RGA
Executive Director, Enterprise Regional Enablement
Remote, Missouri, United States of America · Director
Sponsorship not specified$127k-$189kDetected 15 days ago
Data VisualizationAccountingAuditingProcess ImprovementCadenceLeadershipMentoringInternal Audit
About the role
- You're RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today's challenges through innovation and collaboration.
- A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World's Most Admired Companies, we're the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions.
- Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.
Responsibilities
- Deploy the regional team (analysts, leads) as embedded advisors to regional business units executing Risk and Control Assessments (RCAs), KRI design, incident write-ups, scenario analysis, and remediation planning.
- Lead the regional control program - implement enterprise control standards and control-assessment methodologies consistently across the assigned regions, accounting for local regulatory overlays without altering the underlying enterprise standard.
- and partner with regional Internal Audit (3rd line) and local compliance teams on integrated control assurance, supporting alignment of regional RCA outputs and control-testing results with the enterprise control framework, assurance program, and reporting.
- Contribute regional risk insights, themes, and data to support briefing papers for the Board Risk Committee, Risk Management Steering Committee, and Operational Risk Committee.
- Support regional execution of risk exposure quantification methodologies, as appropriate, including scenario analysis and loss modeling, in coordination with the enterprise Risk Quantification CoE.
- Represent regional user needs in GRC platform decisions. Partner with the ED, Enterprise Ops Risk Enablement Strategy, Framework & Reporting to drive adoption and effective use of enterprise tooling in the region.
- Build and develop a high-performing regional team. Manage analysts and leads in-region, including talent development, succession planning, and performance management.
- Oversee first-line business unit regional control monitoring, control testing, and control-effectiveness evaluation; track control gaps and remediation in-region; and partner with regional Internal Audit (3rd line) and local compliance teams on integrated control assurance, supporting alignment of regional RCA outputs and control-testing results with the enterprise control framework, assurance program, and reporting.
- This includes building regional risk practitioner capability, ensuring enterprise standards are implemented consistently, and serving as the primary enablement interface between enterprise and regional stakeholders.
- Champion operational risk culture change in the region and support enterprise change management initiatives at the regional level.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Risk Management, Finance, Business, Economics, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ Years of experience in the insurance or reinsurance industry
- 3+ Years of experience working across multiple geographies, regulatory regimes, or cultural contexts.
- Proven proficiency in AI, spreadsheets, and databases
- Experience working with an Enterprise Integrated Risk Management / GRC platform (e.g., ServiceNow IRM, Archer, MetricStream)
- Deep working knowledge of operational risk management frameworks, methodologies (RCA, KRI, scenario analysis, loss event capture), and related regulatory expectations (NAIC ORSA, Solvency II, COSO, ISO 31000)
- Ability to translate enterprise-level strategy into regional execution plans that account for local constraints and opportunities
- What you can expect from RGA:
- Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
- 10+ Years of progressive experience in operational risk management, enterprise risk, internal audit, internal controls, or a related second-line risk function within financial services or insurance, including demonstrated experience designing or maintaining a risk management framework
- 5+ Years of people management experience, including building or leading teams in a regional or matrixed environment
- 3+ Years of experience working across multiple geographies, regulatory regimes, or cultural contexts. Proven proficiency in AI, spreadsheets, and databases
- Experience driving adoption of new risk management practices, tools, or frameworks, with a coaching-oriented approach to capability building and applied knowledge of effective change management principles
- Proficient with GRC platforms (e.g., Archer, ServiceNow IRM, MetricStream), reporting and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI), and emerging AI tools applied to risk reporting and analytics
- Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and build trust across diverse cultural, regulatory, and linguistic contexts, including experience managing geographically dispersed virtual teams
- Professional risk management certification (e.g., FRM, PRM, ORM, CRMA). Lean / Six Sigma or Change Management certification is preferred
- 12+ Years of operational risk management experience including framework design and engagement with senior executives, regulators, and the Board are preferred
Nice to have
- Professional risk management certification (e.g., FRM, PRM, ORM, CRMA).
- Lean / Six Sigma or Change Management certification is preferred
- Experience designing risk quantification approaches covering inherent/residual risk and control effectiveness are preferred
Compensation
- $126,710.00 - $188,840.00 Annual
- Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location.
- In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan.
Benefits
- Feed regional learning needs back to the ED, Enterprise Ops Risk Enablement Strategy, Framework & Reporting.
- RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.
Equal opportunity
- RGA is an equal opportunity employer.
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