Global Head of Operational Risk & Governance

BIT Official; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

BIT Group, headquartered in Singapore, is seeking a Head of Operational Risk to own and lead the risk management framework across digital assets and traditional finance. The role includes governance, business continuity, outsourcing oversight, and reporting to the CEO with dotted lines to the Group CCO.

The candidate will drive enterprise risk management, across technology, cyber, people, process, and third parties, ensuring timely risk insights for executive leadership and the Board.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Master's degree or MBA is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead EWRA framework across all business lines and jurisdictions.
• Develop robust risk appetite and embed into decision making.
• Maintain risk framework, policies, BCP/DR, and third-party risk.
• Provide risk reports to CEO, Board, and senior management.
• Identify and assess risks across technology, cyber, people, process, and vendors.
• Maintain risk register with ownership and mitigations.
• Design KRIs and dashboards for real-time risk visibility.
• Oversee loss event data collection, RCA, and lessons learned.
• Conduct RCSA across key processes and drive remediation.
• Integrate fraud risk into the risk program and report trends.
• Track fraud losses and near-misses with management reporting.

Skills

Operational risk

Technology risk

Regulatory risk

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or MBA (preferred)

Job description

BIT Group, headquartered in Singapore, is seeking a Head of Operational Risk to own and lead the risk management framework across digital assets and traditional finance. The role includes governance, business continuity, outsourcing oversight, and reporting to the CEO with dotted lines to the Group CCO.

The candidate will drive enterprise risk management, across technology, cyber, people, process, and third parties, ensuring timely risk insights for executive leadership and the Board.