Emergent Professional Resources L.P. (EPR) · 2 days ago
Information Technology Risk Manager
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expEmergent Professional Resources L.P. (EPR) is seeking an IT Risk Consultant for their Specialty Insurance client. This role involves working closely with IT, cybersecurity, compliance, and business units to manage risks across systems, applications, and processes.
EmploymentHuman ResourcesOutsourcingStaffing Agency
Hiring Manager
Symone Lee
Responsibilities
Identify potential IT and cybersecurity risks across infrastructure, applications, vendors, and business processes
Conduct regular IT risk assessments, gap analyses, and control evaluations
Evaluate emerging technologies and threats to determine associated risk exposure
Support risk scoring, prioritization, and reporting in alignment with the enterprise risk management framework
Recommend, implement, and monitor risk mitigation strategies and IT controls
Collaborate with system owners to remediate control gaps or vulnerabilities
Validate the effectiveness of technical and procedural controls (e.g., access management, change management, backup/recovery)
Support policy and standards development for IT governance and security
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST)
Assist internal and external auditors with IT audit activities, supplying evidence and documentation
Monitor adherence to IT policies, procedures, and best practices
Prepare regular IT risk reports and dashboards for senior management and risk committees
Maintain risk registers, assessment records, and audit logs
Communicate complex risk concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Support incident response activities, including root-cause analysis and corrective action planning
Conduct vendor and third-party risk assessments, focusing on security posture and contractual compliance
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience in IT risk, cybersecurity, IT audit, or governance
Knowledge of frameworks and standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT, and CIS Controls
Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, and security practices
Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills
Experience with GRC tools (e.g., Archer, ServiceNow, LogicGate, RSA)
Company
Emergent Professional Resources L.P. (EPR)
Emergent Professional Resources LP provides a full range of specialized staffing and project implementation services on a contract or permanent basis.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase