Head of Operational Compliance & Resilience

2386IE00 Howden Insurance (Ireland) Limited; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Howden Ireland is recruiting for a Head of Operational Compliance to lead first-line compliance, risk, business continuity and digital resilience across the organisation in Dublin. The role focuses on translating complex regulatory requirements into practical processes and ensuring strong governance and control effectiveness.

The successful candidate will drive MI insights, oversee outsourcing governance, and partner with senior stakeholders to enhance customer outcomes and resilience while

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of operational risk, compliance, outsourcing resilience and continuity.
• Ability to lead governance and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with DORA, operational resilience, outsourcing and business continuity.
• Experience embedding regulatory frameworks into operations.
• Compliance qualification desirable
• Insurance qualifications desirable

Responsibilities

• Lead first line compliance, risk, business continuity and digital resilience.
• Translate regulatory requirements (DORA, Operational Resilience) into practical processes.
• Ensure governance, control effectiveness and risk-informed decisions.
• Maintain a structured control environment with clear accountability.
• Oversee ICT risk controls, incident management and recovery capability.
• Manage third-party ICT risk and critical supplier oversight.

Skills

Operational risk

Compliance

Outsourcing resilience

Business continuity

Governance

Management information

DORA familiarity

Education

Compliance qualification

Insurance qualifications

Job description

Howden Ireland is recruiting for a Head of Operational Compliance to lead first-line compliance, risk, business continuity and digital resilience across the organisation in Dublin. The role focuses on translating complex regulatory requirements into practical processes and ensuring strong governance and control effectiveness.

The successful candidate will drive MI insights, oversee outsourcing governance, and partner with senior stakeholders to enhance customer outcomes and resilience while