Director-Compliance

Listing expiry: 19 October 2026

About the role

Role Overview

Lead vendor strategy and third-party oversight supporting regulatory change initiatives in a highly regulated financial-services environment. The role establishes governance frameworks for external partners, manages third-party performance and associated risks, and supports regulatory commitments, business objectives, and sustainable delivery in collaboration with Compliance Regulatory Change, Procurement, Legal, and Technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an enterprise-aligned vendor strategy for the regulatory change portfolio, including strategic partnerships, specialist capabilities, capacity planning, and insourcing versus outsourcing decisions.
• Assess vendor capabilities and identify capability, capacity, concentration, and dependency risks.
• Rationalize the vendor landscape, strengthen strategic partnerships, reduce complexity, and improve value from external spending.
• Forecast third-party resource and capability requirements with senior leaders.
• Establish governance and oversight throughout the third-party lifecycle and ensure engagements comply with internal policies, risk-management standards, contractual requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Develop risk-based oversight mechanisms for critical vendors, including performance monitoring, issue management, escalation, and remediation.
• Identify and manage operational, compliance, technology, information security, data, concentration, resiliency, and delivery risks associated with third parties.
• Maintain accountability and evidence demonstrating effective oversight of third-party activities supporting regulatory obligations.
• Establish vendor performance measures, service-level expectations, scorecards, and governance routines.
• Identify emerging vendor performance concerns, ensure corrective action, establish escalation pathways, and report significant issues to senior management.
• Partner with program leaders to ensure third-party deliverables meet agreed quality, timing, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Global Supply Management on vendor selection, contracting, renewals, statements of work, and commercial negotiations.
• Balance cost, capability, regulatory risk, delivery timelines, and long-term strategic value in commercial decisions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Significant leadership experience in regulatory change, third-party risk management, vendor management, strategic sourcing, transformation, risk, compliance, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience operating in a highly regulated financial-services environment.
• Strong understanding of third-party lifecycle management, vendor governance, risk assessment, contracting, performance management, and commercial management.
• Proven ability to establish governance frameworks, executive reporting, performance measures, and escalation processes.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and navigate complex, matrixed organizations.
• Excellent judgment, communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
• A bachelor's degree is required; an advanced degree or relevant professional certifications are preferred.

Additional Details

• The role is listed as hybrid.
• Preferred experience includes leading vendor strategy or third-party oversight for large-scale regulatory or enterprise transformation programs.
• Knowledge of financial-services third-party risk management and operational resilience expectations is preferred.
• Experience improving vendor performance while reducing cost, complexity, or third-party risk is preferred.
• The employer describes compensation benefits including bonus incentives, retirement and financial-well-being support, healthcare benefits, paid parental leave, counseling support, and career development opportunities, subject to applicable location and eligibility conditions.
• Employment is conditional on successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.