AVP, IT Governance Lead

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage IT policies, procedures, standards, and governance practices in line with regulatory, regional and company requirements.

• Manage end-to-end IT process inventory, including SDLC process mapping, and drive process improvement where applicable.

• Ensure effective implementation, monitoring, and awareness of IT policies, procedures, and governance requirements across relevant teams.

• Provide expert advice and support to IT management on IT governance, risk, control, audit, and compliance matters.

• Act as the key contact point for IT-related audits, including evidence coordination, clarification, and follow-up / oversight on the IT related audit action plan

• Lead and manage the IT department risk register, risk mitigation activities, and control assessments with domain owners.

• Lead and implement enterprise AI-ready data governance strategy and execution, including data quality management

Minimum requirements:  (Qualifications and Experience)

• University degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related fields.
• 12+ years of experience in IT governance, IT risk, IT audit, or technology process management, preferably in the financial services industry.
• Strong knowledge of IT policies, SDLC governance, IT controls, regulatory requirements, and security standards.
• Experience in managing IT audit coordination, risk register, control assessment, and remediation tracking.
• Knowledge of data governance, including data ownership, data quality, data classification, and data stewardship, is a plus..

• Strong stakeholder management communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to discuss strategy at a senior management level
• Good command of spoken and written English.
• Ability to work under complex condition and time constraint 
• Knowledge of life insurance industry practices is a plus.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.