Head of Risk and Regulatory Assurance

Head of Risk and Regulatory Assurance

London Bridge

£80,000 - £95,000 + Bonus + Car Allowance
 

Would you like to join Hyde as our new Head of Risk and Regulatory Assurance?

At Hyde, we’re committed to providing safe, high-quality homes across the social housing sector. We’re now looking for an experienced risk, compliance and governance leader to take on a pivotal role leading our enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance and assurance frameworks.

This London-based hybrid role offers the opportunity to work closely with the Board, Audit & Risk Committee and Executive Team to drive a strong risk culture, ensure regulatory compliance, and strengthen governance across the organisation.

The Role

As Head of Risk & Regulatory Assurance, you will lead Hyde’s enterprise-wide approach to risk management, regulatory compliance and assurance. You will ensure that our frameworks are not only robust, but practical and embedded across the organisation.

You will play a key role in ensuring Hyde meets the expectations of the Regulator of Social Housing, providing confidence to senior leaders and the Board through high-quality, evidence-based assurance.This role also has significant responsibility for information governance and data protection, ensuring Hyde’s approach to managing data is compliant, effective and future-focused.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve Hyde’s Risk Management Framework, ensuring it is aligned to strategy and embedded across all directorates
• Oversee strategic and operational risk registers, ensuring risks are clearly identified, managed and linked to decision making
• Drive a strong risk-aware culture, providing challenge, insight and support to senior leaders
• Lead regulatory compliance and assurance activity, including self-assessments and regulatory readiness
• Deliver high-quality reporting to Executive, Board and Audit & Risk Committee, translating complex risk into clear insight
• Oversee internal audit, ensuring plans are aligned to key organisational risks and actions are effectively delivered
• Lead Hyde’s information governance framework, including data protection, data quality, and compliance with legislation such as the Data Protection Act
• Act as a key point of escalation for governance and data-related issues, working closely with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure effective oversight of regulatory action plans and improvement activity
• Build strong relationships with regulators, auditors and sector bodies, enhancing Hyde’s reputation for strong governance

About You

We’re looking for a confident and credible leader who can operate at senior level and influence across a complex organisation.

You will bring:

• Significant experience leading risk, assurance or governance functions in a complex or regulated environment – housing is preferential
• Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks and compliance, ideally within housing, public sector or similar
• Proven experience developing and embedding risk management frameworks and risk appetite
• The ability to translate complex risk information into clear, meaningful insight for senior stakeholders
• Experience of engaging, influencing and constructively challenging Executive and Board-level stakeholders
• A track record of building strong risk and assurance cultures across organisations
• Experience or exposure to information governance, data protection and internal controls

Why Join Hyde?

At Hyde, you’ll be part of an organisation that is customer-driven, inclusive, collaborative and innovative. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how risk and assurance supports better outcomes for our customers and communities.

We offer:

• A meaningful leadership role with real organisational impact
• The opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and the Board
• A collaborative and values-led culture
• Hybrid working and a commitment to work-life balance
• Ongoing development and support
• Salary Payable will reflect the experience you bring
• Bonus
• Car allowance
• Private Medical Insurance

We’re Inclusive, Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to life at Hyde. We’re committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to be themselves. Our aim is to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, ensuring that different perspectives are represented in decision-making, service delivery, and the way we shape our organisation. By fostering an environment where all voices are heard and valued, we can better understand the needs of our communities and deliver services that are fair, accessible and impactful.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re happy to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace.