Senior Risk Manager - Data Risk

About the team

The Technology and Transformation Risk Team is part of the wider risk management function responsible for providing check and challenge to the first line over their risk profile.

What you will be doing?

The key purpose of Senior Risk Manager, Data Risk is to provide independent, forward‑looking oversight of data risk across the organisation. Acting as the second line of defence, to ensure that data integrity, security, and resilience risks are identified, assessed, and managed in line with the Group’s defined risk appetite, policies, and the Data Risk Framework.

Your responsibilities will include…

• Supporting and engaging with 1LOD business and controls functions to ensure effective adherence to the Data risk management principles and framework ensuring that 1LOD fully adheres to the 3LOD disciplines based on defined 1LOD and 2LOD roles and responsibilities
• Working with First Line business areas to embed and maintain a robust and efficient process driven RCSA, providing Second Line of Defence support through a combination of RCSA deep dives and reviews
• Delivering 2LoD opinion over the assessment of risks linked to data integrity, availability, and resilience, including dependencies on critical data assets and Important Business Services (IBS) in relation to the Group’s wider strategic initiatives and projects
• Structuring, organising and delivering the 2LOD Data Risk team to ensure effective assessment, monitoring and reporting of data risk activities
• Working closely with the Group Operational Risk team to ensure that Data risk (including AI) is integrated into overall risk appetite
• Ensuring second line oversight is provided as designed to ensure that the data used for financial reporting and to support legal and regulatory requirements is accurate, valid, reliable, traceable, timely, available, secure, and consistent
• Providing oversight of third-party and concentration risks, ensuring dependencies on external data sources, platforms and vendors are identified and managed
• Collaborating with Model Risk to ensure oversight of model and analytics risk, including bias, drift, explainability and responsible use of AI/ML
• Ensure second line oversight is provided as designed to lead the development, publishing and maintenance of the organisation’s data risks, controls and processes
• Delivering second line oversight processes as intended to ensure continued compliance to GDPR principles and evolving regulatory requirements, including privacy, AI and localisation rules

What's in it for you?

We offer a base salary dependent on experience from £68,000 - £80,000 and a competitive benefits package including:

• Discretionary annual bonus opportunity of up to 15%
• 28 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

Please use this link to see the fantastic benefits available at OSB: OSB Careers

About us

At OSB Group, we understand how much our people bring to our organisation, which is why we try our best to give back too! Our Purpose is to help our customers, colleagues and communities prosper and we are on a transformation journey to become ‘the bank of the future’.

Our commitment to professional development, flexible working, and employee well-being fosters a dynamic and supportive workplace.

Do you have the skills?

We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:

• Proven track record in a data‑related management role, with demonstrable oversight of risks linked to data integrity, security, and resilience, including dependencies on critical data assets and Important Business Services
• Extensive experience of building strong collaborative relationships at all levels within a large organisation, including having to interact with and influence senior management
• Robust experience of implementing appropriate and proportionate processes and procedures around data and information management linked to a Data Risk framework

Next steps

If this sounds like you, please apply now! For internal applications please visit the internal careers page to apply.

Still on the fence? Hear from our team or explore our process: OSB Careers

Shortlisted candidates will go through a personalised recruitment process, that is relevant and conversational – inclusive any individual reasonable support required. We want to bring out the best in you!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Not sure if you meet the spec? Let us decide.

Research tells us that those from marginalised groups feel like they need to meet 100% of the criteria to apply. Here at OSB, we are committed to inclusivity and understand the value different experiences and perspectives can bring, so please don’t feel like you need to check every box to apply for a role internally.

We champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.