Senior Risk Manager, Data & Privacy
$85,493–$100,580 year
HybridEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom or Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Provide independent second-line supervision, scrutiny, and risk assessment across business areas, pivotal initiatives, and transformation programmes. Deliver clear, evidence-based risk opinions and recommendations to inform decision-making, remediation, and investment priorities. Monitor the data risk landscape by identifying emerging risks, control weaknesses, and systemic themes through analysis of risk indicators, incidents, and assurance findings. Contribute to developing and improving data risk policies, standards, frameworks, and supervision techniques. Offer expert guidance on complex data risk issues, including data governance, quality, lineage, metadata, privacy, retention, records management, data architecture, cloud technologies, and AI. Build positive relationships across the three lines of defence to influence effective risk oversight and positive customer outcomes. Operate at the intersection of data, technology, risk, and regulation to improve the Group's data risk framework, appetite, and oversight approach.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years' experience in data risk, data governance, data management or a related risk field within a complex organisation
- 7+ years' experience translating complex technical, architectural and regulatory topics into clear risk insights, recommendations and practical actions for business and risk leaders
- 7+ years' experience working with modern data environments and technologies, including cloud platforms, advanced analytics, AI and data architecture
- 7+ years' experience applying analytical, communication and partner leadership skills to communicate risk insights, influence senior decision-makers and drive positive risk outcomes
- Knowledge of BCBS239
- Knowledge of GDPR
- Knowledge of UK Data Protection requirements
- Knowledge of AI governance
- Knowledge of other relevant regulatory frameworks
- Professional qualifications in risk, data management, data governance, privacy or technology-related subject areas
Desired Qualifications
- Experience leading thematic reviews, risk assessments or assurance activities within a Non-Financial risk environment
- Experience embedding risk and control-by-design principles within AI, cloud, data transformation or large-scale technology change programmes
- Experience coaching or mentoring colleagues and contributing to capability development
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