Product Risk Manager - 12 Month FTC

Product Risk Manager - SME

Hello, we're Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We're a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We're a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.

Reporting to the Head of Product Risk and Governance the Product Risk Manager - SME will support the development of the SME banking product risk culture, governance, policy, controls and MI, to help ensure good outcomes for customers. Additionally, this role also involves supporting the SME segment's financial crime and operational risk objectives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Supporting SME banking to execute its strategy in line with product risk appetite and demonstrate compliance
• Help with empowering product teams to build compliant products through early involvement and combination of customer centricity with adherence to regulatory requirements
• Support with ensuring all new product initiatives are steered through the governance structure and that we move swiftly and safely
• Support with ensuring existing and back book product reviews are completed by 1st line product owners at the right cadence and to the requisite standard
• Assist the SME business in delivering good outcomes and maintaining a strong control environment - with regular documentation, calibration, review, testing and timely action completion
• Support with ensuring relevant, up to date and accurate MI to measure and monitor risk and report to relevant committees
• Assist with maturing and embedding training and development framework for product risk
• Help 1st line solution/product owners execute their risk management responsibilities
• Engage and collaborate with Second Line risk across the bank and Group Head of Internal Audit to create a coherent risk view.