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About the Role
The Enterprise Data Risk Manager ensures data risk is managed coherently and consistently across the Group, aligning with enterprise risk appetite and regulatory expectations. This senior hands-on role within the Data Governance, Risk & Management function brings stakeholders together to create a coherent view of data risk and move the Group from fragmented risk visibility to consistent, evidenced risk management.
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise data risk identification and assessment by applying Group risk standards consistently.
- Lead alignment to enterprise risk appetite by working with risk partners and business owners to align data risks, controls, key risk indicators and tolerances.
- Own enterprise data risk reporting and governance inputs by setting the structure, measures and narrative for risk and governance forums.
- Oversee and challenge remediation by maintaining enterprise visibility of risk reduction plans and escalating material blockers or control gaps.
- Lead data control effectiveness assessment by assessing control operation and identifying areas for improvement.
- Lead regulatory and policy alignment for data risk by monitoring expectations and ensuring reflection in risk assessments and reporting.
- Partner with data governance colleagues to connect policy adherence, ownership, stewardship, metadata, lineage and data quality findings into a coherent view of data risk exposure.
- Work with second line, compliance and internal audit to support risk reviews and ensure findings are understood, owned and remediated effectively.
- Broker trade-offs and strengthen common approaches by bringing stakeholders together where requirements conflict, and improving reporting and evidence practices.
Requirements
- Strong experience in risk management, data risk, data governance, operational risk, controls or a closely related discipline within financial services or another regulated environment.
- Strong understanding of risk management frameworks, including risk identification, assessment, appetite alignment, key risk indicators, control design, control effectiveness and remediation tracking.
- Good understanding of data management disciplines, including data ownership, data quality, metadata, lineage, critical data and policy adherence.
- Proven ability to lead enterprise risk processes and oversee remediation, assessing complex exposure, validating evidence and translating findings into clear recommendations and executive-ready reporting.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge and broker trade-offs.
- Able to work effectively in a federated operating model, building trust with local owners while maintaining independence of view and appropriate challenge.
- Organised, hands-on and delivery-focused, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities, governance cycles and reporting deadlines.
- Clear communicator, able to explain data risk clearly to both risk specialists and non-specialist audiences.
Skills
- Risk Management
- Data Risk
- Data Governance
- Operational Risk
- Controls
- Risk Management Frameworks
- Data Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Influencing
- Communication
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Flexible working arrangements
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Pension scheme of up to 18%
- Share Save and Share Incentive Plan
- Financial wellbeing and support services
- 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Opportunity to purchase up to five extra days of leave
- Time Off When You Need It policy
- Market-leading Inspiring Families policy (comprehensive support and paid parental leave)
- Private Healthcare
- Critical Illness cover
- Life Assurance
- Additional family options for Health & Protection cover
About the Company
- M&G has a heritage dating back more than 175 years, with a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise.
- The Asset Management and Life segments work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
- M&G aims to create an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent by embodying values of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity.
Equal Opportunity
- M&G strives to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by policies and employee-led networks.
- Applications are welcomed from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.
- M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme.
- M&G is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and offers reasonable adjustments upon request.