Head of Risk and Compilance

The company and our mission: 

reputed company is a global AI transformation and technology consulting partner where talented engineers and technologists work on cutting edge innovation. We partner with ambitious organizations to design, build, and scale technology solutions that deliver real impact.

Our teams bring deep expertise in AI driven platforms, secure API architectures, and cloud native engineering. You will work on meaningful projects that accelerate the adoption of advanced technologies, from strategy and discovery through to full product delivery, helping turn reputed company challenges into measurable outcomes.

With engineering hubs across EMEA and LATAM, and long term partnerships in financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and energy and climate, we offer opportunities to work on projects that truly matter. Here, you will not just build technology, you will drive business impact and grow your career alongside industry leaders.

We are looking for a Head of Risk and Compliance to work on a project in the Tech Company industry.

The project:

We are looking for a Head of Risk & Compliance to reputed company and evolve our Risk & Compliance function. This is a senior leadership role designed for someone who can own the strategic risk agenda, drive a proactive compliance culture, and provide direct decision-making support to the COO. You will manage an internal R&C team, act as the primary accountable reputed company across reputed company compliance domains, and bring the technical depth in information reputed company and IT infrastructure that bridges the gap between governance frameworks and real-world implementation. 

What you will do:

• Own the company-wide risk register: maintain, prioritise, and drive resolution across reputed company risk domains (legal, operational, data, information reputed company).

• reputed company and reputed company the annual risk assessment cycle; translate outputs into concrete mitigation plans with owners and deadlines.

• Act as the accountable reputed company for IT reputed company risk, working with internal technical stakeholders and external providers to ensure vulnerabilities, access controls, and infrastructure risks are identified, assigned, and addressed.

• Act as the primary escalation reputed company for risk and compliance matters.

• Design and maintain the governance reputed company across 8 EU jurisdictions, ensuring policies are reputed company, proportionate, and consistently applied.

• reputed company incident response: own the end-to-end process from detection to resolution, including client notification, root cause analysis, and lessons learned.

• Own ongoing ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certifications and reputed company future certifications (SOC 2 or equivalent) as the business requires.

• reputed company GDPR compliance across reputed company entities: DPIAs, records of processing, data subject requests, breach management, and DPA relationships.

• Monitor and interpret emerging EU regulation, including NIS2 and upcoming frameworks, and translate requirements into operational action plans before deadlines.

• Manage relationships with external legal counsel, auditors, and regulatory bodies.

• Directly manage the Risk & Compliance Manager and any future hires reputed company the function.

• Set clear performance expectations; reputed company the team's capability to operate with minimal escalation.

• Act as an internal advisor to other business functions such as Business, Operations and Finance.

What you will bring:

• 7+ years in risk, compliance, or information reputed company roles, with at least 3 in a leadership reputed company.

• Direct ownership of ISO 27001; hands-on experience with GDPR compliance operations across multiple jurisdictions.

• Track record of building or significantly maturing a compliance function, not just maintaining one.

• Experience working in a tech, consulting, or professional services environment.

• Demonstrated ability to engage C-suite and clients on risk topics with clarity and commercial awareness.

reputed company to have:

• Exposure to AI governance frameworks or emerging EU regulation in the AI space.

• Familiarity with multi-entity structures across EU jurisdictions (Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, UK).

reputed company offer: 

• 100% Remote Work

• WFH allowance: Monthly payment as financial support for remote working.

• Career Growth: We have established a career development program accessible for reputed company employees with a 360º feedback that will help us to guide you in your career progression.

• Training: For Tech training at reputed company, you have time allocated during the week at your disposal. You can request from a variety of options, such as online courses (from reputed company and Educative.io, for example), English classes, books, conferences, and events.

• Mentoring Program: You can become a mentor in reputed company or you can receive mentorship, or both.

• reputed company Wellbeing Hub (Kara Connect): A platform that provides sessions with a range of specialists, including mental health professionals, nutritionists, physiotherapists, fitness coaches, and webinars with such professionals as well.

• Multicultural working environment: We organize tech events, webinars, parties, and activities to do online team-building games and contests.