Chief Risk Officer (Group)

Key Responsibilities

• Define decision rights, approval thresholds, and delegation of authority.
• Ensure alignment between who makes decisions and who carries risk.
• Build simple, high-impact governance processes that scale with the business.
• Oversee enterprise risk related to cybersecurity, data, and emerging technologies.
• Partner closely with our technology teams to ensure risk is understood at leadership level.
• Provide governance around AI, data usage, and automated decision-making.
• Ensure risks tied to technology investments and digital initiatives are visible and managed.
• Build and implement a practical enterprise risk framework aligned to GVW’s operating model.
• Translate risk into clear decision inputs for leadership (not just reports).
• Support major decisions (new products, investments, expansion) with structured risk thinking.
• Define and embed risk appetite, thresholds, and escalation mechanisms.
• Work across portfolio companies to identify and prioritize key risks (operational, financial, supply chain, product).
• Establish consistent but practical governance across portfolio companies.
• Support leaders in understanding and owning risk within their operations.

  Requirements

  • 15+ years in risk, operations, or leadership roles with exposure to:
  • Governance and Decision Framework
  • Technology or cyber risk
  • Insurance / risk transfer
  • Enterprise risk management (ERM)
  • Background in:
  • Industrial, manufacturing, logistics, energy, or asset-heavy environments.
  • OR financial services with strong operating / build experience outside large institutions.

  Key Skills

  • Experience building and implementing risk frameworks in real operating environments.
  • Exposure to cyber / technology risk and ability to engage at both technical and executive level.
  • Strong understanding of insurance programs and risk transfer strategies.
  • Ability to operate in a lean, hands-on environment without large teams.
  • Comfortable working directly with senior leadership and influencing decisions.
  • Able to move between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
  • Track record of ownership and follow-through, not just advisory work.

  Work Environment

  • Office setting and plant environment.

  Job Duties

  The duties and responsibilities outlined here are representative but not exhaustive of the tasks that the employee may be required to perform. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other tasks as necessary to meet business needs.

  Disclaimer

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.