VP - Operational Resilience Risk Manager

Step into a region‑wide Operational Resilience Risk leadership role at Rabobank, a global cooperative bank known for its mission‑driven focus on food, agriculture, and energy and its extensive international footprint. As operational resilience rises sharply in importance across financial institutions, driven by growing regulatory scrutiny, digital complexity, and heightened third‑party and cyber risks, this role places you at the forefront of shaping how a major international bank prepares for and withstands disruption.

As an Operational Resilience Risk Manager you will be successful when you safeguard the bank’s ability to withstand and recover from disruptions, ensuring Rabobank remains safe, resilient, and operational for its customers.

The Operational Resilience Risk Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring an effective regional framework for technology, third‑party, and business‑continuity risks. In this role, you strengthen Rabobank’s ability to anticipate, withstand, and recover from disruptions by providing second‑line oversight across the region. You work closely with business leaders, IT, vendor management, and Global risk teams to align practices and embed operational resilience throughout the organization. Ultimately, you help safeguard Rabobank’s operational stability and customer trust by ensuring a well‑controlled, resilient operating environment.

• Design, implement, and maintain the regional operational resilience oversight framework, spanning information technology, information security (cyber), third‑party, and business‑continuity risks, to ensure alignment with global standards and regulatory expectations, while helping shift the organization from siloed, business‑line risk views toward a connected, value‑chain‑based resilience model.

• Provide strong second‑line challenge across technology, third‑party, and continuity risks, reviewing assessments, assurance reports, BCM deliverables, and risk treatment plans to ensure weaknesses are identified and addressed across the end‑to‑end value chain rather than in isolated business units.

• Collaborate with IT, business stakeholders, vendor management, and global risk communities to unify risk practices across the region, integrating third‑party dependencies and aligning IT recovery and BCM objectives in a way that reflects how services truly flow across the bank’s value chain.

• Lead and support regional scenario analysis and resilience testing, using insights to validate continuity objectives, identify vulnerabilities across interconnected processes, and strengthen the bank’s enterprise‑wide ability to withstand severe‑but‑plausible disruptions.

• Produce clear, timely operational resilience reporting and deliver targeted training, giving senior management and risk partners visibility into cross‑value‑chain risks, trends, and remediation needs, and supporting a consistent resilience culture across the region.

To be considered for the VP - Operational Resilience Risk Manager role, you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree or a minimum 3 years’ experience in operational risk, technology risk, resilience, business continuity, audit, or related field.

• Ability to work effectively with first‑line teams and build strong cross‑functional relationships.

• Basic understanding of technology, third‑party, and operational resilience concepts.

• Strong communication and analytical skills.

• Ability to travel regionally, up to 15%.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.  Rabobank is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Rabobank welcomes employees and applicants from all backgrounds and is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that leverages the diverse strengths of our workforce. This enables us to exceed the expectations of our clients and customers while ensuring a healthy and safe environment for our staff.

We believe your well-being extends far beyond just a paycheck and should encompass your health, happiness, and satisfaction. To meet these needs, Rabobank offers a flexible hybrid working model and continually evaluates and enhances our benefit offerings to ensure they are comprehensive, competitive, and provide you with the options and flexibility you need.

Our employee benefits are focused on four main components:

• Physical Well-Being includes our commitment to your Health and Wellness. Medical, Dental and Vision plan coverages are effective on your date of hire. Rabo offers multiple plan options and a full network of providers to best meet your needs.

• Financial Well-Being provides for your Retirement + Savings + Security. We love seeing your retirement plan balance grow just as much as you do! That’s why you can start participating in the 401(k) plan on your date of hire. Plus we match 50% of the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) plan for US Employees. Rabo also contributes an additional 3% of your eligible pay in Safe Harbor contribution and up to 3% in annual Discretionary Profit Sharing contributions.

• Emotional Well-Being ensures your Work + Life balance. We offer a generous paid time off program to full time employees: up to 20 days of vacation time, 5 days of additional time off plus 7 sick days and 11 US holidays annually (based on hire date during the calendar year). In addition, Growing a Better World Together requires wanting the best for our employees and their families and our communities. To do that, we offer both the time and financial support to give back to the community through our Dollars for Doers, Helping Hands and Gift Matching programs. (All paid time off is subject to company accrual and carryover policies.)

• Workforce Well-Being supports a hybrid working model that offers the flexibility to split your time between home and the office—typically 2 days remote and the remaining days onsite—promoting both productivity and personal well-being.

Rabobank Group is a global financial services leader providing wholesale and retail banking, leasing, and real estate services in more than 37 countries worldwide. Founded over a century ago, Rabobank today is one of the world’s largest banks with over $678 billion in assets.

In North America, Rabobank is a premier corporate and investment bank to the food, agribusiness, commodities and energy industries in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Rabo AgriFinance, a subsidiary of Rabobank, is a leading financial services provider for farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses in the United States and Canada. Together, we provide sector expertise, strategic counsel and tailored financial solutions to clients across the entire value chain. Visit www.RabobankNA.com

Target Hiring Range: St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois $105,000.00 – $145,000.00

Target Hiring Range: New York: $140,000.00 - $175,000.00

This position is subject to the terms of [RAF/Rabobank/RDS]’s compensation plans and policies. It is anticipated that the position will pay within the target hiring range. The range is reflective of the desired primary physical work location and may be adjusted outside of the projected range based on geographical differentiation if the actual work location of the hired candidate differs from the desired primary location, or for other lawful reasons. Further, all full-time regular positions include all other benefits provided to [RAF/Rabobank/RDS] employees, including healthcare benefits, 401k matching, vacation, sick leave, parental leave, possible discretionary bonuses and all other benefits that are all governed by and subject to ERISA plan documents and eligibility.

Rabo provides equal opportunity in employment to all employees and applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity gender expression, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, military service or veteran status, victims of domestic violence, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Rabo also prohibits harassment of any individuals on any of the bases listed above.

At Rabobank, we strive to grow a better world together. In order to achieve that, we have to have the right people in the right jobs. Are you ready to join our team?

This job posting has no fixed application deadline.  We will accept resumes until a qualified applicant pool is identified.

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