Head of Operational Risk Management - PWB & PCBG

First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB seeks a senior risk leader to own the end-to-end Operational Risk Management framework across Personal Banking, Business Banking and Private Banking in the 1LoD.

You will oversee RCSA, KRIs, incidents, and remediation while driving resilience, governance, and risk appetite adherence with senior stakeholders in Abu Dhabi.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Risk Management or related discipline.
• Professional certification in Operational Risk, Risk Management, or Governance preferred.
• 10+ years of Operational Risk Management experience in banking or financial services.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation and embedding of the Operational Risk Management framework across the business.
• Oversee risk management activities including RCSA, KRIs, incidents, issues, remediation actions and governance reporting.
• Establish and maintain robust incident and loss management with root cause analysis and remediation tracking.
• Drive operational resilience and business continuity for critical services and dependencies.
• Provide risk governance for products, channels, outsourcing, third-party relationships, and transformations.
• Lead risk appetite management through metrics, thresholds, escalation, and mitigation plans.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Audit and control functions to close findings and remediation commitments.
• Act as trusted advisor to senior leadership, promoting a strong risk culture and accountability.

Skills

Risk ownership

Governance

RCSA

KRIs

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Professional certification in Operational Risk

Tools

GRC tools

Job description

Lead and oversee the end-to-end implementation of the Operational Risk Management framework across Personal Banking Business Banking and Private Banking as a First Line of Defence 1LoD ensuring a strong risk and control environment while enabling business growth within approved risk appetite

Key Responsibilities

Lead the implementation and embedding of the Operational Risk Management framework across the business ensuring clear accountability for risk ownership and governance Oversee core risk management activities including RCSA KRIs incidents issues remediation actions control assessments and governance reporting Establish and maintain robust incident and loss management processes including root cause analysis trend monitoring and remediation tracking Drive operational resilience and business continuity by identifying assessing and managing critical business services processes and dependencies Provide risk governance and oversight for products channels campaigns outsourcing arrangements third-party relationships and transformation initiatives Lead risk appetite management through monitoring of key risk metrics emerging risks threshold breaches escalation requirements and mitigation plans Partner with Risk Compliance Audit and other control functions to manage regulatory findings audit observations and remediation commitments through to closure Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership promoting a strong risk culture stakeholder engagement accountability and sustainable risk management practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Law, or a related discipline. Professional certification in Operational Risk, Risk Management, or Governance is preferred. Experience 10+ years of experience in Operational Risk Management within banking or financial services. Strong understanding of banking products, channels, operating models, and risk frameworks. Experience working across business, operations, technology, risk, compliance, and audit functions. Strong stakeholder management, governance, influencing, and problem-solving capabilities. Proven ability to manage complex regulatory, risk, and transformation initiatives.