BERLIN-BASED

Take the lead in shaping SumUp’s European risk strategy — a senior leadership role with regulatory impact, board visibility, and the opportunity to future-proof our growth.
At SumUp, we empower small businesses and drive sustainable growth across Europe. To achieve this, we need a forward-looking risk management framework that ensures compliance, resilience, and trust with regulators, partners, and customers. That’s where you come in.
We’re looking for a Head of Risk Management to define and lead SumUp’s risk strategy across Europe. You’ll play a pivotal role in safeguarding growth, driving a robust risk framework, and building trusted relationships with SumUp’s European regulators such as the Central Bank of Ireland, the FCA in the UK and Bank of Lithuania.

Serve as the designated PCF holder for Risk in SumUp’s Irish regulated entity, acting as the primary point of engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland.

• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of an enterprise-wide risk management framework, tailored to the Irish entity and aligned with our other European regulated entities.
• Oversee the identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial and non-financial risks across business lines, ensuring effective controls and a strong risk culture.
• Define and monitor the entity’s risk appetite and key risk indicators (KRIs), providing clear reporting and insight to senior management and Boards.
• Chair risk governance committees, ensuring timely regulatory reporting, escalation, and adherence to governance standards.

• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing risk team while partnering with business leaders to embed risk considerations into strategic decisions and change initiatives.

• • While our core focus is on fintech and payments, familiarity with risk management in banking environments will be highly regarded, bringing additional perspective to our regulatory engagements and enterprise-wide frameworks.