Google Hiring for Risk Programs Specialist at Chicago, IL Full Time
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location for this position from the following: Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- 6 years of experience in risk management
Preferred qualifications:
- MBA or Master’s degree
- Experience developing and implementing policies and controls within a multinational organization
- Experience influencing, advising, and cultivating relationships with stakeholders, clients, cross-functional partners, and leadership
- Experience providing pragmatic, business-centered advice while ensuring legal and policy compliance
- Experience with an Extended Workforce’s (temporary staff, vendors, and independent contractors) risks and engagement practices
- Experience in implementing programs that require significant change management across a global workforce that is compliant with local regulation; ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment
About the job
The Google Operational Effectiveness, Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS) team manages oversight of Google’s Extended Workforce. The xWS team is responsible for the strategy, governance, and operations across our contingent workforce. Our team makes it easy for Google managers to engage with the extended workforce, provide training, to include developing standards and guidelines to minimize Google’s risk by leveraging data and insights to assist with planning and strategy for new and existing engagements.
You’ll help provide processes, tools, and know-how to support Googlers through the lifecycle of extended workforce engagements, so our businesses can make informed decisions to put the right talent in the right locations.
The name Google came from “googol,” a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. And nobody at Google loves big numbers like the Finance team when providing in depth analysis on all manner of strategic decisions across Google products. From developing forward-thinking analysis to generating management reports to scaling our automated financial processes, the Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to the business.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business, engineering, and global security stakeholders to develop, manage, and monitor integrated roadmap of multiple programs supporting Google’s extended workforce transformation.
- Manage portfolio-level prioritization and reporting, as well as stakeholder management and engagement.
- Deliver the flexible work model transformation roadmap covering full lifecycle starting from inception through launch and landing/normalization. Track and manage risks and mitigation plans across the portfolio at scale and in compliance with local regulation.
- Manage global extended workforce risk areas with a focus on physical security controls, network security, and home-based work model. Develop and manage effective subject matter expertise within your defined areas of risk.
- Actively monitor(s) risk areas in order to proactively create and adjust policy, processes, and controls. Identify areas for process improvement and optimization within a dynamic environment.
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