Senior Risk Architecture & Data Management Lead

ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 260,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

ADIB – Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank seeks a senior leader to head Risk Architecture and Data Management in Abu Dhabi. You will drive advanced analytics, model governance and data strategy across Enterprise Risk Management, delivering compliant risk rating models and scorecards.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage complex projects, and ensure high standards in data quality, security, and regulatory alignment with IFRS9 and Basel frameworks.

Qualifications

• Graduate-level or higher quantitative discipline with strong data analytics focus.
• Experience designing, validating and implementing risk rating models and scorecards.
• Proven track record in leading complex risk analytics projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of a comprehensive Data Management Framework for risk data.
• Oversee data science activities and governance for models used in risk management.
• Act as SCRUM Master and project lead for ERM IT initiatives and model deployments.
• Coordinate with IT, risk teams and regulators on model validation and reporting.
• Provide clear status updates to senior management and steering committees.

Skills

Risk architecture

Data management

Project management

Scrum master

Python

R

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s in Finance/Math/IT

Tools

SAS

Python

R

SQL

Job description

ADIB – Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank seeks a senior leader to head Risk Architecture and Data Management in Abu Dhabi. You will drive advanced analytics, model governance and data strategy across Enterprise Risk Management, delivering compliant risk rating models and scorecards.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage complex projects, and ensure high standards in data quality, security, and regulatory alignment with IFRS9 and Basel frameworks.