Senior Manager – Digital Assets Risk in Birmingham

Locations: Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newport

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Today

Time left to apply: End Date: April 29, 2026 (13 days left to apply)

Job requisition id: 152926

End Date: Tuesday 28 April 2026

Salary Range: £85,493 - £100,580

Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share

About this opportunity:

Digital Assets are one of the most transformative developments in financial services since the advent of online banking, and Lloyds Banking Group is at the forefront of this change. From tokenised deposits and programmable money to blockchain enabled settlement, the Group is accelerating its ambitions across wholesale and retail use cases. As part of the Conduct, Compliance & Operational Risk (CCOR) function, the Digital Assets Risk Specialist will provide independent second line oversight of these fast evolving propositions. You’ll join a high profile, high pace area shaping the future of payments, markets, and customer experience. Your work will span industry first pilots, new regulatory regimes, and the build out of entirely new capabilities. You’ll help ensure the Group innovates safely - embedding robust risk management while enabling strategic delivery.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide independent oversight across the Group’s Digital Asset developments, including tokenised deposits, stablecoins, digital wallets, and wider blockchain propositions.
• Act as a subject matter expert on associated regulatory requirements, staying ahead of new developments and industry best practice. Use this knowledge to support regulatory applications and advise on evolving compliance requirements.
• Build relationships with colleagues and understand their operations. Help them to identify and assess risks relating to Digital Assets and support them in the design and evaluation of the respective controls.
• Support the adoption of the Group’s new Payments and Transaction Execution Risk Policy, help the business to embed it and provide timely and insightful oversight - all in line with the Operational Risk framework.
• Advocate for customers through concise, commercially sensitive advice to business areas on policy interpretation and regulations, utilising deep business expertise to co-create fantastic compliant solutions for customers and the Group working closely with the business.
• Act as an operational risk specialist and represent the organisation, building relationships with external partners; in particular regulators and other governing bodies.
• Champion continuous review and enhancement of risk policies & appetite through the identification & assessment of emerging & growing risks. Ensure policies and appetite reflect new opportunities or threats.
• Contribute to the coordination of core Operational Risk processes, including scenario and loss analysis, and coordinate input into key regulatory submissions and external disclosures (e.g. ICAAP).
• Develop and operate tools and systems enabling Business Units/Functions to consistently identify risks and evaluate the robustness of respective controls.

What you’ll need:

• Strong operational risk expertise, with experience of Digital Assets and associated technologies.
• An understanding of relevant regulation and industry standards, with experience of translating complex requirements into practical guidance that supports the implementation of compliant solutions.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience of working in an inclusive style where everyone can be themselves.
• Experience in preparing concise reports for senior level audiences, with clarity and precision.
• A data driven approach to everything you do and a keen interest to maximise the potential of AI in driving productivity and reimagining work.
• Growth mindset and commitment to everyday innovation.
• Record of delivering results and an awareness of the importance of documentary evidence for key decisions.

About working for us:

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too. Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We’re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

With 320 years under our belt, we’re used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you’ll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.