Risk and Governance managers

For our client, we are looking for a Risk and Governance Manager in Remote . This opportunity for a Risk and Governance Manager in Remote is ideal for a highly experienced professional who can operate at a strategic level within risk, governance, and control environments. As a Risk and Governance Manager in Remote , you will support an international organization operating in a complex, multinational setting.

Our client is a large international organization with a layered and evolving business and technology environment. To support leadership with an independent view on its governance and risk landscape, the organization is looking for a senior specialist who can assess current frameworks, identify improvement areas, and advise senior stakeholders on practical next steps.

Tasks and responsibilities of the Risk and Governance Manager in Remote

• Review and critically assess the existing risk, governance, and control framework
• Analyze historical reviews, audit outcomes, and related findings
• Evaluate how risks are identified, assessed, documented, and monitored
• Assess how controls are designed, mapped to risks, and governed across the organization
• Review control ownership, monitoring activities, and governance structures
• Identify gaps, weaknesses, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improvement
• Benchmark current practices against recognized industry standards and leading practices
• Develop practical recommendations to strengthen governance, risk management, and internal controls
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
• Facilitate discussions with business, technology, and audit leadership teams

Your profile

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in Risk Management, IT Risk, Internal Audit, IT Audit, or Risk Advisory
• Extensive experience reviewing and enhancing enterprise-wide risk and control frameworks
• Strong background in governance, internal audit, and risk oversight
• Proven experience translating findings into strategic improvement plans
• Ability to engage credibly with C-level and senior leadership stakeholders
• Experience working in complex, multinational environments
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
• Previous experience within a leading consulting or advisory environment is preferred
• Strong knowledge of frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, ISO 27001, NIST, and SOX ITGCs where relevant
• Experience conducting framework maturity assessments and control optimization initiatives
• Strong strategic mindset and the ability to assess the overall framework design
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Ability to challenge existing approaches while maintaining executive credibility
• Pragmatic and business-oriented approach
• Language requirement: English only

Offer

• Salary / rate indication based on 40 hours per week and depending on experience and educational background
• Start date: mid-September 2026
• Expected end date: end of November 2026
• Engagement type: interim / contract
• Work setting: Remote , with occasional travel to the Netherlands and Spain
• A strategic assignment within an international and dynamic environment
• The opportunity to make visible impact on governance, risk management, and control improvement

Interest?

Are you the Risk and Governance Manager our client in Remote is looking for? Then respond quickly by clicking the 'apply now / solliciteer nu' button and let us know.

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