Director Technology Risk & Controls (Fintech)

TL;DR

Director Technology Risk & Controls (Fintech): Responsible for managing the LCH Ltd Technology Risk Profile, overseeing critical intra-group outsourcing arrangements, and leading the first-line Technology Risk & Controls function. Focus on control design and operating effectiveness, driving enhancements, and providing authoritative risk insight to executives and the Board.

Location: Onsite in London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global (London Stock Exchange Group) is a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business with a worldwide presence across financial markets.

What you will do

• Report and manage the LCH LTD Technology Risk Profile in the context of its Risk Appetite.
• Oversee Critical intra-group outsourcing arrangements and lead the first-line Technology Risk & Controls function.
• Ensure control design and operating effectiveness meet CCP's obligations and hirify.global group standards.
• Drive delivery against key enhancement and assurance, providing authoritative risk insight to LCH executives and the Board.
• Coordinate technology risk contributions to Operational Risk Committee and executive risk governance.
• Build and lead a diverse team (engineering, risk assurance, data) with clear roles and development paths.

Requirements

• Senior leadership experience in Technology Risk/Controls within regulated Financial Market Infrastructure or Tier-1 financial services.
• Ownership of control libraries and assurance programmes; familiarity with CEP, NIST CSF/CRI, ITIL/COBIT, ISO 27001.
• Hands-on change governance/CAB leadership in complex platforms; remediation of systemic gaps.
• Expertise in operational resilience and incident management; experience presenting to executive and regulatory bodies.
• Experience with cloud risk oversight and third-party risk management across critical vendors.
• English: B2 required.

Nice to have

• CRISC, CISM, CISSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer, ITIL Expert certifications.
• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Join a global financial markets infrastructure and data provider with a focus on driving financial stability.
• Be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries with values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change.
• Embrace diversity and actively seek unique backgrounds and perspectives.
• Encourage personal growth and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities.
• Commitment to sustainability and partner with customers to meet sustainability objectives.
• Tailored benefits and support including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.