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Risk & Governance Specialist

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Job Description:

This role is pivotal in safeguarding BT’s commercial integrity and ensuring that our major contracts and business activities are governed by robust risk management and control frameworks. You’ll operate across the business unit to identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risks, embed key controls, and ensure compliance with BT’s governance standards and strategic obligations. As part of a distributed, matrix-style risk model, you’ll play a central role in shaping how risk is understood and managed across this division. Your work will directly support informed decision-making, protect commercial value, and uphold BT’s reputation.

Job Responsibility:

  • Proactively identify, assess, and monitor risks across major contracts, frameworks, and commercial programmes, ensuring alignment with BT’s risk appetite and strategic goals
  • Implement and maintain governance frameworks that ensure compliance with BT’s internal policies, regulatory requirements, and contractual obligations
  • Act as a subject matter expert on BT’s commercial governance policies, including Delegation of Authority (DoA), contract governance, and risk escalation protocols
  • Produce regular risk and governance reports for senior leadership, highlighting emerging risks, control effectiveness, and compliance trends
  • Collaborate with Client Partners, Commercial Operations, Legal, Finance, and Delivery teams to embed governance and risk awareness into day-to-day operations

Requirements:

  • Strong understanding of commercial risk, contract governance, and internal control frameworks
  • Experience managing risk registers, RAID logs, and compliance reporting in a commercial or operational environment
  • Familiarity with regulatory and contractual compliance requirements in telecoms or similar sectors
  • Proven ability to lead and deliver risk and governance initiatives in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment
  • Risk Management
  • Data Analysis
  • Contract Management
  • Relationship Building
  • Change Management
  • Must have lived in UK for 10+ years to obtain clearance
  • DV Security Clearance is required
What we offer:
  • 10% on target bonus (Depending on country based)
  • BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
  • On-call allowance (Depending on role requirements)
  • 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
  • Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
  • World-class training and development opportunities
  • From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up
  • Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more
  • 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
  • 2 weeks paid carer’s leave
  • Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
  • Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
  • Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop
  • An allowance of £5k per annum may be payable monthly while you hold this DV and continue to work in a role that requires that level of security clearance

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 01, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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