Director – Enterprise Risk Management

About Vantage

Vantage powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Internal Audit Department

The Global Internal Audit team provides independent assurance, advice, and insight to strengthen governance, risk management, and controls across Vantage. The team also facilitates Vantage’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program while preserving Internal Audit’s independence and ensuring that management retains ownership of risk decisions and mitigation actions.

Position Overview

This role will be based in: Denver, CO and is in alignment with our flexible work policy. (3 days on site required, 2 days flexible).

Vantage is seeking a practical, hands-on ERM Director to establish and advance a global ERM program that supports better decisions, clearer accountability, and timely action on the risks and opportunities that matter most. Reporting to the Vice President, Internal Audit, Global, this leader will translate Vantage’s ERM policy and Executive Risk Council charter into a sustainable operating rhythm across North America, EMEA, APAC, and global functions.

The successful candidate will assess the current state, build a prioritized roadmap, refresh the enterprise risk assessment and risk register, strengthen risk appetite and reporting, and partner with executives and risk owners to embed risk management into strategy, planning, projects, and day-to-day decisions. This is a builder role, not a caretaker role.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead the re-launch and continuous improvement of Vantage’s global ERM program, including governance, methodology, tools, cadence, and stakeholder engagement.
• Assess current ERM maturity and develop a pragmatic, phased roadmap with clear deliverables, owners, milestones, and measures of success.
• Plan and facilitate the annual enterprise risk assessment, including executive interviews, workshops, risk identification, prioritization, and validation.
• Maintain a clear, decision-useful enterprise risk taxonomy, scoring methodology, heat map, risk register, and documentation standards across regions and functions. Collaborate with other risk functions to ensure reporting is globally consistent for maximum effectiveness.
• Partner with executive leadership and the Executive Risk Council to define and periodically refresh risk appetite, tolerances, escalation thresholds, and treatment expectations.
• Prepare concise quarterly risk reporting for the Executive Risk Council and support periodic reporting to the Audit Committees and other governance bodies.
• Work with risk owners to document mitigation plans, key risk indicators, target dates, dependencies, and evidence of progress; challenge overdue or ineffective actions and escalate when necessary.
• Identify emerging and interconnected risks through external scanning, internal listening posts, scenario analysis, and partnership with functional and regional leaders. Connect ERM risks and treatments with regional risk council actions and monitoring for for consistency throughout.
• Integrate ERM outputs with strategic planning, annual planning, capital allocation, major projects, business continuity, compliance, insurance, sustainability, cybersecurity, and Internal Audit planning without duplicating existing processes.
• Clarify roles across the three lines model and coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Information Security, EHS, Sustainability, Operations, Development, Delivery, regional risk committees, and other assurance providers.
• Design and deliver practical ERM training, playbooks, templates, and communications for executives, risk owners, risk champions, and employees. Evaluate and improve risk data quality, reporting automation, workflow, and technology enablement; establish a reliable source of truth for enterprise risk information.
• Support the Vice President, Internal Audit, Global in facilitating Executive Risk Council meetings while maintaining appropriate safeguards for Internal Audit independence and objectivity.
• Manage external advisors and targeted ERM projects as needed, ensuring knowledge transfer and sustainable internal ownership.
• Build trusted relationships across regions and functions, influence without direct authority, and make complex risk topics understandable and actionable.
• Additional duties as assigned by Management.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in risk management, finance, accounting, business, engineering, law, or a related discipline; advanced degree is a plus.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise risk management, risk advisory, internal audit, compliance, strategy, operations, or a related field, including experience leading enterprise-wide programs or transformations.
• Demonstrated experience designing, rebuilding, or materially improving an ERM framework in a complex, rapidly scaling, multi-region organization.
• Strong working knowledge of COSO ERM and practical experience with risk appetite, risk taxonomy, enterprise risk assessments, risk registers, mitigation plans, key risk indicators, scenario analysis, and executive or board reporting.
• Ability to distinguish facilitation and challenge from management ownership, particularly given that ERM is owned by Internal Audit.
• Proven ability to facilitate executive interviews and workshops, synthesize competing viewpoints, and convert broad concerns into clearly stated risks and actions.
• Excellent judgment, executive presence, written communication, and presentation skills; able to be concise without losing the point.
• Strong program-management capability with the discipline to track commitments, dependencies, decisions, and follow-through across multiple regions and functions.
• Experience in data centers, real estate development, construction, infrastructure, technology, energy, or another capital-intensive global business is preferred.
• Experience with risk or GRC technology and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, Teams, and Power BI is preferred.
• Relevant professional certification such as CRMA, CRM, RIMS-CRMP, CIA, CPA, CISA, or equivalent is preferred.
• Travel is expected to be up to 10% and may vary as the business and ERM program evolve.

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, use a computer, and communicate effectively for extended periods.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as needed.
• Ability to work across time zones and occasionally outside normal business hours to support global stakeholders.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities, incomplete information, and competing demands.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  

Additional Details

• Salary Range: $195,000–$205,000 base + bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations).
• This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and AD&D; short- and long-term disability; paid time off; employee assistance; participation in a 401(k) program that includes company match; and other voluntary benefits.
• Compensation will depend on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location and may fall outside the range shown.

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We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Vantage does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage.

We’ll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon—we’re excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!