Director, Risk Product Lead

Job Title: Director, Risk Product Lead

Location: London

Reports To: Head of Enterprise Functions Engineering

 

Role Overview

We are seeking a visionary and highly experienced Director, Risk Product Lead to drive the strategy, delivery, and transformation of enterprise risk platforms across the Group. This role will own the end-to-end product and technology agenda supporting the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF), spanning both financial and non-financial risk domains.

The role will lead the development of next-generation risk capabilities powered by large-scale data platforms, modern architectures, and AI-driven insights, while ensuring robustness, regulatory alignment, and operational excellence.

The ideal leader will bring deep technical expertise, strong domain knowledge across Enterprise Risk, Financial Risk, and Non-Financial Risk, and proven experience in building and scaling global teams. They will play a critical role in establishing the foundational platforms for ERMF, while enabling innovation and transformation across Corporate Functions.

This is a critical leadership position that partners across Risk, Engineering, Data, and Business functions to elevate the Group’s risk capability and ensure it is future-fit.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the product and platform strategy for enterprise risk systems aligned with the Group’s ERMF

• Serve as the single accountable leader for core risk platforms spanning financial and non-financial risk

• Lead the design and implementation of foundational risk capabilities, enabling a consistent and scalable ERMF across the organization

• Establish long-term roadmaps aligned with Risk, Corporate Functions, and Engineering strategies

 

Product & Platform Delivery

• Lead global teams responsible for the build, integration, testing, release, and operation of risk platforms

• Drive modern engineering practices including API-led architecture, DevSecOps, automation, and cloud-native delivery

• Ensure platforms support risk aggregation, reporting, analytics, and regulatory requirements with high performance and resilience

• Oversee vendor partners and engineering suppliers, ensuring quality, scalability, and accountability

 

Data & Platform Enablement

• Architect and scale large data platforms to support enterprise-wide risk data aggregation and analytics

• Establish strong data foundations including governance, lineage, quality, and accessibility across risk domains

• Enable a unified view of risk across financial and non-financial areas through integrated data and platforms

 

Transformation & Innovation

• Drive the evolution and simplification of the risk technology landscape, reducing fragmentation and technical debt

• Apply AI/ML use cases to enhance risk identification, monitoring, and predictive insights

• Introduce modern capabilities such as real-time risk monitoring, advanced analytics, and event-driven architectures

• Champion continuous improvement, performance optimisation, and cost efficiency

 

Stakeholder Partnership

• Act as the strategic partner across Corporate Functions, and Business leaders—aligning platform capabilities with enterprise needs

• Communicate product strategy, platform direction, and delivery progress to senior leadership and executive forums

• Build trusted relationships across Group stakeholders, regulators, and external partners

 

People Leadership

• Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing global team across engineering, data, and product disciplines

• Develop talent and embed a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and innovation

• Foster collaboration across regions and functions to deliver at scale

 

Key Skills & Experience

 

Technical & Domain Expertise

• Strong experience delivering enterprise-scale risk platforms, data platforms, or product-led technology solutions

• Deep domain expertise in Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks (ERMF), Financial Risk, and Non-Financial Risk

• Proven experience building and scaling large data ecosystems

• Strong understanding of risk data aggregation, reporting, and regulatory expectations

• Experience applying AI/ML within risk, data, or analytics domains

• Broad experience across RFT (Risk, Finance, Treasury) landscapes and integrations

 

Leadership & Delivery

• Proven ability to lead global teams and deliver large-scale transformation programmes

• Demonstrated success in building foundational platforms in complex, regulated environments

• Strong capability to define strategy, manage roadmaps, and influence senior stakeholders

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills at executive level

 

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline

• Advanced certifications in cloud, data, or enterprise architecture (desirable)

• 10+ years in senior leadership roles across risk, data, and engineering domains

 

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape the future of enterprise risk at a global financial markets infrastructure leader

• A platform to build foundational capabilities supporting the Group’s ERMF transformation

• Collaborative environment with high visibility, impact, and innovation focus

 

Career Stage:

Director

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