We're looking for a commercial, influential leader to head up a Risk & Compliance team responsible for delivering expert guidance across enterprise risk, compliance, regulatory obligations, privacy and internal controls. This role sets the vision for a major risk product area and ensures the business effectively manages commercial and operational risk.
You'll work closely with senior executives, shape risk frameworks, uplift governance capability, and lead a high-performing team in an agile environment.
What You'll Do:
* Set the strategic roadmap for a key risk and compliance capability, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
* Provide expert advice to first-line teams on material business risks, regulatory obligations and compliance frameworks.
* Drive planning, prioritisation and delivery across annual and multi-year cycles.
* Coach and empower a mission team to deliver strong outcomes, innovation and continuous improvement.
* Prioritise work based on business value, risk impact and stakeholder needs.
* Build strong relationships across the business, influencing decision-makers on complex risk and compliance matters.
* Shape and enhance risk frameworks, governance processes, privacy controls and assurance activities.
* Translate complex risk issues into clear, actionable insights that support business performance.
* Provide high-quality reporting and insights to senior leaders and key stakeholders.
About you:
* Deep experience in risk management, compliance, governance or operational risk within complex or regulated industries (e.g. financial services, telco, technology, government).
* Proven leadership experience, ideally in agile or fast-paced environments.
* Strong commercial acumen with the ability to simplify and communicate complex issues.
* Ability to influence executives and drive outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups.
* A coaching-style leadership approach that lifts capability and performance.
Why Join?
* Lead a high-impact risk & compliance mission team.
* Executive visibility and opportunities to shape enterprise risk strategy.
* Work in a business that values innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.
* Make a measurable impact on risk culture and organisational performance.
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