IT Manager III - SDLC Governance, Risk & Compliance

Responsibilities

• Oversee SDLC control design, documentation, review, execution, and reporting.
• Partner with Internal Audit, External Audit, and Risk teams to support audits, exams, and risk and control assessments; respond to audit inquiries, provide priority-one audit support, and drive remediation efforts as needed.
• Develop and maintain audit-ready documentation, including control descriptions, procedures, and evidence repositories, and track and report on compliance metrics and control effectiveness.
• Prepare for and attend Technology Review Board (TRB), Architecture Design Review (ADR), and IT Operational Readiness Review (ORR) forums to drive accountability for adherence to SDLC standards.
• Manage and perform SDLC Quality Control Reviews to validate adherence to required processes, release types, deployment patterns, and associated artifacts; identify gaps and drive corrective actions to improve delivery consistency and compliance.
• Establish, monitor, and report KPIs related to SDLC adherence, performance, quality, and control effectiveness.
• Lead the development and deployment of SDLC training programs for IT and non-IT practitioners, employees, and vendors (e.g., LMS/Workday), ensuring training content and supporting tools align with governance requirements and organizational standards.
• Track training completion and support compliance reporting, including manual processes for vendor training attendance tracking.
• Develop and maintain governance artifacts such as standards, procedures, checklists, and tools that are centrally available on the SDLC Hub page; ensure documentation is accessible, standardized, and clearly communicated across teams.
• Continuously evaluate and improve SDLC processes to enhance leanness, efficiency, clarity, automation, and audit readiness, including leveraging AI to educate, enable, assign, measure, and optimize workflow across teams.
• Collaborate with IT and non-IT delivery teams, leadership, Risk, Audit, and vendors to drive adherence to governance practices and procedures and provide guidance and consultative support on SDLC requirements and best practices.
• Communicate roadmaps, updates, expectations, and changes in a clear, professional, and actionable manner.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives related to SDLC governance and compliance, serve as a key point of contact for SDLC-related governance topics across the organization, and mentor team members through onboarding and knowledge transfer efforts.
• Lead and develop a team; responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, training, and development.

Requirements

• 7+ years of enterprise IT lifecycle experience, with a focus on SDLC governance, risk, audit, or compliance.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Previous leadership experience required.
• Intermediate knowledge of SDLC processes, IT controls, and applicable regulatory frameworks.
• Intermediate knowledge working across cross-functional teams in a highly regulated environment.
• Advanced verbal, written, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience in the financial services or banking industry.
• Intermediate familiarity with tools such as Excel VBA, Azure DevOps (ADO), Workfront, Workday LMS, Planview, SharePoint, Confluence, ServiceNow, and supporting connectors and APIs.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience supporting internal and external audits, examinations, and related remediation efforts.
• Intermediate to advanced experience developing, executing, and measuring performance and risk metrics, including summarizing findings in a variety of formats for different audiences.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience using data analytics to identify improvement opportunities and support automation and process optimization within and beyond the SDLC program's span of control.
• May require up to 25% travel.
• Benefits you'll love:
• We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great

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