Job Description
What we’re all about.
Do you ever feel driven to make things better than they were yesterday? At Quantexa, that instinct powers everything we do. Our culture of discovery, innovation, and collaboration enables us to build meaningful relationships with customers and transform the industries we serve. With over 47 nationalities represented and more than 20 languages spoken, our diverse and inclusive environment fuels creativity and impact.
We’re heading in one direction: the future.
We’d love you to join us.
The Opportunity.
We are seeking a Global Head of Risk Solutions, a visionary and commercially minded leader to define, scale, and evolve Quantexa’s solutions across:
Financial Risk (with particular focus on Credit)
Non-Financial Risk (excluding Fraud and Financial Crime)
Become an integral part of the leadership team that is setting Product Strategy and charting an ambitious path forward for Quantexa, with a mandate to accelerate growth of our Risk Solutions across Financial Services globally.
You will serve as a respected industry thought leader, representing Quantexa at major events, in front of analysts, and with senior stakeholders across top-tier financial institutions. You will own the solution strategy, shape the product roadmap, and work across Product, Marketing, Sales, Alliances and Delivery teams to deliver market-leading solutions.
The role includes leadership of a global team, initially having two direct reports (in US and London), and requires periodic international travel. It combines high level strategic influence with a hands-on, sleeves rolled up approach and the expectation to act as a bi-lateral individual contributor when needed.
What you’ll be doing.
The Global Head of Risk Solutions has a direct reporting line into Quantexa’s Chief Product Officer. They form an integral part of the core Product Leadership Team and have a critical voice in determining overall Product Strategy and prioritizing Product roadmap.
The Global Head of Risk and the team are recognized as SMEs by other functions across the business (e.g.; Sales, Customer Success, etc…) and are sought out to guide, shape and credentialize when that expertise is needed.
Responsibilities will include:
Solution Strategy & Market Leadership
Define and drive the global strategy, vision, and roadmap for Quantexa’s Risk Solutions across Credit, Lending, Operational Risk, Resilience, and ESG/Climate Risk.
Act as the market voice, tracking regulatory changes, risk transformation priorities, competitive trends, and customer needs.
Produce high-impact thought leadership: whitepapers, blogs, keynote presentations, analyst briefings and client roundtables.
Establish yourself as a recognised authority and spokesperson for risk innovation.
Build market eminence through thought leadership, industry conferences & events and client roundtables – all in support of Quantexa’s brand, corporate positioning, and field marketing strategy
Cross Functional Leadership
Work closely with Product, GTM, Solutions, Marketing, Alliances and Customer Success to deliver solutions that resonate with the market. Build risk-focused campaigns and scalable Solution narratives which align to the business issues, enterprise value and messaging required within the respective industry.
Shape solution narratives and messaging with Product Marketing for senior buyers in global banks.
Support Sales and Pre-Sales on strategic pursuits - owning shaping, positioning, and differentiating our Risk Solutions.
Partner with regional Sales leaders to build regional-specific Go-to-Market campaigns for Risk
Go To Market Execution & Growth
Create, refine, and execute global GTM plans for Risk Solutions, working with regional sales leads.
Define strategic target accounts and high value client opportunities in partnership with Sales leadership.
Collaborate with Product Marketing to ensure Risk-relevant specificity in the design, market narrative and positioning, as well as innovating new banking risk-relevant narrative based on our core Platform
Work with Alliances team to identify, stand up and nurture strategic relationships with ecosystem partners relevant to the industry which drive scale, differentiation and non-linear growth
Team Leadership
Lead, coach, and develop a global team of Solution Owners, including management of two direct reports.
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across regions and functions.
What You’ll bring.
You are a strategic yet deeply handson leader who can move fluidly between Csuite engagements, partner negotiations, internal strategy discussions, and detailed solution work.
You will be a self-starter with vision and an ability to evangelize that vision compellingly.
Strong executive presence, with a proven ability to influence, engage and build trust with Csuite stakeholders within major global banks.
Financial Services or consulting experience across Credit & Lending, Operational Risk, Risk Transformation, Resilience, ESG/Climate Risk or related domains
Given the fast pace and dynamic nature of our business, Solution Owners must possess high levels of resilience and a collaborative approach to getting things done.
Experience operating across Product, Sales, Alliances in a matrixed environment and within a software product company.
Proven track record building and nurturing relationships within the partner ecosystem (cloud providers, global consultancies, system integrators, data partners).
Ability to connect high-level vision with practical execution - a “roll up your sleeves” operator who is comfortable being a bilateral individual contributor when needed.
Excellent communication skills; able to translate technical detail into compelling business value narratives.
Experience producing or delivering industry thought leadership (e.g. conference speaking, whitepapers, analyst engagement).
Experience managing and developing small, high-performing teams.
Additional nice to have experience includes:
Creativity. One of our favourites. You’ll contribute to development of the solution materials covering all aspects of our product.
Technical acumen to create narratives and scripts for custom demos, wireframes and solution designs &/or an understanding of big data or data science.
It would also be nice if you have experience of working with financial services across Europe, North America or APAC regions.
Knowledge of Entity Resolution, Graph analytics or Decision Intelligence solutions
Our perks and quirks
At Q, we help you realise your full potential, thrive in your role, and enjoy what you do — all while being recognised and rewarded with a wide range of benefits.
We offer
- 💰 Competitive salary & company bonus
- 🏥 Private healthcare, life insurance & income protection
- 🚴 CycleScheme & TechScheme
- 🧘 Free Calm app subscription (#1 app for meditation, relaxation & sleep)
- 💼 Pension scheme with 6% company contribution (when you contribute 3%)
- 🌴 25 days annual leave (plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days) + your birthday off!
- 📈 Ongoing personal development opportunities
- 🏢 WeWork office space & company-wide socials
- 🏢 Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy
Our mission
We have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We’re not a start-up. Not anymore. But we’ve not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction – the future.
It’s all about you
Quantexa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment, where everyone feels welcome, valued, and respected. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital, disability, or veteran status. Whoever you are, if you’re a curious, caring, and authentic human being who wants to help push the boundaries of what’s possible, we want to hear from you.
Internal pay equity across departments is crucial to our global compensation philosophy. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of experience, education, training, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data.
Quantexa is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our talent acquisition processes. If you require support, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team.
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