Director, Head of Engineering – Risk and Compliance Intelligence Platform

Role Summary:  The Director, Head of Engineering – Risk and Compliance Intelligence Platform will be a member of the Engineering Practice and aligned to the Risk & Compliance Hub. This role is responsible for engineering strategy, architecture, and delivery for the Risk and Compliance Intelligence Platform domain, with a focus on scalable platforms, strong controls, agile execution, and an AI-first approach to engineering outcomes. 

  Key Responsibilities  

• Design and maintain highly scalable information architectures that support enterprise risk and compliance use cases. 
• Standardize taxonomies, metadata structures, and data models to improve consistency, quality, and usability across the platform. 
• Enable high-performance calculations, analytics, and integration capabilities in support of risk engines and downstream consumption. 
• Build and optimize market scenarios and risk-related models in partnership with domain and quantitative stakeholders. 
• Lead small, high-performing agile engineering teams and drive disciplined execution against platform priorities. 
• Drive an AI-first mindset in engineering solutions to improve automation, insight generation, and engineering productivity. 
• Engage with stakeholders across risk, compliance, data, and technology functions to define priorities and deliver outcomes. 

Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferred. 
• Experience managing complex architectures, distributed systems, and enterprise-grade engineering solutions. 
• Industry experience in risk or compliance is a plus. 
• Familiarity with agile practices and a track record of leading small, high-performing teams. 
• Strong communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills. 

Leadership Expectations  

• Create clarity on priorities, architecture direction, and execution outcomes for the team and stakeholders. 
• Build strong engineering culture through coaching, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. 
• Balance innovation with sound engineering practices, operational resilience, and risk management. 
• Represent the domain effectively across hub, practice, and enterprise governance forums. 
• Drive delivery against strategic objectives while maintaining high standards for quality, performance, and control.