Senior Manager, Policy & Governance

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise policy governance program, ensuring the policy library remains accurate, current, accessible, and aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Oversee the end-to-end policy lifecycle, including policy reviews, approvals, exceptions, version control, and ongoing governance processes.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, business leaders, and policy owners to coordinate policy development and approvals across the organization while maintaining efficient execution.
• Manage governance activities supporting Board and Risk Committee meetings, including coordinating materials, governance records, decision logs, committee charters, and meeting documentation.
• Ensure governance documentation and reporting are complete, timely, and audit ready to support OCC examinations, internal audit activities, and regulatory engagements.
• Lead and develop a small Policy & Governance team while continuously improving governance processes that enable the bank to scale responsibly.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in policy management, governance, enterprise risk management, or compliance within a regulated bank, bank holding company, or other regulated financial institution.
• Experience owning or administering an enterprise policy governance framework, including policy lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting Board, Risk Committee, or senior executive governance processes within a regulated financial institution.
• Experience producing executive- or regulator-facing governance documentation and reports with a high degree of accuracy and quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of OCC supervisory expectations and regulatory examination practices.
• Experience supporting a de novo bank, charter application, or rapidly growing regulated financial institution.
• Experience with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms.
• Background in Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, or Compliance.
• Ability to use generative AI tools responsibly to improve drafting, editing, summarization, and consistency of governance documentation while applying appropriate human judgment for regulatory-facing content.