Group Head of Risk Change Management

About the team:
Are you looking for a leadership role in risk? At OSB, we’re continuing to expand, build and strengthen our Risk team and need a strategic thinker with deep experience of risk programme change management to be part of the next stage of our journey

About Us:
OSB Group is a leading specialist mortgage lender, primarily focused on carefully selected segments of the mortgage market. Our specialist lending is supported by our Kent Reliance and Charter Savings Bank retail savings franchises. Diversification of funding is provided by sophisticated securitisation platforms. OSB’s unique cost-efficient operating model is supported by our wholly-owned subsidiary OSBIndia.

OSB Group Plc is a FTSE 250 listed entity, following a successful IPO in 2014.

We value diversity, equity and inclusion highly across all the teams within the group and are keen to interview people from all backgrounds and genders.

What you will be doing:
In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive strategic risk change programmes with executive stakeholders and leading the change team in delivering multiple business outcomes. You will specifically support and partner with risk senior leaders to drive and execute the book of work for Risk change and programme initiatives.

Lastly, you will serve as a trusted advisor leveraging domain expertise of risk and regulation that may include capital requirements, conduct, governance, market regulations applicable to a Retail Bank operating in the UK market.

This fantastic and profile enhancing opportunity will allow you to work on multiple programmes, have a lot of senior level engagement and help drive forward the risk change agenda and risk Strategy.

Your responsibilities will include
- Drive delivery of projects and initiatives driven by external mandates from regulatory bodies, or internal mandates to mitigate risk and enhance controls while ensuring successful planning, integration, impasse resolution, and measurement with moderate to high complexity and visibility.
- Provide leadership to execute a variety of programmes and initiatives that are significant in scope and complexity.
- Collaborate with and influence functional business partners, leaders, and executive management to provide support and drive strategic initiatives for the business. Engage functional leaders to obtain resources, influence outcomes, address conflict, and ensure alignment with OSB policies and business line objectives. Consult with wider stakeholder network and review project proposals to determine goals, timeframes, budget, staffing requirements and project constraints and, in partnership with Risk leadership, ensure each team has a defined roadmap and supporting execution plan to achieve project goals. Identify potential risks when implementing change along with developing mitigation strategies and plans
- Develop, track and manage programme-level key performance indicators (KPIs) and key success metrics. Create meaningful presentations for steering committees and other forums as needed
- Develop and guide a culture of talent development to meet business objectives and strategy
- Establish budgets, plan and align required resources to execute on priorities and roadmaps

In return for your commitment:
We offer a base salary dependent on experience of between £100,000 - £120,000 and a competitive benefits package including:

- £7,500 car allowance
- Discretionary annual bonus opportunity of up to 80% (40% discretionary annual bonus opportunity and 40% LTIP awards)
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Contributory pension (8% employer 5% employee)
- Life Assurance (4x salary) plus Group Income Protection
- Access to Private Medical Insurance and Medical Cash Plan
- Maternity & Adoption Leave - Occupational Maternity/Adoption Pay provided at 100% of salary for the first 13 weeks and at 50% of salary for the next 13 week period
- Paternity Leave - 4 weeks of paid leave to be taken within 8 weeks of childbirth
- Additional benefits such as Hybrid working, Cycle Purchase scheme, Technology Purchase scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Holiday purchase / sell schemes, Employee Perk Portals, Payroll giving and Save as you Earn scheme

Could you be the one?:
We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:

- Substantial experience of managing Risk Change Programmes
- Significant experience of working within financial services
- Experience of working with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
- Substantial PMO development experience
- Great leadership skills with Line management experience
- Significant levels of experience in the provision of thought leadership and the development and driving of strategies and plans for advancing change programmes to deliver successful and sustainable outcomes
- Significant levels of experience in the development and management of programme-level key performance indicators (KPIs) and key success metrics
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