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Employer Name: Yale University

1. Supporting the assessment and implementation of systems, practices, policies, and structures that improve the University's decentralized risk, compliance, and control infrastructure. Support various offices and functions in establishing and maintaining effective, risk-based programs and controls, and in nurturing and shaping a risk-aware and compliant culture, consistent with best practices, and enhancing the University's ability to manage risk and prevent, detect, and address noncompliance with legal requirements. 2. Working with university stakeholders, plan and oversee the execution of projects to develop or improve risk and compliance programs and processes; convene and coordinate cross-functional teams to solve complex risk and compliance challenges; and support efforts to assess risks and the effectiveness of existing controls. 3. Implementing, in concert with stakeholders across the University, common criteria for conducting risk-based assessments to assure that the University is making risk-aware decisions, promoting values and behavior consistent with an ethical and compliant culture, and detecting and addressing noncompliance and adverse events through established escalation pathways. 4. Tracking new areas of risk and compliance, monitoring for changes to existing risks and compliance requirements, and providing guidance on appropriate and responsive measures. 5. Supporting oversight, communication, and monitoring systems to ensure effective exchange of information among stakeholders, senior management, and staff across multiple University offices and departments. 6. Supporting the work of the Office of Institutional Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management. Required Skill/ability 1: Independent decision-making, problem solving, and planning skills; highly developed project management skills. Outstanding oral and written communications skills; ability to express complex ideas with simplicity and brevity; active listener; and strong attention to detail. Required Skill/ability 2: Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build successful relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across a complex, decentralized organization and work in concert with others to accomplish goals and objectives. Required Skill/ability 3: Capacity to be adaptable, patient, diplomatic, and flexible, while also having the ability to take charge and drive initiatives through to completion. Required Skill/ability 4: A strong understanding of the principles and practices of project management. A general understanding of the risks inherent in operating a major research university, and of processes for identifying, assessing, and managing risk. Required Skill/ability 5: A general understanding of applicable laws, regulations, best practices, and related compliance issues in higher education, and expertise in compliance processes sufficient to assist organizations in complying with their legal obligations. Preferred Education: Juris Doctor. Demonstrated experience in working with committees or working groups on risk and compliance matters. Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Posting Position Title: Program Manager, Legal Compliance University Job Title: Program Manager, Compliance and Risk Management Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Juris Doctor. Demonstrated experience in working with committees or working groups on risk and compliance matters. Master's degree or equivalent advanced degree and three years' experience in some combination of project management, compliance, and risk management, or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated experience.