VP, IT Governance & Risk Management
Knowledge & Experience:
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13 or more years of working experience in IT Security, Risk and Governance practices.
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5+ years of experience working in leadership role IT Security, Risk and Governance
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Evidence of influencing senior stakeholders and dealing with external auditors and regulators
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Excellent interpersonal skills and good oral and written communication skills
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Good understanding of process models in ISO and industry standards relating to IT Security, Risk and Governance.
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Good understanding of security and risk management in financial institutions.
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Good understanding of innovations / trends in IT and fintech in particular
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Recent experience in the governance of agile and other digital/innovation ways of working
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Good experience of enforcing good governance across an outsourced IT resourcing model.
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Strong analytical capabilities and knowledge of related tools and processes. Proven ability to handle volume detail and summarise effectively
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Excellent knowledge all aspects of technology: infrastructure; operations, security, development, change/transformation, support, innovation, vendor management etc., and banking related processes especially risk management. Should have demonstrable experience of working in the majority of these domains.
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Good understanding of technology processes across a full service IT organization. Should have demonstrable experience in these areas.
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Good understanding of banking related environments – especially around high availability, data confidentiality, security etc.
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Good understanding of project management to drive the team to deliver to objectives and to oversight the division’s change governance
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Good understanding of technology trends to keep the policies and procedures ahead of the curve
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Good knowledge in different IT process models (ITIL / ISO / COBIT etc.).
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High Performance attitude and track record to evidence
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Adequate forward planning and implementation of improvement initiatives
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Budget and cost management
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Utilization of resources – Effective utilization of staff to deliver planned and unplanned outcomes to agreed timelines
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User satisfaction – Feedback from business units and other IT teams on the collaborative support provided by the unit
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Quality – Availability of record of activities carried out by the unit, in compliance with quality assurance requirements
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Risk management – Effective management of risks in the infrastructure operations
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Vendor management – Efficient use of outsourced vendor teams. Performance of vendors as per committed SLAs
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Staff development – Staff turnover, availability of skills, staff satisfaction, and talent managementSkills:
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Relationship management
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Influencing skills
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Big picture thinker with attention to details
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Strong change and communication skills
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Strong analysis skills
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Strong interpersonal skills
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Resource (time and people) management skills
