Director, UK & EU Head of Technology Risk

Own and develop the regional UK and Europe technology risk roadmap, including all aspects of talent management, to create and cultivate a high performing technology risk team. Develop the regional delivery model of Enterprise Global IT Risk (GITR) services. Manage and measure how GITR capabilities and services are delivered to drive consistency whilst ensuring regional needs are met. Responsible for all GITR content and input into regional 1LoD and 2LoD Technology Risk Committees. Execute the regional Technology Risk Profile, presenting outputs to support risk reporting at the appropriate 1LoD and 2LoD Technology Risk committees. Provide oversight of and strategic direction for all regional IT risk reporting, ensuring alignment with Enterprise logic whilst ensuring region-specific capabilities are appropriately developed. Develop and implement a regional strategy to ensure compliance with regional technology regulatory requirements can be effectively demonstrated in a comprehensive, efficient and timely manner. Develop and implement a regional IT Asset Identification execution strategy, in conjunction with the relevant Enterprise teams to ensure regional alignment and global consistency. Act as a technology risk ambassador across business platforms in region, identifying IT Risk issues and partnering with functional heads in technology, group risk management, compliance and privacy to define and implement solutions. Engage with regulators and audit teams on regional assessments ensuring high caliber capability is provided driving confident engagement, and high quality, accurate output. Operate as the focal leader for IT Risk to build strong relationships across a complex geographic scope and different businesses. Provide training and awareness, as directed by the enterprise awareness team on IT Risk matters. Using existing risk expertise and experience, provide region-specific advisory services, using enterprise capabilities (people, process, technologies) to solve local issues and drive regional uplift. Remain enthusiastic during times of change and communicate support for Management Decisions. Anticipate and proactively seek out future challenges to ensure uninterrupted delivery of technology initiatives. Escalate, manage and report control issues succinctly with clarity and transparency.