Governance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Governance Manager

Job Description: The role ensures activities, decisions, and documentation align with SAMA regulatory requirements and internal governance standards — covering the full policy lifecycle, regulatory obligations mapping, and board-level governance secretariat functions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the company’s governance framework (committees, charters, RACI, escalation paths, decision logs) to ensure clear accountability and effective oversight
• Own and operate the Policy Governance / Policy Approval Framework covering policy lifecycle, ownership, periodic reviews, approvals, version control, publication, and retirement
• Maintain a structured regulatory obligations register/compliance mapping linking SAMA requirements to internal policies, controls, SOPs, and evidence artifacts
• Coordinate inputs and internal reviews for SAMA requests; track SAMA-related commitments and deadlines (submissions, assessments, periodic updates)
• Own the governance process for SAMA observations: logging, assigning owners, setting milestones, tracking progress, and escalating overdue items
• Act as governance secretariat for relevant committees: schedule cadence, agendas, minutes, actions, decision documentation, and follow-up tracking
• Implement governance gates for high-impact changes affecting regulators (policy changes, control changes, risk acceptances, customer-impacting processes)
• Produce governance reporting for senior stakeholders including policy compliance status, overdue reviews, open regulatory items, remediation progress, and upcoming SAMA deadlines

Qualifications Needed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Law, or related field
• 5–8 years of experience in Corporate Governance
• Experience within banking or financial institutions in the Saudi market; familiar with SAMA and CMA regulations, policies, and requirements
• Corporate governance fundamentals (Board/committees/executive roles, decision rights, delegation of authority)
• Board and committee operations (agenda planning, annual calendar, minutes/resolutions, action tracking, evidence filing)
• Policy governance and document control (draft–review–approval–publish–review cycle, versioning, owners, exceptions)
• Risk, audit, and control mindset with ability to maintain traceability and audit-ready records
• Strong executive communication and writing skills (clear minutes, memos, policies, Board packs)
• Tools proficiency: Notion/SharePoint/document repositories, trackers/registers, MS Office

What the Company Offers:

• Pivotal governance role at Saudi Arabia’s first fintech unicorn under SAMA supervision
• Direct engagement with SAMA regulatory processes and board-level governance structures
• Opportunity to build and own the governance framework at a fast-scaling fintech company
• Mission-driven culture: empowering people to shop, pay, and bank differently across KSA, UAE, and Kuwait
• Cross-functional exposure across Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and executive leadership
• 40+ nationality diverse team with global offices across Riyadh, UAE, Egypt, Germany, and Vietnam

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