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About the Role

The Risk & Data Security Manager will own the day-to-day execution, auditing, and continuous improvement of risk management frameworks and data protection policies. This role ensures global policies and processes are robust against various risks, balancing a secure environment with supporting responsible AI innovation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Enterprise Risk Register, collaborating with risk owners to identify, assess, and implement mitigation controls.
• Maintain risk management tools to measure probability and impact accurately.
• Investigate, monitor and record risk events, proactively raising organizational awareness of threats and driving post-mortem reviews to prevent recurrence.
• Manage the organization’s global insurance coverage portfolio.
• Support the Head of Legal & Risk in preparing materials for the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC), including the Quarterly Risk Report.
• Act as the internal champion and primary operational contact for data protection (eg GDPR).
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with our external Data Protection Officer (DPO).
• Conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments and risk reviews on new products, platforms, and vendors.
• Maintain the global compliance tracking framework.
• Coordinate international filings for review by the Head of Legal.
• Partner across the org to ensure data security best practices are baked into our architecture, policies are robust and regularly reviewed, and are appropriately audited.

Requirements

• 4+ years in risk management, compliance, or data protection.
• Strong foundational knowledge of data protection and basic data security principles.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, impact driven environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with experience of delivering through colleagues.
• Exceptional analytical skills with a knack for spotting operational vulnerabilities and designing simple, elegant controls to fix them.
• Attention to detail.
• Numeracy skills.
• Comfort working across time zones.

Skills

• Risk Management
• Data Protection
• Data Security
• GDPR
• Compliance
• Communication
• Influencing
• Analytical Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Numeracy

Location

• London
• Globally distributed (UK and US)

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 4+ years

Salary/Compensations

• £45,000–£60,000

Benefits

• Real ownership
• Flat structure
• Chance to help shape the future of strategic philanthropy
• Learning-driven advisory environment

About the Company

• Founders Pledge's mission is to empower entrepreneurs to do immense good with their charitable giving.
• The community of over 2,200 members has pledged nearly $13.6B and donated $1.8B+ to the charitable sector in 45+ countries.
• We provide end-to-end giving infrastructure, pioneering research, and access to a global network of experts.
• We help tech leaders become strategic philanthropists.
• Members include founders and leaders behind companies such as Airbnb, UiPath, Dropbox, Skype, Spotify, and Uber.
• We focus on deploying capital where it can achieve the greatest impact, guided by evidence, careful analysis, and long-term thinking.
• We're a diverse team, from both charitable and commercial backgrounds, who believe remarkable things happen when people tackle hard problems together.

Equal Opportunity

• We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Founders Pledge.
• We seek people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share our drive to understand and solve complex social challenges.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
• We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can do their best work.
• If you’re excited about our mission but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.