Risk and Information Security Manager (Retail Digital Euro PMO)

Quick Facts

• Role: Risk and Information Security Manager (Retail Digital Euro PMO)
• Focus: Operational risk management and information security within the central PMO for the Alliance for the Digital Euro (AD€)
• Location: Frankfurt am Main (Homeoffice within Germany)
• Employment: Permanent, full-time or part-time
• Compensation: E 13 (approx. €65,900–€95,100), plus bank allowance and public-sector benefits

Description

You will drive operational risk management in the central PMO for the Retail Digital Euro project, maintaining the central risk register and producing transparent, timely risk reporting for senior management and relevant governance bodies. You will advise project leadership and subject-matter teams on risk, information security, cyber resilience, and business continuity, while developing and harmonizing project-wide risk and security policies and processes. You will coordinate with internal and international stakeholders, support audits and regulatory requirements, and promote a continuous improvement of the risk and security culture.

Responsibilities

• Operationally steer risk management in the central PMO of AD€
• Develop and maintain the central risk register (identify, analyze, assess, monitor risks; define suitable control measures)
• Prepare risk and security analyses and decision support for senior management and steering committees; ensure transparent and timely risk reporting
• Advise project management and business areas on risk, information security, cyber resilience, and business continuity management
• Develop and further enhance project-wide guidelines and processes for risk management and information security; support consistent application
• Coordinate collaboration with internal and international stakeholders; represent the Bundesbank’s technical position in international working groups
• Support audits and reviews; assist in implementing regulatory requirements; foster continuous development of risk and security culture in the project

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g., risk management, economics, business informatics)
• Very good English proficiency
• Good German proficiency
• Strong ability to analyze and assess complex topics and present them appropriately to the audience
• Very strong ability to coordinate complex alignment processes with internal and external stakeholders in a targeted and binding way
• Strong teamwork skills and intercultural competence

Benefits

• International working environment and varied responsibilities
• Option for civil servant status (Verbeamtung) in principle
• Homeoffice within Germany; technical equipment
• Flexible and predictable working hours; 30 days of vacation
• Free Germany ticket as job ticket
• Central location with excellent public transport connections
• Commitment to diversity and equal opportunities; preference for severely disabled applicants with equal qualification and promotion of gender equality