(Senior) Operational Risk Manager (f/m/d)

Upvest

At Upvest, we are on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. Upvest empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best experience in the field of capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest’s Investment API is easy to integrate so that fintechs and financial institutions can save resources and fully focus on their core business. We are proud to partner with Europe’s leading Fintechs and financial institutions such as DKB, Revolut, N26 and Raisin. Founded in 2017 by Martin Kassing, Upvest now brings together over 270 talented professionals from more than 70 nationalities. Upvest is backed by €280M in total funding from world-class investors, including BlackRock, Tencent, Sapphire Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Earlybird, Notion Capital, and Motive. Our latest €105M funding round in March 2026 - led by Sapphire and Tencent - serves as a massive catalyst for our growth, allowing us to offer premier investment experience. ABOUT THE ROLE: * As Senior Liquidity Risk Manager, you will own the design, implementation, and ongoing oversight of Upvest’s liquidity risk framework — a critical function for a BaFin-regulated investment firm operating at scale across Europe. * You will work closely with Treasury, Finance, and senior leadership to ensure Upvest maintains a robust and compliant liquidity position as we expand across Europe. * This is a high-impact, highly visible role at the intersection of regulatory compliance, strategic finance, and operational excellence — you’ll be central to how Upvest manages risk at the next stage of growth. WHAT YOU’LL DO: * Quantitative Analytics: Lead advanced quantitative modeling and analyze complex risk data to provide strategic insights on liquidity, funding, and stress testing (ILAAP). * Risk Governance: Design and implement comprehensive mitigation strategies and robust risk controls across our core business processes. * Projects & Tooling: Own high-impact risk projects, including the architecture and deployment of next-generation risk models and tools—initially for Financial and Non-Financial domains, with a clear path into the broader universe of Risk Management. * Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary expert for financial risk inquiries, translating complex quantitative findings for senior leadership, external partners, and regulators (BaFin). * Leadership & Collaboration: Mentor junior team members and drive cross-departmental initiatives (IT GRC, Outsourcing, Finance, Compliance, Operations) to scale our risk infrastructure. WHAT YOU BRING: * Experience: 5+ years in risk management or treasury within a regulated bank or financial institution. * Regulatory Expertise: Strong understanding of European/BaFin regulatory frameworks (CRR, LCR, NSFR, ILAAP, MaRisk). * Technical & Modeling Skills: Hands-on experience building or operating quantitative risk models and cash flow forecasting tools (SQL/Python skills are a plus). * Project & Cross-Functional Power: Proven track record of driving complex projects across domains like IT GRC, Outsourcing, or Compliance. * Leadership & Communication: Exceptional ability to mentor junior colleagues and articulate complex financial risks clearly to C-level executives and external partners. * Languages: Fluency in English; German language skills are a strong advantage. IT’S GREAT IF YOU HAVE: * Experience bridging the gap between Financial and Non-Financial/Operational Risk frameworks. * Prior experience in a high-growth fintech scale-up environment. HOW WE UPVEST IN YOU: * Best-in-class AI tools: Every Upvenger has €20,000 per year to spend on the best AI tools available — so you're always working with the most powerful models and tooling on the market. * Impact-driven work: We’re building the infrastructure that will power the future of investing in Europe. It’s complex, ambitious, and meaningful. You’ll work with modern technologies and create something entirely new. No legacy systems, no limits. * Wellbeing: Recharge with 30 days of annual leave and maintain a healthy lifestyle with sports benefits. Access confidential professional coaching and enjoy the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year. Recharge with UpRest, a one-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years of working at Upvest. * Development: Growth is in our DNA. Each Upvenger has access to a personal development budget and the freedom to decide how to use it. * Flexible work environment: Work from any of our hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn hybrid or remotely across Europe, depending on the role. We give you the choice and budget to work where you’re most comfortable and productive, either at home or in the office. You choose. * Compensation and equity: We believe that all Upvengers contribute to our success and deserve a competitive, above-market salary and a participation in our employee equity program. * Team celebrations: Participate in company-wide events, such as UpFest, dinners, offsites and our Holiday party, to connect with colleagues and celebrate our achievements. * Inclusion: We’re committed to a culture where everyone belongs and thrives. Our Employee Resources Groups foster inclusion and connection, like Upfem for our female Upvengers, or UpVergent supporting neurodivergent Upvengers and allies. OUR VALUES: * Make it easy for others. We simplify the complex and act with the best intentions * Own the outcome. We are proactive, fast and confident to get the job done, valuing progress over perfection. * Rise to the challenge. We aim high and push the boundaries. We stay curious, learn and celebrate our wins together. * Tell the story. We start with the Why to align on purpose. We are transparent and share knowledge to empower and inspire others. Upvest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Upvest

