Risk Manager

Combine your tech passion with excellence in Quality, Risk, and Compliance

Are you ready to embark on a career that combines your passion for technology with a commitment to excellence in Quality, Risk, and Compliance? Schuberg Philis is an engineering company with a people-centric approach focused on customer satisfaction, dedicated to delivering mission critical IT solutions to our customers. Our role is to ensure that these mission critical IT solutions are compliant with regulatory standards, company policies, industry best practices and customer expectations, all geared towards the delivery of 100% Customer Satisfaction.  

Your Role: 

At Schuberg Philis, quality encompasses Technology, Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Sustainability, guided by industry standards like ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 9001, and Public Cloud Well-Architected Frameworks. We interact with regulatory standards such as GDPR, NIS2, DORA, and CSRD, integrating them into our Integrated Control Framework to set best practices for internal and customer teams, ensuring top-tier quality and maintaining consistent high rankings in Customer Satisfaction surveys (Whitelane 2024, Giarte 2023). 

As a subject matter expert in our Quality & Assurance team, you'll drive the Quality improvement agenda through Risk Assessments, enhancing our Integrated Control Framework, leading Risk Mitigation and Quality Improvement projects, and facilitating Audits.  

Drawing from a strong understanding of the company's dynamics, you will pinpoint risks, contribute to defining effective mitigating measures, and aid in formulating well-structured projects designed for the implementation of these measures. You'll explore regulatory compliance topics that are relevant to Schuberg Philis and its customers, ranging from GDPR to NIS2/DORA and even the AI Act. At Schuberg Philis, we don't just follow standards—we set them. You'll have the opportunity to shape future benchmarks, transforming regulations into clear, practical guidance that empowers Schuberg Philis and its customers. 

At Schuberg Philis, we thrive on growth and innovation. You should have a curious mindset and a strong learning ability to constantly keep up with new technology such as public cloud and AI. You will help create new controls or frameworks applicable to the use of these new technologies and have affinity with automation & AI to make monitoring even more effective, moving us towards Continuous Assurance. 

Within the broader Quality domain, you will be a central contact for questions on quality, audit, risk and compliance. An interest in these topics will enhance your role. Developing the skills to act as a trusted advisor is essential to effectively convey your insights and lead others through the complexities of quality, risk, and compliance. 

Key Responsibilities and Focus: 

• Conduct risk assessments internally and with customers, prioritizing risk mitigation and quality improvement. 
• Collaborate with internal teams to analyze processes to identify areas ripe for enhancement. 
• Serve as a trusted advisor on matters of quality, including audit, risk, and compliance. 
• Partner with external auditors to support audits, such as ISO9001, ISO27001, and ISO27701, across industries like finance, retail, and logistics, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards, company policies, and industry best practices. 
• Stay informed of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes to align audits with current standards. 
• Work with a range of technologies, focusing particularly on public cloud platforms like AWS and Microsoft Azure. 
• Contribute to our overarching aim for achieving Continuous Assurance. 

Success in this role requires a unique blend of skills and traits: 

• 5+ years of work experience in relevant fields.  
• A Big4 background and (upcoming) RE-title (or equivalent) is a plus. 
• Prior work experience in any of the quality domains, risk management or audit is advantageous. 
• A mindset of interest and curiosity towards the different quality domains including (cloud) technology, security, privacy, compliance and sustainability.  
• Strong analytical skills with great attention to detail and the ability to bring theory into practice in a pragmatic way. 
• Excellent communication skills to effectively act as a trusted advisor and convey your message effectively. 
• Comfortable challenging the status quo, taking ownership of your work, and actively seeking continuous improvement. 
• Enthusiasm for meeting new people and collaborating across different groups. 

Please note that this roles requires you to be currently located in the Netherlands, to have fluent Dutch language skills (written and verbal), and to have extensive knowledge of the Dutch regulations.