Exceptional problem solving, communication, and influencing skills, with a track record of engaging executive stakeholders.
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Deep knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and risk management standards (including expectations aligned to Heightened Standards, FFIEC, and PMBOK).
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Strong data-driven analytical skills with experience using data to identify and manage risks at scale.
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Prior experience designing, developing, and implementing risk governance frameworks (change governance framework expertise is strongly preferred), plus experience managing regulatory exams and supervisory engagements.
What's in it for me?
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Opportunity to shape how enterprise change is governed, classified, and reported—directly supporting risk-aware transformation.
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Visibility with senior leaders and risk committees through recurring governance reporting and executive engagement.
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A chance to build organizational capability by designing and delivering training and awareness programs for first- and second-line professionals, senior management, and the board.
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Collaboration across risk, business, and technology to align governance practices with enterprise risk appetite and limits.
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Experience building and leading new risk teams in dynamic environments while strengthening governance maturity.
Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:
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Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
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Dental Plan
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Vision Plan
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401(k), Plus Match
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Weekly Pay
If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!
About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.
ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,061 open Risk Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$50/hr
- US median$35–50/hr63 hourly ranges
This rate, $50/hr, is 19% above the US median midpoint ($42/hr) — in the middle half of Risk Management hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 477 open Risk Management jobs in New York and 4,061 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- JPMorgan Chase35 open
- PwC31 open
- Capital One30 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Risk Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 3,631 postings).
- Education
- 1,727 of the 4,061 open Risk Management jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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