<p><strong>Director, Business Operations & Risk Management</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Company Overview</strong></p><p>A leading real estate and investment organization based in Los Angeles, California is seeking a Director of Business Operations & Risk Management to strengthen its operational resilience and enterprise risk programs. The organization manages a diverse portfolio of real assets and investments and is focused on disciplined growth, operational excellence, and creating long-term value for stakeholders and communities.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Role Summary</strong></p><p>The Director, Business Operations & Risk Management will lead the organization’s operational resilience framework with primary ownership of Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), incident management, business continuity planning, and operational risk reporting. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, partnering closely with executive leadership, Compliance, Legal, Technology, Internal Audit, and business leaders. The ideal candidate brings deep experience within financial services, asset management, real estate, or a similarly regulated environment and can continuously strengthen risk programs as the organization evolves.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Own and continuously enhance the Third-Party Risk Management program, including due diligence, onboarding, monitoring, remediation, and vendor offboarding.</li><li>Manage third-party and outsourced resources while ensuring vendor oversight follows a consistent, risk-based framework.</li><li>Lead incident management activities across operational, cybersecurity, privacy, fraud, and physical security events, coordinating triage, containment, resolution, and post-incident reviews.</li><li>Own the Business Continuity Planning program, including policies, governance, Business Impact Assessments, annual testing, disaster response, and remediation activities.</li><li>Partner with business leaders to identify operational risks, evaluate controls, and implement effective mitigation strategies.</li><li>Develop dashboards, KPIs, incident reporting, vendor risk metrics, and executive-level reporting for leadership and governance committees.</li><li>Support internal and external audits, regulatory examinations, investor due diligence, and compliance requirements.</li><li>Drive process improvement and operational excellence across risk management programs, including opportunities for automation and emerging technologies.</li><li>Support organizational change initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, and other firmwide strategic projects from an operational risk perspective.</li><li>Lead, coach, and develop internal team members while overseeing external vendor resources.</li></ul><p><strong>Additional Details</strong></p><ul><li>Work model: On-site</li><li>Full-time leadership position</li><li>Manages one direct report and provides oversight of external resources</li><li>Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday availability may be required for incident response and business continuity events</li><li>High-visibility position partnering with department leaders and executive leadership</li><li>Opportunity to support enterprise transformation, operational resilience, and strategic initiatives</li></ul>