Director, Data Management Risk Oversight; Second Line

Americas Risk Department

The Americas Risk Department, as a second line-of-defense organization, provides common risk-management oversight and services to businesses and legal entities across Mizuho U.S. Operations (MUSO). Effective risk management depends on independent judgment, clear ownership, and consistent execution. The Non-Financial Risk (NFR) team provides independent oversight of material non-financial risks, including Data Management risk.

The Director, Data Management Risk Oversight is the NFR team's senior subject-matter expert for independent oversight of the firm's Data Management program. The role requires deep Data Management knowledge and the judgment and execution discipline to convert that expertise into effective second-line review, challenge, monitoring and escalation. The position reports to an Executive Director, and member of the firm's Non-Financial Risk Management Leadership Team.

It is an individual-contributor role at hire and may assume direct-report responsibilities as the function develops. The mandate will be executed through a risk-prioritized and phased Data Management oversight plan. During the initial individual-contributor stage, the Director will focus on the highest-risk Data Management themes and material changes, sequence reviews and monitoring based on risk, regulatory priority and available capacity, and rely on first-line owners and specialist functions for program execution, technical testing, validation and formal determinations within their mandates.

The Director is accountable for executing the full second-line oversight cycle. The work begins with risk-based scoping and structured first-line engagement, and continues through evidence review, documented challenge, assessment of the first line's response, and a documented second-line conclusion or escalation. The first line remains responsible for its programs, controls and remediation. The Director is accountable for completed oversight conclusions, a traceable record of challenge, and monitoring through documented second-line disposition, governance-approved risk acceptance, assessment of closure evidence, or escalation.

The Data Management scope covers governance and accountability; data ownership and stewardship; data quality; lineage and metadata; critical data and authoritative sources; data lifecycle, transformations and reconciliations; data architecture and controls; issue management; and data supporting material regulatory and management reporting. Regulatory Reporting experience supports this scope because the role must assess how Data Management weaknesses can affect reporting accuracy, completeness and timeliness.

Independent Oversight and Credible Challenge Build and execute a risk-based Data Management oversight plan aligned with the NFR framework, the firm's risk profile, regulatory priorities, material program changes and approved capacity. Establish priorities and review cadence with the Executive Director and revisit them when risk, dependencies or capacity change. Lead independent reviews, deep dives, and thematic reviews from scoping through conclusion.