Head of Group Risk & Decision Governance

Description

Position at GVW Group, LLC

GVW Group is a dynamic private investment and industrial holding company dedicated since 1993 to growing and starting businesses. We take an entrepreneurial approach to building value for our scalable early stage, high-growth, and mid-sized operating companies by providing strategic expertise and resources. Along the way, we have expanded globally into diverse industries ranging from manufacturing to technology, distribution, big data, engineering, and energy efficiency.

Head of Group Risk & Decision Governance

Miami, FL | Privately Held Industrial Group (Vehicle Manufacturing)

Summary

GVW Group is a privately held, operator-driven industrial group with multiple portfolio companies in vehicle manufacturing and related operating businesses. As the group continues to scale, this role exists to ensure that enterprise risk is visible, deliberate, and owned at the right level, and that decision rights, capital commitments, and accountability remain aligned across the platform.

This is a hands-on, enterprise operating role, not an advisory, audit-only, or compliance-only function.

The Head of Group Risk & Decision Governance is accountable for how major decisions are made, escalated, and governed across the group, enabling growth with speed without fragility.

Role Purpose

Risk at GVW is not managed through policy alone. It is governed through:

• Decision rights

• Capital commitments

• Authority and accountability

This role exists to ensure that:

• Decisions carrying material risk are made at the right level.

• Long dated or irreversible commitments are understood before they are made.

• Authority, incentives, and controls remain aligned as the organization scales.

• Risk is embedded in how the business operates, not handled after the fact.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Decision Governance

• Design, implement, and enforce decision rights, approval thresholds, and escalation paths across the group.

• Identify and correct drift between documented authority and actual practice.

• Ensure separation between commercial incentives, risk acceptance, and execution.

Capital Commitment & Business Risk

• Govern risk related to capital allocation, large investments, long-term contracts, guarantees, and structural commitments.

• Evaluate risk based on irreversibility, duration, control, and downside exposure.

• Embed risk discipline into acquisitions, integrations, and major strategic initiatives.

Operational & Enterprise Risk Oversight

• Maintain a forward-looking view of enterprise risk across operations, supply chain, products, technology, cyber, and people.

• Surface material risks early and ensure they are discussed factually and without politics.

• Lead scenario planning, pre-mortems, and executive decision reviews.

Crisis Preparedness & Resilience

• Own crisis-readiness frameworks and escalation protocols.

• Coordinate preparedness and response for high-impact events including:

• Operational or safety incidents

• Cyber or technology failures

• Supply-chain disruption

• Material litigation or reputational events

Leadership of Control Functions

• Direct oversight of Internal Audit and Information Security (CISO).

• Ensure controls support sound decision-making, rather than substitute for it.

• Ensure accountability for remediation, not just reporting.

Experience & Capability Alignment

• Senior leadership experience in industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, transportation, or other asset-heavy environments

• Experience owning large, complex operations or transformations, where risk shows up through capital, safety, scale, and execution.

• A track record of governing decisions, not just advising on risk.

• Comfort holding peers accountable and operating close to ownership and senior leadership.

• Exposure to multiple control domains (e.g., operations, finance, audit, technology, safety, compliance), with clear authority over outcomes.

Legal and Compliance Statements

At-Will Employment:

This job description does not create a contract of employment, nor does it alter the at-will employment relationship. Employment with the company is voluntary and may be terminated at will by either the employee or the company, with or without cause, and with or without notice.

Job Duties Disclaimer:
The duties and responsibilities outlined here are representative but not exhaustive of the tasks that the employee may be required to perform. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other tasks as necessary to meet business needs.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Autocar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compliance with Laws and Policies:
The employee must adhere to all federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, as well as all company policies and procedures.

Reasonable Accommodations (ADA Compliance):
Autocar complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Employees who require assistance or accommodations should contact Human Resources.

Confidentiality and Data Protection:

Employees are expected to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information and comply with company policies regarding data protection and proprietary information, in accordance with applicable laws.

Non-Exhaustive List of Duties:

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities or qualifications associated with the position.