ITAM Risk, Process and Operational Expert
- Montreal, QC, Canada
$48.28 USD / hour
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- Pay
- $48.28 USD / hour
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- Experience
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in IT asset management, technology risk, or a closely related discipline.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location: Montreal
- Work Mode: Hybrid (day 1 onboarding onsite / in-office presence required 3x/week)
- Duration: 12 months
- Act as the senior ITAM risk, process, and operations subject-matter expert.
- Assess ITAM risks and control gaps across the end-to-end asset lifecycle.
- Translate identified risks into well-designed control objectives and requirements.
- Design or enhance control instances for independent testing.
- Develop and maintain operating procedures, process flows, and governance documentation.
- Lead current-state assessments and root-cause analysis.
- Partner with asset owners and process owners to implement controls.
- Define key risk indicators, control indicators, and operational metrics.
- Review the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of IT asset and configuration data.
- Provide credible challenge to control owners while balancing risk reduction and business priorities.
- Prepare concise, executive-ready materials for governance forums and senior management.
- Support risk and control self-assessments, audits, and regulatory reviews.
- Monitor relevant ITAM industry practices and incorporate insights into the control framework.
- Independently plan and deliver multiple workstreams.
- Build trusted relationships and manage challenging interactions professionally.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in IT asset management, technology risk, or a closely related discipline.
- In-depth, hands-on working experience in the IT asset management domain.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and articulate technology and operational risks.
- Strong understanding of risk and control concepts.
- Proven ability to develop or improve policies, standards, and procedures.
- Ability to operate independently and deliver quality outcomes with limited direction.
- Self-starter mindset with strong ownership and attention to detail.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience coordinating across multiple functions and geographies.
- Proficiency with standard productivity, workflow, reporting, and presentation tools.
- Experience in a large, regulated financial-services or similarly complex enterprise environment.
- Experience with enterprise ITAM, CMDB, discovery, workflow, or IT service management platforms.
- Working knowledge of hardware, software, and cloud asset management practices.
- Experience supporting first-line technology risk and control programs.
- Experience designing control metrics and executive-level risk summaries.
- Knowledge of industry frameworks and standards relevant to ITAM and technology controls.
- Relevant certifications such as ITIL, COBIT, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CSAM, CHAMP, CITAM, or IAITAM credentials.
- Experience leading control transformation or process redesign programs.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Assess risks and control gaps across the IT asset lifecycle, design and improve controls, and maintain procedures, process flows, and governance documentation. Partner with asset and process owners, define risk and operational metrics, support audits and regulatory reviews, and deliver executive-ready updates across multiple workstreams.
Requirements
Requires at least three years of relevant experience and hands-on IT asset management expertise, with strong knowledge of technology risks, controls, and policy or procedure development. Candidates should work independently, manage stakeholders across functions and geographies, and communicate effectively; experience in regulated enterprises, ITAM platforms, control programs, or relevant certifications is preferred.
Skills
- IT Asset Management
- Technology Risk Assessment
- Risk and Control Design
- Control Testing
- Process Documentation
- Root-Cause Analysis
- Risk Indicators and Metrics
- Stakeholder Management
- Audit and Regulatory Support
- Governance
- Executive Communication
- Process Improvement
- Hardware, Software, and Cloud Asset Management
- CMDB and IT Service Management Platforms
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Technology
- Security & Safety
- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
Keywords
- IT Asset Management
- ITAM
- Technology Risk
- Operational Risk
- Risk and Control Self-Assessments
- Control Objectives
- Control Testing
- Control Indicators
- Key Risk Indicators
- IT Asset Lifecycle
- Configuration Data
- CMDB
- Discovery Platforms
- Workflow Platforms
- IT Service Management
- Hardware Asset Management
- Software Asset Management
- Cloud Asset Management
- Governance
- Process Flows
- Operating Procedures
- Root-Cause Analysis
- Audits
- Regulatory Reviews
- ITIL
- COBIT
- CISA
- CRISC
- CISSP
- CSAM