Director - Information & Resilience Risk Management - Bank

- The selected candidate will report directly to the Regional Head Asia Pacific.

- In this role, the candidate will be responsible to lead and manage the delivery of mandate in-country (including branch and legal entity level).

High-Level Activities include :

- Oversee and manage 2LOD function. Validates and challenges the 1LOD control environment.

- Provide independent risk management, advisory and escalation.

- Crisis management response and coordination

- Oversight of compliance to India regulations

India mandate and oversight includes :

- Functional Management: Business Continuity Management, Security Risk Management, Crisis Management, Vendor Risk Management, IT Risk Management, Information Security Risk Management and Protective Intelligence.

- Site-Lead Management - Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Bangalore and all India locations

- NOC Management

Key Responsibilities :

- Represent whole of in India and discharge duty-of-care to local stakeholders, country management and governance participation.

- Demonstrate leadership by building a team that is diverse, operate with integrity and accountability, is conscious of risk and cost, is well networked and adheres to high standards

- Oversee risk-type controller (RTC) delivery in-country as per 2LOD blueprint,

- Oversee compliance with in-country regulations, policies and standards and ensure teams are fully appraised of local nuances and regulatory requirements.

- Engage in Risk identification and assessments, Risk aggregation and reporting and Risk escalations to risk owners, country management and governance forums.

- Effectively manage, monitor, communicate and escalate risks in particular material risks and issues to APAC Regional Head in a timely manner.

- Oversee the design and implementations of a comprehensive exercise strategy and programs for India including security, incident/crisis management and IT DR exercise to raise the level of readiness and preparedness.

- Support management of incidents and crises as required within Crisis Management model

- Maintain MIS reporting which includes - Measure of readiness, Recover ability capability and resilience and Residual risk.

Key Qualities Required :

- Good understanding of banking processes and banking technology

- Well developed sense of personal accountability, flexibility and innovation

- Strong work ethic and sense of urgency in personal approach to problems

- Strong record of achievement and competency in managing change agendas

- Ability to form relationships and capitalise upon them to achieve tangible objectives

- Highly self-motivated; robust decision making capability

- Experienced in presenting and dealing with senior management

- Able to apply the Values and Beliefs of the Bank

- Willing to go beyond normal duties especially during crises; willingness to travel when needed.

- Strong analytical ability with a proven track record

- Calm and productive under pressure in a high performance and complex operating environment

Experience :

- Minimum of 10 years of related experience in a resilience and risk management role or consultancy

- Sound understanding of financial sector and regulatory drivers

- Demonstrable Operational/Non-Financial Risk Management skills

- Experience in diverse range of risk management topics in a large complex institution

- Demonstrable success managing and operating in a matrix environment that encompasses functional and geographical diversity