Chief Risk Officer

Chief Risk Officer

Maas Energy Works

United States · Remote

Full-time · Executive

About the Role

Maas Energy Works is seeking an experienced Chief Risk Officer (CRO) to lead the company's enterprise-wide risk management strategy and establish a comprehensive framework for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating risks across the organization.

As a member of the executive leadership team, the CRO will provide oversight across enterprise, financial, operational, project, regulatory, environmental, technology, and strategic risk .

The ideal candidate combines strong risk-management expertise with practical business judgment and experience operating within energy, infrastructure, project development, or other asset-intensive industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the company's enterprise risk management framework.
• Establish risk appetite, governance standards, policies, controls, and escalation procedures.
• Identify and assess financial, operational, project, regulatory, environmental, technology, and strategic risks.
• Develop risk assessment methodologies, key risk indicators, and executive reporting frameworks.
• Evaluate risks associated with new projects, investments, partnerships, contracts, and strategic initiatives.
• Monitor project development and operational risks across energy-related assets and activities.
• Partner with finance teams to evaluate liquidity, credit, counterparty, financing, and market risks.
• Collaborate with legal and compliance teams regarding regulatory requirements and contractual exposures.
• Strengthen business continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience programs.
• Evaluate third-party vendors, contractors, suppliers, and strategic partners from a risk perspective.
• Work closely with finance, operations, engineering, project development, legal, compliance, and executive leadership.
• Present material risks, emerging exposures, and mitigation recommendations to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise risk management, financial risk, operational risk, project risk, compliance, internal controls, or related fields.
• Significant leadership experience developing or overseeing enterprise risk programs.
• Experience within energy, infrastructure, utilities, project development, industrial operations, or another asset-intensive industry is highly valued.
• Strong understanding of risk governance, internal controls, project risk, financial risk, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate complex business and operational risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Experience developing risk policies, monitoring frameworks, and executive-level reporting.
• Strong analytical, communication, decision-making, and leadership capabilities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across financial, technical, operational, legal, and executive teams.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, engineering, risk management, or a related field; advanced degree or professional risk certification preferred.