At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative projects in Risk and Audit, delivering smart solutions for clients.
- Company: Join a global leader in professional services with a focus on technology and customer experience.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work, generous time off, health benefits, and a creative culture.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by transforming client challenges into scalable solutions.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in project management with expertise in Enterprise Risk Management or Internal Audit.
The predicted salary is between 75000 - 90000 £ per year.
Role Overview
You’re a professional services leader who loves using technology to solve complex business problems and create an outstanding customer experience. In this role, you’ll partner with senior stakeholders in Risk, Audit, and Compliance to turn their challenges into smart, scalable solutions that deliver real value. You’ll lead end‑to‑end delivery of enterprise projects, guide customers through their GRC and audit transformation, and make sure they get the very best from their technology investment. You’ll also shape how services are delivered, coach a talented team, and play a key role in growing a high‑performing, customer‑obsessed practice.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, multi‑stakeholder implementations for Risk and Audit teams, from discovery through go‑live and adoption.
- Manage multiple client engagements, owning scope, timelines, budgets, and outcomes to ensure successful delivery.
- Design and drive technology‑enabled solutions that improve risk management, internal controls, and audit effectiveness.
- Partner closely with Sales and Customer Success to shape proposals, support pre‑sales, and identify opportunities to expand client use cases.
- Coach and mentor consultants on project management, client engagement, and domain best practices.
- Contribute to practice‑building initiatives that enhance delivery methods, tools, and overall service quality.
Qualifications
- 10+ years’ experience managing projects or services, with significant hands‑on experience in Enterprise Risk Management and/or Internal Audit.
- Past experience with GRC or audit management platforms and how they support risk, control, and assurance processes is essential.
- Proven experience leading teams or acting as a people manager in a consulting, professional services, or enterprise delivery environment.
- Strong data analysis skills, including working with large or complex data sets to inform decisions and insights.
- Experience delivering or supporting enterprise software implementations or complex systems/integration projects.
- Confident communicator and presenter, able to influence senior stakeholders and explain complex topics clearly.
- A commercial, outcomes‑focused mindset with the drive to deliver value and build long‑term client relationships.
Preferred Qualifications
- A track record of growing client accounts or identifying new use cases and opportunities within existing customers.
- Recognition as a subject‑matter expert (formal or informal) in risk, audit, or related domains, with an interest in thought leadership.
Benefits
Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We care about our people: flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting‑free days, generous time‑off policy, and wellness programs. We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney. Diversity is important to us. Building and maintaining a diverse team is a top priority. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education.
We are a drug‑free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.
Senior Manager, Advisory & Consultancy Services London, England, United Kingdom employer: Diligent Corporation
Diligent is an exceptional employer that prioritises creativity and employee well-being, offering a flexible work environment, comprehensive health benefits, and generous time-off policies. With a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, employees are encouraged to grow through mentorship and practice-building initiatives, all while working in a collaborative culture that spans global office hubs, including London. This role not only provides the opportunity to lead impactful projects but also to shape the future of advisory services in a supportive and dynamic setting.
