Senior Manager Risk Policy & Strategy

Life @ AP+: 

We are one connected team in pursuit of one inspiring purpose – to unite people and technology to power better experiences. Each of us has a part to play in making that happen. You’ll be encouraged to bring your big ideas forward and make a difference through your work. Taking steps forward in your career whilst still having room for fun, friendships, and flexibility in your daily life. 

We’re driven by our core values: lead with heart, learn for tomorrow and live our legacy. A purpose like ours takes the inspired impact of an incredible team. Ready to change the game? We’re ready to help you do it. 

The Purpose: 

As the Senior Manager – Risk Policy & Strategy, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening AP+'s enterprise risk framework. Working across the organisation, you'll lead the development and continuous improvement of risk policies, standards and strategic initiatives that ensure our approach to risk remains aligned with business objectives and evolving regulatory expectations. 

This role goes beyond policy creation—you'll help embed a strong risk mindset across AP+, partnering with senior stakeholders to influence decision-making, improve organisational capability and drive meaningful change. You'll combine strategic thinking with practical delivery, ensuring risk management becomes part of everyday business and supports AP+'s ambition to deliver secure, resilient and innovative payments for Australia. 

The core accountabilities of the role will include: 

• Lead the development, implementation and ongoing enhancement of AP+'s Risk Management Strategy, Framework, policies and standards.  

• Lead the development of risk appetite measures and supporting metrics, ensuring effective monitoring and reporting across the organisation. 

• Develop and deliver initiatives that strengthen AP+'s risk culture, capability and organisational awareness through engagement, training and communications. 

• Partner with senior stakeholders to provide expert advice on risk policy, governance and strategic risk initiatives.  

• Facilitate workshops and collaborate with business leaders to embed risk management practices into everyday decision-making. 

• Design and implement approaches to measure the effectiveness, adoption and continuous improvement of risk policies and frameworks. 

• Drive the governance, consultation and approval process for enterprise risk policies and supporting documentation.  

• Monitor emerging regulatory, industry and operational developments, ensuring AP+'s risk framework continues to evolve in line with best practice.  

The capabilities needed to be successful for this role are: 

We're looking for an experienced risk professional who can combine strategic thinking with practical delivery to influence organisational outcomes. You'll bring: 

• Significant experience developing and implementing enterprise risk frameworks, policies, standards and governance practices within a complex organisation.  

• Demonstratable experience in designing and embedding risk awareness, engagement and cultural uplift programs across diverse stakeholder groups. 

• Strong knowledge of risk management principles, regulatory expectations and contemporary governance frameworks.  

• The ability to translate strategy into practical initiatives that improve organisational capability and strengthen risk maturity.  

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence senior leaders, facilitate complex discussions and build alignment across the business.  

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, using data and insights to measure effectiveness and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.  

• Experience preparing high-quality reports, strategic papers and recommendations for executive leadership and governance forums.  

• Outstanding communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts and drive engagement across technical and non-technical audiences.  

• A collaborative leadership style with a passion for continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and building organisational capability. 

What happens next: 

At AP+, we believe in the power of passion, pride, and purpose.­ Our team is driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments, and we're proud to work together towards this common goal. If you’re ready to be a game changer, please submit your application. The Talent Acquisition team will endeavour to review your application and notify you of the outcome within the next two weeks. 
 
We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to [email protected] We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process. 

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