Manager, Operational Risk

IAG; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Boosted superannuation 13%

20 days annual leave + 5 MyLeave

Work from home and flexible options

Up to 50% off personal insurance

Discounts on private health insurance,

LinkedIn Learning & IAG Academy access

20 weeks parental leave

Job summary

IAG, Australia and New Zealand’s leading general insurance group, is seeking a Manager, Operational Risk to lead an expert team within Technology and Operations. You will strengthen risk practices, align with senior technology and operational leaders, and provide insights into the division’s most significant risks and opportunities.

You’ll shape risk management maturity across a large, complex environment, working across multiple risk disciplines and engaging senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading CIO departmental risk governance aligned with IAG's risk management framework.
• Proven ability to provide clear reporting to executive and board forums.
• Ability to develop meaningful risk indicators and management information for decision-making.
• Experience coaching and developing risk professionals across teams.
• Exposure to technology, cyber, data, operational resilience and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead CIO departmental risk governance activities and ensure alignment with IAG's risk management framework.
• Provide clear and insightful reporting to executive and board-level forums.
• Develop meaningful risk indicators and management information to support decision-making.
• Partner with technology and operational leaders to strengthen risk accountability and risk culture.
• Coordinate interactions across Line 1, Line 2, Line 3 and regulatory stakeholders.
• Support regulatory, audit and assurance activities and oversee remediation of findings.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of operational risk specialists.
• Identify opportunities to improve risk management through data, automation and emerging technologies.

Skills

Risk governance

Executive reporting

Risk indicators

Team leadership

Technology risk

Data & automation

Job description

At IAG, we’re ready for you. We're the largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand. Our family of brands turns the IAG purpose of making your world a safer place into action by helping everyday Aussies and New Zealanders, supporting their ambitions and making insurance accessible.

Technology, cyber, data, AI, operational resilience and regulatory expectations are increasingly interconnected. As Manager, Operational Risk, you will play a key role in strengthening risk management across IAG's Technology and Operations division and supporting informed decision-making at all levels of the organisation.

Working within the Line 1 Risk function, you will lead a team of risk professionals and partner closely with senior technology and operational leaders to improve risk practices, strengthen control oversight and provide insight into the division's most significant risks and opportunities.

The role offers exposure to a broad range of risk domains including technology, information security, data, AI, operational resilience and regulatory compliance, while providing the opportunity to shape how risk management evolves in a large and complex environment.

This role sits at the centre of several important priorities for the organisation, including technology transformation, cyber resilience, operational resilience, data governance and evolving regulatory expectations. It provides the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, contribute to strategic decisions and influence the maturity of risk management practices across a large and complex division.

The role is well suited to someone who enjoys operating across multiple risk disciplines, is comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and is motivated by improving outcomes through practical and effective risk management.

What You’ll Do

You’ll bring a mindset where you lean in and do not hold back, challenge convention, strive for excellence, connect risk to business outcomes, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Leading CIO departmental risk governance activities and ensuring alignment with IAG's risk management framework.


• Providing clear and insightful reporting to executive and board-level forums.


• Developing meaningful risk indicators and management information to support decision-making.


• Partnering with technology and operational leaders to strengthen risk accountability and risk culture.


• Coordinating interactions across Line 1, Line 2, Line 3 and regulatory stakeholders.


• Supporting regulatory, audit and assurance activities and overseeing remediation of findings.


• Leading, coaching and developing a team of operational risk specialists.


• Identifying opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of risk management through data, automation and emerging technologies.

This is a permanent full-time role based in Gadigal Country (Darling Park 2, Sydney), Naarm (Melbourne).

What We Offer

• Boosted superannuation with 13% as standard.


• 20 days annual leave + 5 days MyLeave (extra leave for what's important to you).


• Work from home and many more flexibility options with myFlex.


• Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance.


• Partner discounts on private health insurance, tech & appliances, and many more.


• Industry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave.


• Access to LinkedIn Learning, the award-winning IAG Academy, study assistance and secondment opportunities.


• employment type eligibility criteria apply

Applications close: Sunday 27 September 2026, 11:59PM AEDT

Adjustments and Support

If you require any support or adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to [e-mail] for a confidential conversation.