Corporate Vice President - Head of Insurance Business Unit Risk Management

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New York, New York, United States

Hybrid

94338

New York,New York,United States

Job Title:

Head of Insurance Business Unit Risk Management

Reporting to:
Eric Lynn, Head of Business Risk Management Business Unit:
Risk Management

Location:

New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days per week in office) Level: MG3

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Role Overview:

New York Life is seeking a highly motivated risk leader to join the Risk Management department as the Head of Insurance Business Unit Risk Management, leading the team of Risk Officers who support all of New York Life’s insurance businesses across the Foundational Business and Strategic Insurance Businesses. The role supports a diverse portfolio of insurance businesses spanning advisor-sold, direct-to-consumer, institutional, and group markets.

This individual will have an exciting opportunity to deepen our risk management engagement with the insurance businesses in a manner that actively supports their strategies and accelerates their success.

This role is for a practical, business-minded risk leader—someone with strong risk expertise who applies it with flexibility and pragmatism rather than rigidity. The ideal candidate moves quickly, drives initiatives forward, and brings a test-and-learn mindset, continually exploring new approaches to advance the value Risk Management provides to the businesses. Success in this role depends heavily on relationship management, as the individual will partner with very senior business leaders while helping advance the risk organization toward more technology-, data-, and AI-driven support—including self-service tools and dashboards.

This position requires excellent communication skills and a strong understanding of the operations, products, and strategies across these businesses. The individual will also play a central role in bringing key risk-related programs and initiatives to the business units—helping the businesses understand, prioritize, and meet the requirements of risk policies, standards, and board-level commitments. The ideal candidate will apply risk management best practices in a manner consistent with New York Life’s culture and risk appetite, while motivating and developing a high-performing team and helping drive the broader risk organization forward.

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• Lead, manage, develop, and motivate the team of Risk Officers.
• Provide functional leadership and oversight of Risk Officers who sit directly within business areas, ensuring alignment and consistency of practice.
• Build a high-performing, engaged team and help drive the broader risk organization forward.
• Business Partnership & Relationship Management
• Manage and support the Risk Officers in bringing key risk-related programs and initiatives to the business units—liaising with, and in some cases leading, the businesses toward meeting the requirements of risk policies, standards, and board-level commitments.
• Facilitate discussions that help the businesses understand, prioritize, and operationalize risk program requirements, and help them determine practical approaches to address identified gaps.
• Develop and manage relationships with senior executives across these businesses, serving as a trusted, practical risk advisor.
• Serve as the primary service broker and coordinator between business executives and Risk Management's operational experts and practice leaders.
• Partner with business leadership,…