Technology Risk Manager

DescriptionFirst Merchants Bank is seeking a Technology Risk Manager to join our team. The Technology Risk Manager will play a key role in executing and managing technology risk mitigation strategies and programs. This position will focus on the implementation and operational aspects of Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Records Retention, general technology risk management, and optimizing our Archer Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) system.As part of this role you will:Business Continuity Planning:Ensure the maintenance of the business continuity management framework that includes policies, procedures, and guidelines.Develop, maintain, and coordinate the scheduling of business impact analyses, risk assessments, process and system inventories, and recovery strategies to maintain compliance audits, policies, and standards.Administer business continuity plans, ensuring they align with regulatory requirements and industry standards.Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enhance, develop, or lead training and awareness programs for business continuity planning.Maintain and propose metrics to objectively assess the bank's business continuity program and disaster recovery capabilities. Make recommendations for improvements.Records Retention:Ensure the maintenance and compliance of the records retention program in close partnership with legal to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.Develop and ensure the maintenance of the records retention policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure compliance with regulatory and auditing requirements.Collaborate with relevant departments to enhance, develop, or lead training to ensure the proper storage, retrieval, and disposal of records in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.Conduct or lead periodic assessments and reviews of records retention program to identify gaps and propose corrective actions.Maintain and propose metrics to objectively assess, understand, and support effective program management, compliance, and continual improvement.Data Privacy:Collaborate with legal, compliance, and data governance teams to ensure the bank's adherence to data privacy requirements, policies, procedures, and guidelines.Maintain and propose metrics to objectively assess and understand compliance with regulatory requirements and to identify potential risks and issues.Line 1 Technology Risk ManagementFacilitate and support processes to align with the enterprise risk management framework to identify, assess, and monitor technology risks.Participate in or lead periodic risk assessments to maintain an effective technology risk register.Collaborate with stakeholders and process owners to help implement risk mitigation strategies and controls to address identified technology risks.Collaborate with operational business units to monitor and understand the effectiveness of remediation plans and support risk acceptance.Maintain risk registers and ensure accurate reporting of risk status and metrics.Participate in audits to maintain compliance with relevant policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.Maintain effective communication channels, management tools, and metrics to provide transparency and accountability in a risk-based culture.Partner and collaborate with Line 2 Technology Risk Management to maintain alignment in governance to ensure an effective, credible challenge practice.Collaborate with operational business units to support effective technology risk governance.Maintain metrics to objectively assess and understand the effectiveness of risk management practices, support continual improvement, and help with strategic planning.GRC System:Work with various stakeholders on the optimization of the bank's GRC system to maintain effective risk management processes by recommendin

Created: 2025-12-05