Associate Director, Risk Management (Fintech)

TL;DR

Associate Director, Risk Management (Fintech): Owning the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) pillar by setting the risk posture and operating model for the vendor population with an accent on regulatory defensibility and AI-enabled automation. Focus on architecting scalable due diligence workflows and balancing speed with risk exposure in a high-growth environment.

Location: Hybrid (New York, San Francisco, or Salt Lake City with 2-3 days on-site) or remote within the USA. Relocation assistance may be available for candidates outside these cities.

Salary: $144,000—$180,000 USD for Tier 1 markets (NYC/SF).

Company

hirify.global is a growth-stage fintech company creating a hirify.globalible rent payment experience to empower renters.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end TPRM strategy, defining the operating model and governance framework.
• Design AI-enabled automation for high-volume tasks such as SOC report analysis and questionnaire scoring.
• Make and defend risk-based decisions on vendor approvals and exceptions to senior leadership and regulators.
• Build real-time monitoring systems to surface financial, security, and operational vendor risks.
• Drive risk alignment across Product, Engineering, Finance, and Procurement to shape vendor strategy upstream.
• Serve as the authoritative voice on third-party risk during regulatory exams and audits.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in third-party risk, vendor risk, or a related compliance discipline.
• Experience working at both a large regulated institution and a high-growth venture-backed fintech.
• Proven track record of designing AI-enabled workflows for risk or compliance use cases.
• Deep working knowledge of security, privacy, operational, financial, and regulatory risk domains.
• Experience supporting or leading regulatory exams in a financial services or fintech environment.
• Must be located in or eligible to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience building a TPRM program from scratch at a high-growth company.
• Familiarity with GRC platforms and common TPRM tooling.
• Working knowledge of standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, or PCI.
• Prior people management or team lead experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company equity and 401(k) plan with company match.
• Unlimited paid time off plus 13 company paid holidays.
• Parental leave and the hirify.global Cares Program for non-profit matching and pet adoption.
• Inclusive culture focused on diversity, curiosity, and empathy.