Senior Manager - Risk & Compliance

What is the opportunity?

As Senior IT Risk & Compliance Manager, you'll play a key role in strengthening how Bank of Ireland manages technology and information security risk across the Group. Working within Enterprise Services, you'll help ensure our IT run and change activities meet regulatory expectations, support secure and resilient systems, and enable strong technology governance. This is an opportunity to influence decision-making, support regulatory confidence and embed effective risk management practices across a complex, evolving technology environment.

In this role, you will:

• Oversee IT and information security risk and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to regulations, Group policies and internal standards, including the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
• Identify, assess, monitor and report technology and security risks across IT operations, change delivery and third-party technology arrangements.
• Support regulatory engagement and coordinate internal and external assurance activity related to technology risk and controls.
• Partner with IT, Information Security and business teams to embed effective risk management into delivery processes and governance forums.
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing IT Risk and Compliance team, fostering a strong risk culture and clear accountability.

What will make you stand out?

You have a strong understanding of banking regulation, supervisory expectations and technology risk management in a regulated environment. You can assess and communicate complex IT and security risks clearly, helping senior leaders make informed decisions. You build trusted relationships across technical and non-technical teams and use your influencing skills to embed effective, practical risk practices.

You take a structured and proactive approach to managing risk, balancing regulatory requirements with business delivery needs. Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills will help you succeed in this role.

Experience with the following will help you stand out but is not required to apply for this role:

• Knowledge of IT and information security risk frameworks and control standards
• Professional certifications such as CISA or CISM

Essential qualifications

A relevant academic qualification.

More about the team

The Enterprise Services Risk and Compliance team provides first line risk and regulatory support across the Division. The team works closely with business units to promote a consistent and aligned approach to identifying, managing and reporting risk. Through guidance, oversight and collaboration, the team supports colleagues in meeting regulatory expectations while enabling safe and effective delivery of services.

You'll join a team that values partnership, clear communication and continuous improvement in how risk is managed across Enterprise Services.

This is a hybrid role, based primarily at Baggot Plaza, Dublin. We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in person to support collaboration and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team.

Why work with us

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work life balance with a commitment to hybrid working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy along with working parent and carer supports.

Your health and wellbeing is important to us; we offer a substantial health insurance contribution, employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Flexible working matching promise

We know how important flexible working arrangements are to our colleagues and we promise to try to match your current flexible working arrangement in this new role (all existing working arrangements considered!)

Key Competencies

• Customer Focused - Leader
• Better together - Leader
• Manage Risk - Leader
• Be Decisive - Leader
• Take Ownership - Leader

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.