HR Senior Risk and Governance Manager

Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for aHR Senior Risk and Governance Manager to join us.

This is a pivotal role where you’ll shape and strengthen the Group HR risk and governance framework, ensuring our people practices are compliant, well-controlled, and aligned with broader organisational goals. If you’re passionate about embedding robust governance, managing people-related risks, and driving continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the development and ownership of the Group HR risk and control framework across strategic, operational, financial, and non-financial domains
• Managing the Operational Controls Committee and escalating material risks in line with Group-wide governance
• Ensuring compliance with Group policies and embedding best practices through collaboration with risk and assurance teams
• Overseeing the Group People Risk framework and reporting into governance forums to support informed decision-making
• Defining and maintaining clear HR governance structures, responsibilities, and decision-making mechanisms
• Producing high-quality risk reporting and management information for senior leadership and Group-level forums
• Motivating and developing team members in line with company policies to maximise performance and engagement
• Embedding Conduct Risk principles into daily operations to ensure good customer outcomes and effective control design

Who we’re looking for:

• Deep understanding of enterprise-wide risk management frameworks, especially within HR and people risk contexts
• Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance including GDPR, Conduct Risk, and internal control frameworks
• Experience with HR governance structures and integrating data governance and privacy controls across the employee lifecycle
• Proven ability to design and embed HR risk and governance frameworks in complex, matrixed organisations
• Skilled in leading governance forums and ensuring timely escalation and resolution of key risks
• Expertise in producing insightful risk reporting, MI, and KRI dashboards for strategic and regulatory use
• Inclusive leadership style that promotes equity, mitigates bias, and supports diverse talent development
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and lead through change with clarity and empathy

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance
  -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our work spaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we…