Policy Governance Manager

Role overview

This position sits within the Policy Governance & Assurance department in Riyadh. The role focuses on strengthening policy governance, maintaining compliance alignment, and supporting the full lifecycle of policies and related manuals/procedures.

Core responsibilities

• Direct policy and MPM reviews to confirm they meet regulatory obligations, internal requirements, and accepted practices.
• Maintain clear policy formatting, classification, definitions, and consistency with the Delegation of Authority framework.
• Run implementation challenge reviews to test practicality, uncover gaps between policy intent and actual execution, and support closure of issues.
• Own regulatory-to-policy mapping and work on closing compliance gaps, overlaps, and associated risks.
• Create and update policy standards, templates, taxonomy, and internal review guidance.
• Assist policy owners in building governance frameworks that are aligned with internal expectations.
• Plan and deliver Policy Effectiveness Reviews and compile outputs for Executive Management and the Board/Board Committees.
• Coordinate policy submissions to Executive Management and Board/Board Committees with a focus on accuracy and timeliness.
• Set standards and review mechanisms for procedure implementation and for keeping policies and procedures aligned.
• Improve governance workflows, internal controls, and the tools/systems that support them.
• Lead policy governance working groups and serve as the main coordination point for stakeholders.
• Manage the central policy library, including versioning, records, publication, and retirement of superseded policies.
• Oversee the end-to-end policy lifecycle, including tracking, approvals, timelines, and effective dates.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders and respond to policy-related questions across the business.

Qualifications and experience

• At least 3 years of experience in policy and procedure development and governance.
• Strong understanding of regulations, ideally CMA, SAMA, or comparable frameworks.
• Proven ability to research and benchmark effectively.
• Deep knowledge of governance and process management practices.
• Well-developed organization, coordination, and project management skills.
• Ability to work closely with others in a collaborative team environment.
• Comfort with data analysis, reporting, and document management.

Additional information

Department: Policy Governance & Assurance

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia