HR Project Manager | Risk & Controls

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a strategic People Risk and Governance Transformation programme across EMEA.
• Review and enhance the existing HR Risk & Control Framework, including delegated control responsibilities and Second Line of Defence oversight.
• Design and implement an improved governance and target operating model, establishing clear accountability, risk ownership, oversight and escalation processes.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies and RAID logs.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams across HR, Operational Risk, Compliance, Legal, Technology and business functions.
• Facilitate senior stakeholder workshops to define future-state governance structures, operating procedures and control oversight arrangements.
• Drive improvements to risk reporting, including the development of KRIs, KPIs, management information, dashboards and executive reporting.
• Prepare and present executive-level papers, project updates and recommendations to senior leadership and steering committees.
• Provide constructive challenge to senior stakeholders, driving decisions, accountability and alignment across the organisation.
• Ensure that new frameworks and processes are practical, sustainable and aligned with enterprise risk management requirements.

Experience Required

We are particularly interested in speaking with experienced Project and Transformation Managers who have delivered Risk, Controls, Governance or Operating Model Transformation programmes within large, complex financial services organisations.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

Highly Desirable

• Previous delivery of HR Risk & Controls, People Risk, Operational Risk or Regulatory Governance Transformation within a major investment or corporate bank.
• Experience designing and implementing Second Line of Defence oversight frameworks.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and their associated operational, conduct and regulatory risks.
• Experience working across geographically dispersed teams and multiple EMEA jurisdictions.