Associate Director- Project Zenith

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Associate Director, Project Zenith

Role Purpose

Lead the strategic design, business case development and delivery oversight of Project Zenith, a UK compliance monitoring transformation programme. Accountable for defining the vision, securing stakeholder alignment, and delivering data, dashboarding and AI-enabled capabilities that strengthen risk oversight, compliance monitoring and management reporting across Compliance. Additionally support the development of the High-Risk Dashboard capabilities for the wider business

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the strategic roadmap for Project Zenith, ensuring alignment with regulatory obligations, risk management priorities and business objectives.
• Own the development of business cases, operating model recommendations and functional requirements to support investment decisions and programme delivery.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Risk Management, Global Risk Management, UK business stakeholders and Global Delivery Services to deliver programme milestones and outcomes.
• Drive the identification, assessment and prioritisation of AI and advanced analytics use cases to enhance compliance monitoring and risk management capability.
• Oversee the development of High Risk Dashboard solutions, ensuring the provision of timely, accurate and actionable management information for senior leadership and operational teams.
• Establish governance, stakeholder engagement and reporting structures to support effective programme management and executive decision-making.
• Influence senior stakeholders and leadership teams to secure alignment on strategic priorities, funding requirements, delivery options and organisational change activities.

Success Criteria & Measurable Outcomes

• Approval of the Project Zenith business case and strategic roadmap by senior leadership.
• Delivery of agreed business and functional requirements, with stakeholder sign-off across Risk Management, Technology and operational teams.
• Establishment of a prioritised portfolio of AI-enabled compliance monitoring use cases with clear implementation pathways.
• Successful implementation of enhanced High Risk Dashboard reporting capabilities, improving visibility of risk exposure, compliance trends and management actions.
• Delivery of programme milestones within agreed governance, budget and resource parameters.
• Demonstrable increase in stakeholder adoption and utilisation of dashboard, reporting and monitoring capabilities.
• Creation of a scalable operating model supporting future expansion of risk monitoring and intelligence capabilities across additional compliance domains.
• Alignment of senior stakeholders across business, technology and risk functions, evidenced through governance approvals and delivery decisions.

Skills & Experience Required

• Strategic programme and transformation leadership
• Risk, regulatory and compliance management
• AI, data and analytics strategy
• Dashboarding, management information and risk intelligence
• Business case development and investment planning
• Executive stakeholder engagement and influencing
• Product ownership and requirements management
• Cross-functional leadership in matrix organisations
• Global delivery and vendor management
• Governance, prioritisation and benefits realisation
• Change management and adoption leadership
• Exceptional communication, negotiation and decision-making skills

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