Sanja Savic

About Sanja Savic

Efficient, proactive, and adaptable conceptual leader dedicated to helping organizations plan, align and effectively execute sustainable strategies. Strategic thinker with 20+ years of comprehensive experience in highly regulated industries -healthcare and financial (GSIB) perfectly blending: Enterprise Risk Management, Program Management, Operational Excellence, Strategic Programming, Data analysis. Positioned for AI Governance leadership. Excellent ability to connect dots, see top down & bottom-up, and few steps ahead. o Successfully led End to End planning and execution of high visibility, key regulatory, MM+ strategic programs, in business and technology, driving business transformation across the enterprise for global and national companieso Developed strategy, planning, objectives, capabilities` alignment, and translated them to strategic initiativeso Risk Management Expert - practiced Enterprise Risk Management in all Three Lines of Defense for the variety of Risks: Regulatory, Operational, Strategic, Systems, Compliance, Business Continuity, Third Party Mngt, Market Risko Translated Regulations to required projects and E2E processeso Initiated & Executed improvements - reduced costs & risks, Developed & Improved E2E processes. Challenged status quo & removed siloso Led, built, trained (200+employees) diverse, cross-functional teams resulting in high-performing, cohesive teamso Operationalized key Federal Regulations for Healthcare and Financial industrieso Developed productive relationships with Sr Executives, Regulators, Clients & PeersCertifications: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Advanced Business Strategy; Gen. AI Governance; AHIP Managed Healthcare• Practitioner: Agile PM, Black Belt/Kaizen, User-Centered Design Areas of Expertise:• Strategy: Evaluation, Planning & Execution; Performance Management• Enterprise Risk Management• Project, Program and Change Management• Operational Excellence; E2E Process Design & Improvement; Org. Strategy• Regulatory Compliance, Governance and Execution• Leadership, Team building• Facilitator/Moderator Change agent. Initiator. Passionate to connect dots & connect people Holistic approach. Analytical and able to synthesize and structure unique insights, create new ideas, strategic opportunities & relationships Excelled in leading challenging conversations. Power of humor-practitioner^ Mentor to many. Women & Children Advocate. Multi-disciplined, Multicultural and Multilingual^ Previously: Professor of Business, Athlete & Coach of 3 times champion fencing team^ AI Governance & Cyber risk enthusiast

Experience

1. Director, Operational Risk Management

   Lisc Fund Management

   Jan 2024 — Present

   Designed, developed and implemented Risk Management framework with the focus on Operational Risk Management across all business functions. Developed and aligned ORM Strategy and execution with the overall company`s Strategy and its pillars to increase operational efficiency, regulatory compliance and go to market speed• Developed and Implemented: Risk Taxonomy, Heatmap, RCSA (Risk and Control Self-Assessment) process, KPIs, Reporting, Business Processes` and Models Inventory, Models and Third-Party Risk Management frameworks, Data governance• Performed and documented End to End Risk qualitative and quantitative assessment, criticality and mitigation strategies, developed and implemented controls` framework. • Led change management, closely worked with all cross-functional teams, trained 1st Line of Defense on Governance and Risk Management tools• Created and improved Policies and Procedures, restructured processes resulting in streamlined governance, with removed redundancy and siloes, and 51% improvement, impacting directly efficiency and resources• Led and participated in Internal Audits and Prepared teams for the external regulatory audits

Education

• Harvard Business School

  Advanced Business Strategy

• University of Belgrade

  School of Law, 2 years

• University of Novi Sad

  Master’s degree in Economics, International Business

Skills

• Project Management
• Access
• Strategic Planning
• Microsoft Access
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Business Process
• Business Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Business Process Improvement
• Critical Thinking
• Process Improvement
• Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Policy
• Sdlc
• Auditing
• Databases
• Problem Analysis
• Creative Solutions
• Project Planning
• Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Training