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Job Summary

• This role could be based in India and Malaysia. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, Please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

• The T&O; Risk & Governance (R&G;) team has dedicated, client-centric R&G; expertise to drive proactive risk identification and remediation outcomes for critical domain areas across T&O; and also specialised capabilities to provide streamlined risk management support, ensuring that risks are governed, assessed, mitigated, and reported consistently.
• The Head of Risk Management is a senior leadership role within the T&O; R&G; function, accountable for leading the Technology & Architecture risk management portfolio and delivering a proactive, forward-looking risk and control agenda across the supported domains, in line with the T&O; risk strategy.
• This role ensures that risk frameworks, governance routines, and control programmes are effectively embedded within the First Line of Defence across Technology & Architecture, enabling the organisation to anticipate, assess, and mitigate risks. The role provides oversight and effective challenge, drives timely issue identification and remediation, and escalates material risks as required, in alignment with the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF), Principal Risk Type Frameworks, and the Group's risk appetite.
• The role supports proactive identification of emerging and horizon risks, governs risk exposure, drives issue remediation,



and leads portfolio-level audit and regulatory engagement for Technology & Architecture. The individual partners closely with Technology & Architecture leadership teams and key stakeholders across Technology and Operations (T&O;), as well as first- and second-line risk functions and relevant governance bodies, to ensure risk considerations are embedded into transformation initiatives and operational decision-making.

Strategy

• Set the Technology & Architecture risk management direction and priorities, aligned to the T&O; R&G; strategy, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, and governed effectively.
• Ensure effective implementation of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) and Principal Risk Type Frameworks across Technology & Architecture, in line with the Group's risk appetite, policy requirements, and governance standards.
• Drive the proactive identification and assessment of emerging and horizon risks, ensuring timely escalation and coordinated mitigation plans with Technology & Architecture stakeholders.
• Provide risk oversight and effective challenge to key transformation and modernisation efforts Technology & Architecture, ensuring risk management is embedded into delivery governance and key decisions.
• Champion risk-informed decision-making by leveraging risk insights, metrics, and analytics to improve risk awareness, prioritisation,



and responsiveness across Technology & Architecture.

Business

• Partner with Technology & Architecture leadership teams to strengthen risk culture and ensure risk considerations are integrated into day-to-day operations, strategic change, and key delivery decisions.
• Oversee risk assessments and control testing processes, ensuring that risks are appropriately identified, evaluated, and addressed:
• Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs): Ensure timely completion of annual RCSA reviews and top-down risk assessments, ensuring an accurate reflection of the risk landscape.
• Threat Scenario Led Risk Assessments (TSRAs): Drive structured TSRAs to evaluate risks across Technology & Architecture.
• Provide risk-based advice and challenge to senior stakeholders, enabling effective risk mitigation and well-informed decision-making.
• Partner with first- and second-line risk functions to ensure a coordinated approach to risk management, risk mitigation, and remediation.
• Lead and coordinate audit and regulatory engagements, ensuring timely and high-quality responses to internal audit, external assurance reviews, and regulatory inquiries, with escalation and alignment as required.
• Oversee the risk-driven management of transformation programmes, ensuring that change risk is effectively governed and mitigated across major initiatives.

Processes

• End to End Risk Management: Lead execution of end-to-end risk management activities across supported domains, including RCSA execution, control mapping, ERR lifecycle management, and risk appetite monitoring. Support the proactive identification, assessment, and treatment of risk and control gaps, strengthenin

📌 Head, Risk Management, Technology (Chennai)
🏢 Standard Chartered Bank
📍 Chennai