Group Risk, Compliance & Resilience Director

Holland & Barrett; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days, including bank holidays

Holiday purchase scheme

24/7 Virtual GP access

Private medical insurance - Self &

Annual free at-home health testing kit

Job summary

Nuneaton, Warwickshire-based Holland & Barrett is seeking a senior leader to shape risk, assurance and resilience across our Group. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you'll bring together Enterprise Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Business Continuity & Resilience, Loss Prevention and Health & Safety into an integrated, commercially focused function.

You'll give our Executive Leadership Team and Board a clear view of the risks that matter most, helping H&B protect our people, customers,

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing high-performing people.
• Credibility working with executive teams, boards and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to turn complex risk information into clear choices and actions.
• A pragmatic, commercially focused approach to risk and controls.
• Confidence to challenge constructively while building trusted relationships.
• Experience navigating significant incidents, investigations or sensitive matters.
• Curiosity about how data, technology and AI can transform risk, assurance and resilience.
• Experience within a complex consumer, retail, regulated or multi-jurisdictional organisation would be valuable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve our Group-wide approach to risk, compliance, assurance and resilience.
• Provide clear, independent insight and advice to the Executive Leadership Team, Audit Committee and Board.
• Embed risk thinking into strategic planning and significant business decisions.
• Lead our approach to Health & Safety, business continuity and organisational resilience.
• Develop a modern, intelligence-led approach to Loss Prevention, including shrink, theft, fraud and other preventable loss.
• Oversee a risk-based Internal Audit programme focused on the areas that matter most.
• Connect insight across the function to spot emerging issues earlier and address underlying causes.
• Increase the use of data, technology, automation and AI to strengthen insight and simplify governance.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder credibility

Risk & controls',

Constructive challenge

Incident investigations

Data, technology & AI curiosity

Job description

Nuneaton, Warwickshire-based Holland & Barrett is seeking a senior leader to shape risk, assurance and resilience across our Group. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you'll bring together Enterprise Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Business Continuity & Resilience, Loss Prevention and Health & Safety into an integrated, commercially focused function.

You'll give our Executive Leadership Team and Board a clear view of the risks that matter most, helping H&B protect our people, customers,