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Job Overview:

We're partnering with a leading bank in Saudi Arabia to hire a Senior Manager, Innovation Governance. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of innovation, regulation and governance, helping shape how emerging technologies are adopted in a highly regulated environment. This would be a 1 year renewable contract role, based in their Riyadh office.

Role Overview:

The Senior Manager, Innovation Governance is responsible for embedding innovation across the organization by establishing governance frameworks, policies, operating standards, and decision-making structures that ensure innovation is integrated into the bank’s strategy, operations, products, risk management, and transformation agenda.

The role acts as the custodian and advocate of innovation within the bank, ensuring innovation

considerations are represented in key governance forums, policies, procedures, initiatives, and strategic decisions. The role works across all business and support functions to institutionalize innovation as part of the company's DNA while maintaining alignment with regulatory, risk, compliance, and corporate governance requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the bank-wide Innovation Governance Framework and operating standards.
• Embed innovation objectives across business strategies, policies, procedures, and operating models.
• Act as the central innovation representative across Risk, Compliance, Legal, Procurement, Finance, HR, and Technology.
• Lead executive reporting, committee submissions, governance forums, and management information related to innovation.
• Ensure innovation initiatives align with regulatory requirements, risk appetite, internal controls, and corporate governance.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and promote the adoption of innovation governance practices across the organization.
• Oversee governance documentation, policies, procedures, and operating standards to ensure they remain current and compliant.
• Facilitate the Innovation Acceleration Forum and support initiatives that improve time-to-market.
• Partner with key stakeholders on emerging areas including AI, open banking, digital assets, and experimentation.
• Monitor governance effectiveness, track innovation initiatives and benefits realization, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience as a Innovation Governance Manager within a large bank or well-established financial institution
• Experience building enterprise-wide governance frameworks and policies
• Has worked directly with regulators on governance and policy matters
• Strong understanding of Open Banking, Open Finance, FinTech and Virtual Assets
• Prior experience driving governance across Risk, Compliance, Legal and executive stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability of developing policies, procedures and operating standards from the ground up