Head of Credit Risk

Deutsche Bank; England; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank is seeking a Head of Credit Risk to oversee global credit portfolios and enhance risk management processes. This Director role offers opportunities to shape a growing team, engage with senior stakeholders, and manage credit risk strategies in a dynamic environment. The position is based in London with competitive salary and benefits including hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Life Assurance and Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits including Retail Discounts

CSR programme and volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of credit risk management principles and practices within an investment or corporate bank.
• Extensive experience engaging senior stakeholders in high-pressure environments.
• Desire to challenge the status quo with a proactive and disciplined mindset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee global credit portfolios and manage credit risk appetite.
• Assess qualitative and quantitative developments in credit portfolios.
• Lead a team and implement solutions aligned with the bank's strategy.

Skills

Credit Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Identification

Macroeconomic Analysis

Job description

Head of Credit Risk

Job ID:R0393061 Full/Part-Time: Full-time Regular/Temporary: Regular Listed: 2025-06-30 Location: London

Position Overview

Job Title Head of Credit Risk

Location London/ Frankfurt

Corporate Title Director

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function provides a cross-risk view of the Bank’s risk profile across risk types, businesses and geographies. The function also owns risk type overarching responsibility for key risk management capabilities, like risk appetite, risk identification and group wide stress testing, and is the risk controlling function for credit risk.

The Credit Risk Control Function is a recently established team within ERM responsible for setting and cascading credit risk appetite, self-governing portfolio monitoring of overall credit risk profile across the bank and its divisions, CLP reporting, forecasting and monitoring, as well as ownership of selected credit risk models. The team is a key partner to, and works closely with, the credit risk organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the Credit Risk Portfolio Management team as it grows and transform the team’s operating model and processes.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Overseeing the Bank’s global credit portfolios, including challenging of client-specific / portfolio concentrations and management of credit risk appetite (Group, divisional, BU, product-specific)
• Assessment of qualitative and quantitative credit portfolio developments, including credit quality trends and emerging risks, as well as risk concentrations
• Monitoring the macroeconomic environment including market trends and events to analyse potential impacts on credit portfolios
• Management and enhancement of key risk management processes, such as credit risk ID and credit risk framework
• Leading a team of ~5 people spanning Germany and UK, and instilling a one team mindset
• Working in partnership with other teams in CRO, in particular Credit Risk management and Group Portfolio Management in ERM, implementing solutions that support the Bank's vision, goals, and strategy, whilst understanding the regulatory landscape

Your skills and experience

• Deep knowledge of credit risk management principles and practices, ideally within an investment bank and/or corporate bank
• Extensive experience engaging senior stakeholders including external audit and regulators within a high pressure, time sensitive and rapidly evolving environment
• A strong desire to challenge the status quo, a disciplined execution mindset and an energetic, can-do attitude

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
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We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.