Director, Regulatory Transformation and Governance

Key Responsibilities

• Governance, Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement: Deliver board-level reporting, support governance committees, enhance transparency and accountability, and translate complex data into actionable intelligence.
• Policy Governance: Oversee compliance policy lifecycle management, ensure timely updates, lead harmonization efforts, and ensure timely attestations with effective testing.
• Compliance Organizational Resiliency (COR): Lead the COR program, develop documentation, coordinate training, identify critical functions, monitor trends, integrate resiliency frameworks, ensure monitoring mechanisms, and facilitate training programs.
• Process Improvements, Reviews, and Corrective Action Planning: Lead continuous improvement initiatives, conduct process audits, develop corrective action plans, identify resource constraints, recommend enhancements, and establish feedback loops.
• Leadership: Provide strategic leadership, oversee global regulatory initiatives, serve as a senior advisor, lead cross-functional forums, champion innovation, represent the Regulatory Transformation function, influence policy, drive strategic communication, and establish performance metrics.
• People Management: Lead and develop a high-performing team, set goals, foster innovation, provide coaching and career support, conduct performance reviews, promote collaboration, ensure training readiness, manage resources, and champion diversity and inclusion.
• Strategy: Design and execute a regulatory transformation roadmap, implement assessment methodologies, translate trends into strategies, align initiatives with risk appetite, use insights to inform decisions, collaborate with senior leaders, support governance, and champion innovation.
• Process & Thematic Reviews: Lead reviews of high-risk processes, conduct targeted assessments, develop assessment criteria, ensure team training, promote evaluation consistency, facilitate debriefs, and track action implementation.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Develop communication platforms, facilitate cross-functional meetings, and translate project data into insights for leadership.

Qualification & Requirements

Required

• At least 10 years of experience in compliance, strategic planning, and program/project management.
• Deep understanding of compliance risk management and regulatory frameworks.
• Expertise in project management, policy governance, and business continuity.
• Knowledgeable with BCP frameworks and policy lifecycle management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Risk Management, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities and strong experience in managing cross-functional teams

Preferred

• Professional certifications (e.g., CISA, CIA, CRCM, CBCP) are highly desirable.
• Ability to represent the business internally and externally, including with regulators and industry peers.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the financial services industry and regulatory environment with an advanced understanding of the company’s business.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience delivering executive-level reporting and facilitating governance forums.

Benefits

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.