Manager, Asset Protection

Avanade is experiencing significant growth in Microsoft's Mid-market and Corporate sector, specifically targeting the upper tier of the SME&C segment. We are on a mission to revolutionize the IT Services landscape within this market.

Currently, Avanade supports numerous SME&C clients through various offerings, including AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, and Security. Our current emphasis is on creating structured and repeatable processes—leveraging 25 years of enterprise expertise to develop scalable and predictable operations tailored for SME&C. To facilitate this, we have established a dedicated SME&C Business Unit, featuring solution-specific 'Catalyst Squads.' These virtual teams are focused on delivering prepackaged and repeatable 'Catalyst Solutions' from the initial qualified lead to the final delivery.

The Risk Analyst is an integral part of the Catalyst Squad and plays a crucial role in ensuring secure, low-friction, and repeatable delivery of Catalyst Solutions from qualification to execution and scaling. This position translates enterprise-level risk, compliance, and security requirements into practical squad-level guidelines that enable swift progress without incurring unnecessary delivery, commercial, or client risks.

This role differs from traditional enterprise risk governance. The Risk Analyst is responsible for establishing and implementing repeatable risk frameworks, pre-approved guidelines, and streamlined assurance processes that align with the rapid pace of SME&C deals and the economics of productized delivery. They assist the squad in making timely and clear decisions regarding actions that can proceed within standard Catalyst Solution parameters, what needs risk mitigation, and what should be escalated.

Collaboration is key for the Risk Analyst, as they work closely with the Solution Specialist & GTM Lead, Solution Architect, Squad Service Delivery Lead, delivery consultants, CSP specialists, relevant Microsoft counterparts, as well as central risk, legal, security, privacy, and compliance teams. This role is instrumental in embedding risk considerations into Catalyst Solutions from the outset, rather than addressing them post-delivery.

Key Accountabilities:

Oversees operational management of standard processes and programs related to:

Developing and managing initiatives to safeguard our people, information, reputation, and assets

Ensuring consistent and compliant application of risk and protection policies, programs, and processes across the organization, including training and information dissemination

Creating contingency plans and processes to address risks, ensuring business continuity

Collaborating with management to tackle safety and security challenges, incidents, emergencies, and disasters

Identifying and evaluating potential risk events to assess possible outcomes and their impact on Avanade

Managing risk factors to minimize and address the root causes of risk events

Analyzing and monitoring risk indicators to predict risk trends and inform planning and actions

Mitigating risks by addressing events and aiding in the development of new solutions to lessen their impact on Avanade

Working alongside parent companies to evaluate and manage shared risks

Other Position Details:

• May act as the primary point of contact for incident reporting and escalation within a specific geography or globally
• May necessitate specific expertise in information security, data protection, business continuity management, and/or general risk assessment and mitigation

Job Qualifications

Technical and Non-Technical Skills Include:

Extensive knowledge of risk management with advanced expertise in program development/management, including proven experience in designing and implementing technology and process solutions to minimize the risk of data breaches

Significant experience in utilizing data for predictive analysis

Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail

Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities

Strong interpersonal skills

Capability to convey technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences

Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and logical reasoning skills

Ability to swiftly adapt to changes in direction, new circumstances, and shifting priorities

Proven experience in effectively leading and managing professionals in a corporate setting

Preferred Education Background:

Bachelor's degree or a comparable combination of education and experience.

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

5-7 years of experience in operations management.

Preferred Years of Management Experience:

1-2 years.