Regional Lead for Risk Tech

Role Title:Regional Risk Technology LeadLocation: Prague, Czech Republic

Overall purpose of role

This role is responsible for managing the technology teams in Prague and will be part for the Wholesale Risk Leadership team, reporting into the CIO for Wholesale Risk. The core responsibilities will be to increase our execution efficiency and risk domain experience within the engineering community within the region, The role will also help drive the build out of our target state for the domain and migrate our operating model to Scaled AGILE.

Key Accountabilities

Leading the platform engineers to drive our platform convergence towards our target state.

Ensure we have clearly defined functional and technical roadmaps to drive this convergence over the next 3-5 years.

Build the right engineering skills in the location to increase the velocity and predictability of delivery.

Ensure we increase the robustness and reliability of the platforms, partnering with run-the-bank to improve site reliability

Increase the level of knowledge of risk SME within the teams in this region.

Key skills and experience

Programming background with core experience in a core programming language such as C/C++ or JAVA.

Experience of building high distributed and scalable platforms with experience in building grid based or highly multi-threaded applications.

Risk domain experience in one or more of the main asset classes: Interest Rate, Equity, FX and/or Commodities.

Knowledge of AGILE SDLC methodologies and common software design patterns.

Senior stakeholder management experience with the leadership skills to build credible relationships with relevant stakeholders inRisk, Front Office Trading, Product Control and other relevant parts of Technology.

Experience of leading large scale teams of 100+ staff.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

Builds Self Insight: Creates an open culture where understanding own drivers, strengths and development areas is actively encouraged and valued. Supports a culture where the development of people skills is given the same priority as technical skills

Developing Others: Sets challenging objectives for personal, team and functional improvement and holds others to account in delivering these. Takes the lead in driving succession planning, ensuring the organisation retains and develops the key talent needed for the future

Enabling High Performance: Sets the standards of and assumes accountability for performance required to achieve the organisation’s future goals and priorities. Enables leaders to take calculated risks by delegating trust and responsibility to deliver success in their area

Building Relationships: Creates and maintains a culture in which trust and mutual respect are valued, challenging people and systems that do not support this. Uses complex influencing strategies and conveys a strong vision to achieve results and obtain buy-in across the organisation

Working Collaboratively: Builds a culture where involvement and sharing are seen as essential for the achievement of shared objectives and agendas. Sets a clear agenda where business areas and functions understand their contribution to the future success of the organisation

Making Critical Decisions: Takes a flexible, agile decision making process to shape strategic direction, responding positively to changing internal and external circumstances. Promotes a culture in which the needs and perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders and partners are at the forefront of decision-making

Defining and Executing Change: Acts as a catalyst for change and inspires confidence in stakeholders with the quality and conviction of their vision, building support and sponsorship at all levels and ensures the need for change is embedded in across the organisation

Driving Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Shapes and drives a culture of review and improvement across the organisation. Strives to continually improve business processes that impact positively on the business and uphold the values

Building an Effective Control Environment: Champions a culture where all colleagues understand and follow the framework within which the bank follows risk and takes accountability for ensuring this. Takes personal accountability for ensuring that processes, risks and controls are applied in way that achieves a good outcome for the bank and its customers/clients

Risk and Control Objective

Apply the highest standards of controls and risk management practices and behaviours and embed a strong risk and control culture. Demonstrate prudence, sound judgement and appropriate and timely escalations in the management of all types of risk applicable to my role.

Person Specification

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field

C-level experience preferred

Experienced operating and leading within a global organization

Strong general operational expertise

Change management skills, particularly around improving the customer experience

Strong leadership skills, demonstrated in a global, matrixed environment

Inspirational leadership style, exhibiting drive and determination and demonstrating resilience in the face of adversity

Team player; able to develop and build great relationships with stakeholders, and to manage and deliver results through collaboration / influence in a matrix environment.

Strong problem solver; able to manage complexity