Head of Technology Risk

8 months ago

London, United Kingdom Wise Full time

**Company Description**
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.
Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their life easier and save them money.
As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission.
**Job Description** Your mission**

We're looking for a Head of Technology Risk to join our fast growing Group Risk Team, sitting within Operational Risk. In this second line of defence role, you'll give support to Wisers in rolling out and embedding core elements of the risk management framework, with a focus on technology risk and resilience (risks pertaining to our product technology, platform and architecture). We need to make sure we're identifying the right risks and growing in control, but we want to do so whilst continuing with our agile "test and learn" approach to launching products.

You will support and contribute to the build, implementation and day-to-day management of the technology risk framework, provide guidance on events, support risk assessments and scenarios.

**The role**
- Supporting our Group Head of Operational Risk in rolling out a best-in-class technology risk framework, including embedding of the risk and control self assessment process, risk incident and issues management, digital operational resilience practices, product governance, and more.
- Partnering with ‘first line’ teams - primarily the CTO organisation and supporting Wise Platform teams as well as our Product squads, to provide risk support in the assessment of systems and infrastructure risk and security risk, including in the development of new products and features by embedding good risk practices and finding solutions to problems, identifying risks and recommending controls.
- Playing a key role in the management of technology and security related risk incidents and issues that occur
- Supporting the development and implementation of technology risk policies, procedures, key risk indicators, and appetite statements
- Conducting in-depth reviews of different areas of the business, their adoption and implementation of technology, and reporting on risk matters to oversight committees
- Reviewing and assessing changes to Wise’s technology platform and products that affect our company risk profile
- Promoting and helping embed a strong risk culture, making risk meaningful and relevant to everyone at Wise

**Qualifications** About you**
- You have worked in the financial services / banking / fintech sector. You have a keen interest and proven experience in payment services, and operational controls and reporting
- You have deep expertise in technology platforms and products used by financial services organisations
- Experience of digital and technology risk and control assessments
- Experience working with working with technology teams to improve system security, develop incident response plans, and implement data protection measures
- The ability to think creatively when resolving problems to identify alternatives where established procedures may not exist
- You are confident and credible in interactions with business stakeholders (engineering, product, security, operations) with deep technical expertise to provide challenge, support and oversight of risk matters.
- You are comfortable with data analysis and data-driven problem solving and solutionising
- You have experience supporting risk assessments and/or operational risk event capture and analysis and finding new and innovative ways to do things.
- You’re resilient and comfortable working in a fast paced environment where the day to day job differs
- You are hands-on, a strong influencer, stakeholder manager, great at execution, and focussed on the detail
- You’re curious and collaborative - you’re great at asking incisive questions to pick things up and act on them quickly outcomes

We’re people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in.

Also, qualifications aren’t that important to us. If you’ve got great experience, and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you.

And because we believe that diverse teams build better products, we’d especially love to hear from you if you’re from an under-represented demographic.
**Additional Information**
Find more out about our benefits offering here.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we cel

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