Business Risk Framework Lead

Royal Bank of Scotland; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking a C&I Business Risk Framework Lead to design and develop first line of defence actions for implementing the Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework across the Commercial & Institutional franchise. You will project manage change, oversee scenarios and threat activities, and drive data-led risk management across C&I.

You will educate teams on EWRMF obligations, influence framework changes, and ensure timely delivery of risk actions while collaborating with risk

Qualifications

• Experience working with risk management frameworks and their development and implementation.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas to business and technical audiences.
• Proven track record delivering complex risk-related projects.

Responsibilities

• Educate teams on the EWRMF and its obligations, supporting the business in operating and embedding them.
• Influence changes to the EWRMF to enable safe and sustainable growth.
• Ensure internal and external stakeholder satisfaction by delivering risk and control actions in a timely manner.
• Support change initiatives and assess regulatory changes to deliver appropriate strategies and action plans.

Skills

Risk leadership

EWRMF knowledge

Project management

Data & AI for risk

Stakeholder management

Job description

Join us as a C&I Business Risk Framework Lead

We’ll look to you to lead the design and development of first line of defence actions required to implement the Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework (EWRMF) across the Commercial & Institutional (C&I) franchise. You’ll work closely with Risk and business stakeholders to project manage change activity required as a result of the EWRMF. You’ll oversee scenarios and Top & Emerging Threats activities across C&I, driving a data‑led approach to scenario and threat risk management.

What you’ll do

You’ll demonstrate risk leadership and advocacy, supporting a culture of systematic and pre-emptive risk management and continuous improvement, and the attainment of risk objectives. You’ll also ensure multiple programmes of work provide consistent delivery across several diverse business areas.

• Educating teams on the EWRMF and its obligations, and supporting the business in operating and embedding them
• Influence changes to the EWRMF to enable safe and sustainable growth
• Ensuring internal and external stakeholder satisfaction by delivering risk and control actions in a timely manner
• Supporting change initiatives across the business, supporting the assessment of the impact of regulation changes, and delivering appropriate strategies and action plans

The skills you’ll need

We’re looking for a highly skilled leader with experience working with risk management frameworks and their development and implementation. You’ll also be able to work across boundaries and communicate complex ideas and solutions to both business and technical audiences.

• Excellent working knowledge of the EWRMF and how it supports the management of risk
• Experience working to deliver complex projects, and experience applying risk and control management in an operational and strategic context
• Knowledge of project management methodologies
• The ability to leverage data and AI to understand and assess risk exposure

Hours 35

Job Posting Closing Date: 11/09/2026

Ways of Working:Hybrid