Vice President, Risk Management

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🗽 New York, Texas – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $250k - $265k / year

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Saffire, LLC

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

✈️ Travel

Consulting • Marketing • Travel

Saffire, LLC is a technology company that specializes in creating beautiful, unique, and engaging websites for events, venues, and destinations. Their integrated platform, SaffireTix, offers comprehensive ticketing solutions including online, advance, and gate sales, alongside contactless RFID band technology for secure patron experiences. With their Spark content management system, users can easily manage their websites and access real-time reporting, aiming to enhance revenue through ticketing and sponsorships. Saffire is a proud partner of several industry associations, reinforcing their commitment to the events and festivals sector.

📋 Description

• Develop and lead a comprehensive enterprise-wide risk strategy aligned with the company’s live-event mission • Partner with executives, venue operators, and regional leadership to embed risk awareness into business planning and decision-making • Advise senior leadership on risk trends, emerging threats, and mitigation priorities • Oversee risk assessments for venues and live events, including concerts, festivals, touring shows, sports events, and special productions • Partner with the internal security team on crowd management, security, and emergency response protocols • Assess and manage risks related to talent, staging, pyrotechnics, weather, and other operational hazards • Design and manage global insurance programs • Negotiate insurance coverage, terms, and premiums with brokers and underwriters • Review event contracts, vendor agreements, and talent deals for indemnification, hold-harmless, and insurance provisions • Lead the claims management process, including reporting, documenting, tracking, and resolving claims • Collaborate with internal teams, insurers, legal counsel, and third-party claims administrators • Monitor compliance with international, national, and local live-event regulations • Maintain the enterprise risk management framework across business units and geographies • Align risk mitigation with strategic growth initiatives in partnership with finance, legal, and operations • Supervise employees through interviewing, hiring, training, work assignment, performance appraisal, rewards, discipline, and problem resolution

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in risk management, Business Administration, Safety Engineering, or related field required • Master’s degree (MBA or similar) preferred • Professional certifications such as ARM, CRM, FRM, CPCU, or CEM strongly preferred • Minimum 15 years of progressive risk management leadership experience • At least 5 years in the live event, sports, entertainment, or large-scale public gathering sector • Proven experience managing global safety and risk programs for high-attendance, high-profile events • Demonstrated success in insurance program design, contract risk review, and large-scale incident management • Deep understanding of crowd safety, event operations, and regulatory compliance in the live event industry • Strong negotiation skills with insurers, vendors, and public agencies • Ability to make sound decisions in high-pressure, time-sensitive situations • Excellent cross-cultural communication skills for operating in diverse global markets • Ability to perform each essential duty with energy and enthusiasm • Must be able to perform the physical demands of the role, with reasonable accommodations available

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous benefits package • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Disability insurance • Paid vacation • 401k plan • Flexible on where you're based • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action workplace