Strategic Lead, Risk Framework & Governance

HSBC Holdings plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC is seeking a senior governance and risk leader to head the Risk Framework and Governance team within GCOO Business Risk in London. You will ensure risk input to Board and senior forums, embed RMF changes, and drive policy adoption and BIRO activity across GCOO, delivering resilience regulatory requirements and executive-ready materials.

You will collaborate with the Group COO and senior stakeholders to present a plain-English view of risk exposure, priorities, and emerging threats, enabling

Qualifications

• Extensive experience preparing Board-level papers and briefing notes for senior executives, including Group ExCo members.
• Proven ability to operate at senior executive level and influence decision-making up to OpCo.
• Strong knowledge of HSBC’s governance landscape and Business Risk and NFR teams.
• Deep understanding of risk management framework and impact of changes on GCOO.
• Evidence of managing senior risk meeting governance, including agendas, materials, actions and outcomes.
• Ability to challenge with evidence-based reasoning and timely escalation.
• Knowledge of reporting quality, aggregation logic, lineage, thresholds and indicators.
• Familiarity with Helios data and reference data concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own production of risk and control papers and briefing notes for the Group COO for meetings such as GRMM, GRC, GAC, GTO, Holdings Board and regulatory meetings.
• Shape content so senior executives can make clear, timely decisions on risk exposure, emerging threats and management priorities.
• Govern the end-to-end cadence for GCOO-owned risk meetings (RCMMs) and the Accountability Review Panel.
• Embed RMF changes across GCOO, ensuring impacts are assessed, enacted and sustained in day-to-day controls.
• Oversee policy and procedure change assessments and embedding, acting as Group COO delegate for approvals.
• Manage BIRO activity across GCOO, including cyber initiatives, incident management and training.
• Deliver Group-level Operational Resilience regulatory requirements including Self-Assessment and market consultation papers.
• Strengthen efficiency and quality by adopting new ways of working and AI tooling in governance reporting and delivery.

Job description

HSBC is seeking a senior governance and risk leader to head the Risk Framework and Governance team within GCOO Business Risk in London. You will ensure risk input to Board and senior forums, embed RMF changes, and drive policy adoption and BIRO activity across GCOO, delivering resilience regulatory requirements and executive-ready materials.

You will collaborate with the Group COO and senior stakeholders to present a plain-English view of risk exposure, priorities, and emerging threats, enabling