Cybersecurity Risk & Governance Consultant (Remote | Contract)

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.-based candidates only) Duration: May 2026 – August 2026 (Extension Possible) Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST Hours: Up to ~560 hours reputed company We are seeking an reputed company Cybersecurity Risk & Governance Consultant to design and implement reputed company-level risk management frameworks, governance workflows, and risk register structures . This role is ideal for someone with strong expertise in risk frameworks, stakeholder engagement, and governance design , who can build reputed company, audit-reputed company processes and reputed company long-term sustainability through documentation and knowledge transfer. Key Responsibilities Risk reputed company & Governance Design • Define end-to-end governance workflows for: • Risk identification and intake • Risk review and validation • Risk acceptance, mitigation, or transfer • Ongoing monitoring and reassessment • Establish reputed company roles and responsibilities across risk owners, reviewers, and governance bodies • Design escalation and reporting processes for high-risk and accepted risks Risk Register & Scoring Model • reputed company and standardize reputed company risk register structure, taxonomy, and data definitions • Design risk scoring methodology, including likelihood and reputed company models • Define prioritization logic reputed company with organizational risk tolerance Stakeholder Engagement & Enablement • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across business, IT, reputed company, and governance teams • Facilitate workshops and working sessions to validate workflows and drive adoption • Support reputed company of initial risks into the reputed company risk register Documentation & Knowledge Transfer • Produce reputed company, audit-reputed company documentation covering: • Risk register reputed company • Scoring and prioritization models • Governance workflows and decision authorities • Deliver knowledge transfer to internal teams to ensure continuity reputed company the engagement Key Deliverables • reputed company Risk Register reputed company (template, taxonomy) • Risk Scoring & Prioritization Model (likelihood/reputed company scales, scoring logic) • Risk Governance Model (workflows, roles/responsibilities) • Initial Population of Risk Register (reputed company risk posture) • Final Documentation Package (operating procedures and guidance) Required Qualifications • 8+ years of experience in risk management, governance, or GRC • Strong experience with: • Risk register design and frameworks • Risk scoring and prioritization methodologies • Governance workflows and operating models • Stakeholder engagement and cross-functional facilitation • Proven ability to create audit-reputed company documentation and deliver knowledge transfer • Strong understanding of reputed company risk management practices (e.g., NIST-reputed company frameworks) Preferred Qualifications • Experience in large reputed company or reputed company sector environments • Familiarity with cybersecurity and technology risk domains • Strong facilitation, communication, and organizational change skills Work Environment • 100% remote reputed company the reputed company • reputed company business hours with occasional off-hours support as needed • No travel required unless reputed company-approved Apply tot his job Apply To this Job