Head, GMO Business Risk Management Hong Kong

Job Summary

The Head of Global Markets Operations Business Risk Management is a senior leadership role responsible for the design, execution, and oversight of the operational risk, control, and governance framework across Global Markets Operations. The role ensures that operational risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, and managed in line with the firm’s risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and business strategy.

This role acts as a line-of-defense–style partner embedded within Operations, providing independent challenge, oversight, and assurance while enabling safe, scalable, and compliant operations across all Global Markets products and regions.

• Strong, transparent operational risk and control environment across Global Markets Operations.
• Reduced severity and recurrence of operational incidents.
• Positive regulatory and audit outcomes.
• Effective partnership with Operations leadership enabling safe growth.
• High-performing, engaged global risk teams.

• Own the Global Markets Operations Business Risk Management framework, aligned to enterprise operational risk standards.
• Identify, assess, and monitor operational risks across trading, post-trade, clearing, collateral, client, and regulatory operations.
• Ensure consistent execution of risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs), scenario analysis, and key risk indicators (KRIs).
• Provide independent challenge to Operations leadership on risk exposures, control effectiveness, and remediation plans.
• Act as a key Operations risk partner for regulatory exams, internal audits, and external reviews.
• Coordinate responses to regulatory findings and audit issues, ensuring sustainable remediation.
• Monitor regulatory developments impacting Global Markets Operations and assess operational risk implications.

• Lead operational incident management, root cause analysis, and lessons‑learned exercises.
• Oversee issue tracking, remediation, and closure in partnership with Operations and Technology.
• Provide risk oversight and challenge for operational change initiatives, including new products, new markets, and system changes.

• Lead, develop, and retain a global regulatory operations organization.
• Build a strong leadership bench and succession pipeline.
• Foster a culture of accountability, control ownership, and regulatory excellence.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Oversee the design and effectiveness of preventative and detective controls across Global Markets Operations.
• Ensure timely identification, escalation, and remediation of control gaps, incidents, and near misses.
• Maintain strong governance, issue management, and management information frameworks.
• Support attestation processes and senior management certifications.
• Develop and maintain risk metrics, dashboards, and management information to support effective decision‑making.
• Leverage data analytics to identify emerging risks, trends, and control weaknesses.
• Enhance transparency and consistency of risk reporting across regions and functions.

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

• Lead and develop a global Operations Business Risk Management team.
• Build strong risk talent pipelines and succession plans.
• Foster a culture of risk awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Education - Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, or a related discipline required.
• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant experience in Risk Management.

• Strong financial acumen and analytical capability.
• Expertise in performance…