Global Director, Risk Leadership

Global Director, Risk Leadership

International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1,200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make justice unstoppable. We are a global community that cares for one another. We believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve.

For over 25 years, IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. Nine out of nine times in the last decade, IJM's Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50% and 85% for very large populations of people in poverty. Our vision is to scale our impact to protect 500 million people living in poverty from violence. Embedded within the Strategy and Portfolio Management team of the Legal, Governance, Risk, and Compliance division, the new Global Director, Risk Leadership role will play a critical part in achieving that vision as swiftly and effectively as possible.

The Director of Risk Leadership will be a forward-thinking doer who will architect, build and lead a bespoke enterprise risk management (ERM) framework tailored to IJM's unique mission, global operations, and risk appetite. This senior leader will bring broad and deep expertise in diverse risk management philosophies and models, and will translate that knowledge into a dynamic, values-aligned, behavior-centric risk strategy and risk-management framework that equips IJM to pursue its mission with boldness and resilience in the volatile, uncertain, and complex socio-political contexts in which it operates across the globe, nimbly adapting to evolving threats and seizing evolving opportunities.

The Director of Risk Leadership will serve on the LGRCs leadership team and will lead the divisions global risk management subfunction, encompassing policy, compliance, safeguarding, internal investigations, and enterprise risk management.

This position is hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays) if located in the Washington, DC area or remote for non-local candidates. It reports to the Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Lead a collaborative process to architect, build, implement, and manage a bespoke global risk management framework tailored to the organization's high-risk operational context that aligns with IJM's organizational values, reflects IJM's operational realities, and drives mission success.
• Develop, articulate, and implement the governing standards on IJM's approach to risk (e.g., IJM's risk tolerance and appetite) and ensure that it is reflected in IJM's policies, operations, and activities.
• Design and roll out policies, procedures, and tools that support proactive, mission-aligned risk management under the risk management framework.
• Build the risk management sub-function of LGRC into a cohesive (but non-siloed) team, integrating and aligning global policy management, compliance, internal investigations, and enterprise risk management, and ensuring that the risk management sub-function integrates and enables other LGRC functions.
• Take a human-centered and behavior-focused approach to all design and development efforts, prioritizing approaches and solutions designed to drive sustainable behavior change that is vital to effectively manage risks, seize opportunities presented by uncertainty, and accelerate mission success.
• Develop and manage the standards and processes for negotiating, securing, and administering IJM's portfolio of business insurance policies.
• Collaborate with Global Technology Solutions and Global Safety & Security to develop and oversee IJM's information security and data classification framework, ensuring alignment with legal, operational, and safeguarding standards.

Strategic Leadership

Leadership & People Management

Partnership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, and Communication :

Capacity Building & Culture

Measurement, Learning, Reporting, and Innovation