Information Risk Manager Jobs in Manassas, VA (NOW HIRING)

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As an Information and AI Risk Governance Lead, you will:

• Serve as the primary risk and governance advisor for Human Resources and Legal information management activities.

• Lead governance activities supporting responsible AI adoption, including reviews, inventories, risk assessments, enhanced reviews, and stakeholder engagement.

• Partner with business leaders to identify, assess, and mitigate information-related risks impacting critical HR and Legal processes.

• Drive regulatory, audit, examination, and issue remediation activities to strengthen governance and compliance outcomes.

• Promote effective records management, privacy, cybersecurity awareness, and information stewardship practices across supported divisions.

• Develop governance reporting and risk insights that inform leadership decision-making and strengthen organizational accountability.

AI Governance

• Manage AI risk governance activities, including intake assessments, inventory management, risk assessments, and enhanced review processes.

• Provide consultation to HR and Legal stakeholders regarding AI governance requirements, risks, controls, and responsible use expectations.

• Coordinate awareness events, open office sessions, training activities, and governance communications supporting responsible AI adoption.

Audit, Examination, and Issue Management

• Lead support for audits, regulatory examinations, management action plans, and issue remediation efforts affecting HR and Legal AI and Legal risk.

• Coordinate closure package deliverables to ensure regulatory and internal audit commitments are met.

Privacy Governance

• Oversee privacy inventories, Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), and privacy incident coordination activities.

• Partner with Privacy and Compliance teams to ensure adherence to enterprise privacy requirements and regulatory expectations.

Records and Information Management

• Support records retention, file plan governance, annual records reviews, and information lifecycle management activities.

• Coordinate records management compliance efforts and stakeholder engagement related to information retention and disposition requirements.

• Facilitate recertification activities involving SharePoint, user access governance, third-party information repositories, and information management platforms.

Information Security Risk Coordination

• Partner with Information Security teams on Data Loss Prevention (DLP), phishing awareness, and related information protection initiatives.

• Monitor and escalate emerging information security risks impacting HR and Legal information assets.

• Support implementation and monitoring of controls designed to protect sensitive employee, legal, and confidential business information

Lead phishing awareness activities.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Information Management, Risk Management, Information Security, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience in risk management, governance, compliance, privacy, information security, records management, information management, or related disciplines.

• Demonstrated experience supporting audits, examinations, regulatory findings, and issue remediation efforts.

• Experience working with sensitive information, including employee, legal, confidential, or regulated data.

• Strong understanding of information risk management, privacy governance, AI governance, records management, and cybersecurity principles.

• Proven ability to influence business leaders and drive governance outcomes across multiple organizations.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentations and reporting.

• Deliver thoughtful, fact-based challenges to divisions using a clear, concise, and risk-based approach.

• Strong team player and ability to communicate clearly and concisely to senior leadership.

• Strong influencing skills and ability to lead change and deliver results; Ability to multi-task and prioritize.

• Apply data-driven insights to advise on risk perspectives, demonstrating intellectual agility and interpersonal flexibility.

• Exhibit strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities.

• Communicate effectively-both written and verbal-across all levels of the organization, including through impactful visualizations.

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