Risk Specialist (f/m/x)

Position Overview

Join Deutsche Bank’s Operational / Non-Financial Risk team and help strengthen the management of operational and third-party risks across the organization. You will work closely with stakeholders across different business areas, supporting risk assessments, monitoring activities, and continuous improvement initiatives while developing your expertise in a dynamic international environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and outsourcing governance activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and maintaining effective engagement with regulators and senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate the implementation of the Operational Resilience framework, including ICT risk oversight, third-party dependencies, regulatory reporting, and legal entity compliance obligations.
• Provide independent operational risk oversight and challenge across key risk domains, including incident management, scenario analysis, operational losses, and control effectiveness.
• Act as a trusted advisor on risk governance, identifying, escalating, and addressing issues that could impact the organization’s resilience, risk profile, or reputation.
• Foster strong cross-functional partnerships and drive risk governance, strategic initiatives, and continuous improvement projects to strengthen the overall risk management framework.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Non-Financial Risk, Operational Risk Management, or Third-Party Risk Management.
• Proven ability to analyze risk data, incidents, and key risk indicators and communicate insights effectively to senior stakeholders.
• Good understanding of regulatory requirements and the broader banking and control environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to provide independent challenge when required.
• Highly organized and proactive professional with strong ownership, attention to detail, adaptability, and fluency in English.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

 Well-being & Benefits  

• Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health. Benefit from initiatives such as counseling and support in difficult life situations and a culture where you can openly speak about mental health.
• Physically thriving: We support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. For example, discount in gyms, annual medical check up's, standing desks...
• Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being. Benefits vary from different types of paid and unpaid leave, hybrid model of remote working (for some positions …)
• Financially secure: We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future. Benefit from meal allowance, pension contribution plans, banking services for employees, flex compensation program...

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.