NCAA

Vice President of Enterprise Strategic Risk

Indianapolis, Indiana

Reports to: SVP, Administration and CFO

Background:

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is one of the most influential governing bodies in sport, serving as the national steward of intercollegiate athletics for more than 500,000 student-athletes and approximately 1,100 colleges and universities. As a member-led association, the NCAA exists to ensure that college athletics remains a safe, fair, and educationally centered experience while supporting the lifelong success and well-being of student-athletes.

For more than a century, the NCAA has played a critical role in shaping the landscape of collegiate athletics, balancing competitive excellence with academic achievement, student development, and institutional integrity. Through its national office in Indianapolis, the NCAA oversees 92 national championships in 24 sports, supports governance and policymaking across all three divisions, and administers programs designed to advance student-athlete success both on and off the field.

The NCAA's mission extends well beyond competition. The organization has led several landmark initiatives that have helped define modern standards for student-athlete welfare. Over the past decade, the NCAA has led national efforts related to concussion management, mental health support, catastrophic injury prevention, emergency action planning, and evidence-based sports medicine practices. Its Sport Science Institute and partnerships with leading medical organizations have driven research and policy advancements that have become benchmarks across amateur and professional sports.

Today, the NCAA operates within an increasingly dynamic and complex environment shaped by evolving legal, regulatory, financial, technological, and reputational considerations. As college athletics continues to transform, from athlete benefits and governance reform to safety, cybersecurity, and event operations, the NCAA remains committed to its core purpose: governing competition in a fair, safe, equitable, and sportsmanlike manner while ensuring that the educational experience of the student-athlete remains paramount.

NCAA Mission

Core Values

• LEADERSHIP | Actively listen and continually strive to provide vital solutions, counsel and advocacy for student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics.
• INCLUSION | Seek and incorporate different perspectives and experiences to drive innovation and impact.
• COMMUNICATION | Commit to an environment of openness to build trust and make timely decisions.
• COLLABORATION | Work together, based on mutual respect, to lead and serve stakeholders.
• ACCOUNTABILITY | Take ownership for actions and results to add value every day.

Position Summary

The Vice President of Enterprise Strategic Risk serves as a senior advisor, responsible for building enterprise-wide visibility into financial, operational, and reputational risk exposure related to the NCAA’s litigation, regulatory, and business functions. This executive will focus on translating legal and policy uncertainty into financial analysis, scenario planning, and executive decision support. Reporting to the SVP, Administration and Chief Financial Officer and working closely with the Office of Legal Affairs, this executive will help leadership assess, quantify, and act on the financial and strategic implications of material risk.

The Vice President will support senior leadership, the President, and the Board of Governors in evaluating emerging opportunities and risks, understanding their potential financial, operational, and reputational implications, and presenting data-driven recommendations to inform decisions that advance the NCAA’s long-term mission and strategic objectives.

This position focuses on translating uncertainty into actionable business intelligence—particularly where legal, regulatory, policy, insurance, and financial considerations intersect and ensuring that risk-informed analysis is incorporated into strategic and financial decision-making across the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for the NCAA's strategic risk agenda, including coordination with enterprise risk management, sports betting integrity initiatives, corporate safety and security, internal audit, and analytics capabilities, while driving enterprise-wide visibility into litigation and financial exposure.
• Assist with the identification, assessment, and monitoring of legal, regulatory, operational, financial, governance, and reputational risks. Legal risk evaluation will be performed at the direction of the Office of Legal Affairs.
• In collaboration with the Office of Legal Affairs, maintain litigation and strategic risk dashboards, exposure ana