Senior Risk and Compliance Manager - Product Owner

Senior Risk and Compliance Manager - Product Owner

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Contractor

Location:

Sydney - NSW

Industry:

Banking & Finance

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Date Published:

30-Nov-2025

We’re looking for a commercial, influential leader to head up a Risk & Compliance team responsible for delivering expert guidance across enterprise risk, compliance, regulatory obligations, privacy and internal controls. This role sets the vision for a major risk product area and ensures the business effectively manages commercial and operational risk.
You’ll work closely with senior executives, shape risk frameworks, uplift governance capability, and lead a high-performing team in an agile environment.

What You’ll Do:
  • Set the strategic roadmap for a key risk and compliance capability, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
  • Provide expert advice to first-line teams on material business risks, regulatory obligations and compliance frameworks.
  • Drive planning, prioritisation and delivery across annual and multi-year cycles.
  • Coach and empower a mission team to deliver strong outcomes, innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Prioritise work based on business value, risk impact and stakeholder needs.
  • Build strong relationships across the business, influencing decision-makers on complex risk and compliance matters.
  • Shape and enhance risk frameworks, governance processes, privacy controls and assurance activities.
  • Translate complex risk issues into clear, actionable insights that support business performance.
  • Provide high-quality reporting and insights to senior leaders and key stakeholders.
About you:
  • Deep experience in risk management, compliance, governance or operational risk within complex or regulated industries (e.g. financial services, telco, technology, government).
  • Proven leadership experience, ideally in agile or fast-paced environments.
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to simplify and communicate complex issues.
  • Ability to influence executives and drive outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • A coaching-style leadership approach that lifts capability and performance.
Why Join?
  • Lead a high-impact risk & compliance mission team.
  • Executive visibility and opportunities to shape enterprise risk strategy.
  • Work in a business that values innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Make a measurable impact on risk culture and organisational performance.
APPLY NOW or email your cv to molly@gowrecruitment.com 
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