Senior director, product management - platform governance and compliance

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity

As Senior Director, Platform Governance & Compliance, you will set the governance, risk, and compliance strategy for the FICO platform and serve as its credentialed authority on platform administration, access controls, and auditability across enterprise deployments. As a hands-on leader, you will own the governance product vision and FICO’s regulatory posture, represent that strategy to executive leadership, customers, regulators and auditors, and build the team that executes it.

What You'll Contribute

• Own and evolve the platform's governance product strategy across its three pillars - Governance, Control, and Administration - aligning with business goals, customer needs, and the evolving regulatory landscape, with particular emphasis on the financial services risk and regulatory environment our platform operates within.
• Champion the three-part controls model - prevent it, decide it, prove it stays right - and drive enterprise-wide adoption across platform services and leadership stakeholders.
• Act as the primary bridge to C-suite, legal, and risk stakeholders - keeping governance conversations productive and release schedules on track.
• Represent governance and compliance capabilities directly in strategic customer engagements, vendor risk assessments, and security questionnaires at the executive level - with credibility that resonates with financial services customers.
• Set and defend the risk-adjusted prioritization framework (e.g., RICE, WSJF) that balances commercial growth against compliance mandates and regulatory exposure - the final decision-maker on trade-offs between the two.
• Manage and mentor the Platform Governance & Compliance team, setting priorities and reviewing execution quality across PRDs, epics, and audit-readiness work.
• Bring working fluency in financial services requirements (e.g., GLBA, model risk management practices) to guide platform strategy - engaging directly with regulators and auditors when needed.
• Define the KPIs that measure governance, control, and administration effectiveness at the platform level, and report on them to executive leadership.

What we’re Seeking

• In-depth experience in Platform Product Management or Governance/Compliance leadership, with substantial expertise in Financial Services (banking, lending, credit decisioning, or consumer finance) required; additional experience within Enterprise SaaS, Security, Cloud Infrastructure, or other regulated industries (HealthTech, GovTech) a plus.
• Demonstrated track record shaping governance strategy within financial services or another regulated industry.
• A recognized, credentialed name in the governance, compliance, or financial-regulatory community - established through public speaking, published thought leadership, regulatory or industry board participation, or prior senior regulatory/executive roles — bringing immediate external credibility to the position.
• Executive presence: proven ability to represent governance strategy to C-suite, boards, and customers.
• Strong grounding in identity and security architecture (RBAC/ABAC, MFA, SSO, encryption standards) sufficient to set strategy and evaluate team output, though day-to-day technical execution sits with the Director.
• Relevant industry credentials (e.g., CISSP, CIPP, CRCM) are a plus, though not required.
• Extensive experience in building or mentoring product management teams.
• Bachelor's/ Masters degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant certifications strongly.

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.
• The targeted base pay range for this role is: $164,500 to $258,500 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills and experience.

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Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics. You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

• Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.
• Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.
• Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career. Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

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