Risk & Compliance Lead

Origina; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health insurance

Life insurance

Annual leave 23 days

Wellness benefits

Remote work up to 4 weeks

Volunteer Day

Employee assistance programme

Diversity committees

Job summary

Origina is seeking a commercially minded Risk & Compliance Lead to strengthen risk, governance and compliance across the business. The role blends business partnering with hands-on execution, including maintaining risk registers, drafting policies and coordinating remediation actions.

You will work with stakeholders across the organisation to embed practical controls, reporting and decision support. You will lead across enterprise risk, regulatory compliance, privacy, and internal controls,

Qualifications

• Experience in risk, compliance, governance, privacy, financial crime, legal or control-focused roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and operate the day-to-day risk management framework, maintaining risk registers and action logs.
• Monitor regulatory developments and ensure practical, proportionate compliance across privacy, financial crime, codes of conduct and non-financial risk topics.
• Prepare clear reporting for senior management, boards and committees; track breaches, incidents and remediation progress.
• Partner with stakeholders to provide practical risk and compliance guidance on new initiatives, third-party arrangements and customer commitments.
• Maintain and improve internal policies, standards, codes of conduct and related procedures; support control reviews and remediation activities.
• Coordinate incident investigations, breaches and disclosures; ensure appropriate follow-up, record keeping and closure.

Skills

Risk management

Compliance

Governance

Privacy

Financial crime

Internal controls

Policy governance

Stakeholder management

Incident handling

Job description

Origina is a rapidly growing global challenger technology company on a mission to stop unnecessary technology change by helping enterprises to extend, protect and enhance their software assets. We believe organisations should be free to run their systems for as long as they choose - without being pushed into costly, unwanted upgrades that don’t align with their strategy, so we step in to provide an alternative from the original vendor.

We’re scaling fast, with a clear path to €0.5 billion in the next five years, and expanding our presence across Europe, the US, and Australia. As a leading force in independent enterprise software support, we help the world’s largest organisations take back control of their technology roadmap and unlock genuine commercial freedom.

If you’re energised by growth, excited by change, and motivated to help customers challenge long-standing industry norms, this is the team to join. At Origina, you’ll be part of a bold, fast-moving global business where your impact will be felt immediately.

Role Purpose

We are looking for a commercially minded, hands-on Risk & Compliance Lead to help lead and strengthen Origina’s risk and compliance framework. This is a senior and visible role with real scope to shape how risk, compliance and internal controls are embedded across the business, support good decision-making and help ensure the company operates with strong governance, clear accountability and practical control. The role will suit someone who is comfortable combining business partnering and support with effective oversight, challenge and direct execution.

The successful candidate will work across enterprise risk, regulatory compliance, privacy, financial crime, policy governance, internal controls, incident response and remediation activity, partnering with stakeholders across the organisation to provide practical advice, oversight and delivery. It is a broad and hands-on opportunity for someone who is comfortable operating at senior level while also rolling up their sleeves to maintain risk registers, draft and update policies, prepare reporting, coordinate reviews, follow up actions and drive day-to-day execution. This is not a purely advisory role; it requires a doer who is willing to get into the detail and follow through on work.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support the day-to-day operation of the company’s risk management framework, including risk identification, assessment, monitoring, reporting and remediation follow-through. Own and maintain risk registers, action logs and supporting records, and help ensure risk information remains clear, current and useful for decision-making. The role requires both practical support to the business in managing risk and sufficient independence to provide effective oversight, challenge and structure.

Regulatory & Compliance Oversight

Monitor relevant regulatory developments and compliance obligations, assess business impact and support implementation of required changes. Help ensure the organisation maintains practical, proportionate and effective compliance arrangements across key areas such as privacy, financial crime, codes of conduct, whistleblowing and other non-financial risk topics. This includes both advising stakeholders on requirements and helping to put workable controls, processes and follow-up actions in place.

Governance & Reporting

Prepare clear, accurate and decision-useful reporting for senior management, committees and the Board, including risk themes, breaches, incidents, conduct matters, actions and remediation progress. Support governance forums through paper preparation, action tracking and maintenance of appropriate records and compliance documentation. The role requires someone who is comfortable not only identifying what needs attention, but also drafting the papers, coordinating inputs and helping move actions through to closure.

Business Partnering and Advisory

Partner with stakeholders across the business to provide practical, commercially aware risk and compliance guidance on new initiatives, operational change, third-party arrangements, customer commitments and internal issues. Support the identification, review and coordination of customer-driven requirements, including areas identified by customers as needing compliance by Origina through contracts, procurement processes, audits, onboarding requests or other customer assurance activity. Help ensure those commitments are understood, appropriately owned, tracked and implemented in practice, while also identifying control gaps, policy weaknesses and conduct or compliance risks and supporting workable improvements that strengthen accountability and execution.

Policy & Control Frameworks

Help maintain and improve internal policies, standards, codes of conduct and related procedures, including review cycles, approvals, publication and exception management. Support internal control reviews, compliance monitoring and remediation activity to help ensure frameworks remain effective, proportionate and aligned to business needs. The role is expected to contribute both to framework design and to the practical administration and day-to-day upkeep that keeps those frameworks operating effectively.

Incidents & Investigations

Support the management of incidents, breaches, complaints and protected disclosures by coordinating reviews, documenting outcomes, escalating issues appropriately and tracking actions through to closure. Help promote strong risk and compliance behaviours through communication, challenge and awareness activity, including support for policy and code of conduct compliance. This includes practical ownership of follow-up, record keeping and coordination, not simply high-level oversight.

About You

You will bring strong experience in risk, compliance, governance, privacy, financial crime, legal or internal controls, together with sound judgement, a practical approach and the confidence to work closely with senior stakeholders. You will be comfortable balancing strategic thinking with day-to-day delivery and taking ownership of work that needs to be progressed, resolved and completed. You will also be comfortable operating in a role that combines support and enablement with oversight, challenge and disciplined follow-through.

You will also have:

• Experience in a risk, compliance, governance, privacy, financial crime, legal or control-focused role, ideally with experience spanning both embedded business support and independent oversight responsibilities
• Strong knowledge of enterprise risk management, compliance frameworks, internal controls, policy governance and incident handling, together with the ability to apply that knowledge in a practical business setting
• Experience maintaining risk registers and preparing reporting and papers for senior management, committees or Boards, while also supporting day-to-day follow-up and delivery
• The ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders while staying close to operational detail, regulatory requirements and remediation follow-through
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex compliance requirements into practical action
• A highly organised, delivery-focused approach and willingness to take ownership of policy, control and compliance matters from issue identification through to closure, including the detail and administration needed to keep things moving

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation that rewards achievement
• Hybrid, flexible working model
• Family Health, Dental & Vision Insurance from day 1
• Life insurance & Income Protection
• 23 days Annual Leave plus 2 company days with additional days earned based on your tenure
• Generous Maternity & Paternity leave policies
• €200 annual wellness benefits
• Flexibility of working remotely from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year
• A dedicated Volunteer Day to give back to your community and support meaningful causes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• An inclusive environment with regular events organised by Engagement, and Diversity Committees

Origina is an equal opportunity employer. We're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.