At Upvest, we are on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. Upvest empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best experience in the field of capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest’s Investment API is easy to integrate so that fintechs and financial institutions can save resources and fully focus on their core business. We are proud to partner with Europe’s leading Fintechs and financial institutions such as DKB, Revolut, N26 and Raisin. Founded in 2017 by Martin Kassing, Upvest now brings together over 270 talented professionals from more than 70 nationalities. Upvest is backed by €280M in total funding from world-class investors, including BlackRock, Tencent, Sapphire Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Earlybird, Notion Capital, and Motive. Our latest €105M funding round in March 2026 - led by Sapphire and Tencent - serves as a massive catalyst for our growth, allowing us to offer premier investment experience. ABOUT THE ROLE: As the Lead IT Risk Manager, you will play a pivotal role in owning and evolving our IT Risk Framework within the second-line risk function. Operating in a highly growth-oriented and regulated financial services environment, this role demands an exceptional blend of technical governance expertise, independent challenge capabilities, and strategic stakeholder management. You will serve as the primary second-line authority for IT risk matters, providing oversight to the first-line IT GRC team, leading comprehensive risk assessments, and ensuring strict alignment with Upvest's overarching Risk Appetite Framework. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Risk Framework Ownership & Oversight * Own and evolve the IT Risk and Business Continuity Management Framework within the second line, keeping it scalable as the business grows. * Provide independent second-line oversight and challenge to the first-line IT GRC team on the design and effectiveness of IT controls. * Lead IT risk identification, assessment, and mitigation across cyber, technology resilience, third-party, and data security, linking back to the Risk Appetite Framework. IT Governance & Compliance Management * Mature the ISMS by guiding policies, standards, and procedures with the relevant process owners. * Define baseline controls and run continuous ISMS maturity assessments against ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and related standards. * Oversee third-party IT risk, internal technology exposures, and business continuity assessments. IT Audit & 2nd Line Assurance * Drive second-line assurance reviews and deep-dives across critical IT risk domains, reporting findings and tracking remediation to closure. * Support internal and external audits, including IT General Controls (ITGC) and Application Controls. * Run preliminary internal IT audits to prepare engineering, product, and business teams for official engagements. Regulatory Alignment & Stakeholder Management * Lead Upvest's DORA obligations, including ICT risk management, incident classification, and third-party ICT risk oversight. * Track the regulatory landscape (BaFin, EBA, ESMA, ECB) and translate requirements into actionable risk guidance. * Act as the primary second-line contact for IT risk, reporting posture and material risk events to senior stakeholders, the C-suite, and the Risk Committee WHAT YOU BRING: * Education: University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, or an equivalent academic/professional background. * Experience: Minimum of 5+ years of progressive professional experience in IT Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Security (IT GRC / IT Security) within a regulated financial institution, bank, fintech, or fast-scaling B2B platform environment. * Technical Depth: Deep operational understanding of IT governance standards (e.g., ISO 27001), regulatory risk requirements (BaFin BAIT/MaRisk), and modern resilience standards like DORA. * Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written articulation skills in English, with a proven ability to engage credibly with a multilingual international stakeholder base, technical engineering leads, and C-level executives. * Mindset: A strong product engineering and security-focused mindset, combined with commercial pragmatism and the ability to operate confidently under ambiguity. HOW WE UPVEST IN YOU: * Best-in-class AI tools: Every Upvenger has €20,000 per year to spend on the best AI tools available — so you're always working with the most powerful models and tooling on the market. * Impact-driven work: We’re building the infrastructure that will power the future of investing in Europe. It’s complex, ambitious, and meaningful. You’ll work with modern technologies and create something entirely new. No legacy systems, no limits. * Wellbeing: Recharge with 30 days of annual leave and maintain a healthy lifestyle with sports benefits. Access confidential professional coaching and enjoy the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year. Recharge with UpRest, a one-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years of working at Upvest. * Development: Growth is in our DNA. Each Upvenger has access to a personal development budget and the freedom to decide how to use it. * Flexible work environment: Work from any of our hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn hybrid or remotely across Europe, depending on the role. We give you the choice and budget to work where you’re most comfortable and productive, either at home or in the office. You choose. * Compensation and equity: We believe that all Upvengers contribute to our success and deserve a competitive, above-market salary and a participation in our employee equity program. * Team celebrations: Participate in company-wide events, such as UpFest, dinners, offsites and our Holiday party, to connect with colleagues and celebrate our achievements. * Inclusion: We’re committed to a culture where everyone belongs and thrives. Our Employee Resources Groups foster inclusion and connection, like Upfem for our female Upvengers, or UpVergent supporting neurodivergent Upvengers and allies. OUR VALUES: * Make it easy for others. We simplify the complex and act with the best intentions * Own the outcome. We are proactive, fast and confident to get the job done, valuing progress over perfection. * Rise to the challenge. We aim high and push the boundaries. We stay curious, learn and celebrate our wins together. * Tell the story. We start with the Why to align on purpose. We are transparent and share knowledge to empower and inspire others. Upvest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

NavVis

THE OPPORTUNITY Are you ready to own the full revenue picture at NavVis, redefine how AI shapes the way we grow and drives excellence in revenue operations? We are looking for a Revenue Operations Manager who has deep expertise in B2B go-to-market operations, a passion for translating data into strategic decisions and a forward-looking mindset on how AI is transforming the way revenue organizations operate. You will be the connective tissue across Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Finance and Operations building the reporting infrastructure, forecasting models and cross-functional visibility that leadership needs to manage and grow NavVis's recurring revenue base with confidence. But beyond building the infrastructure of today, you will be the person who actively shapes what tomorrow looks like: identifying where AI-driven solutions can replace manual effort, improve the quality of revenue signals and make our go-to-market engine smarter and faster. You will work together with our existing Sales Operations experts, while forging a strong operational bridge to Finance and Operations.   HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT * Own end-to-end revenue forecasting, building and maintaining models that give leadership a reliable forward-looking view of ARR development, net revenue retention (NRR) and gross revenue retention (GRR) across EMEA and the US.  * Design and deliver full-funnel revenue performance reporting, from upper-funnel marketing KPIs (leads, MQLs, campaign contribution to revenue) through to recognized revenue, renewals and customer expansion, ensuring every stage of the revenue lifecycle is visible and actionable.  * Track and analyze existing customer revenue performance in close collaboration with Customer Success, monitoring NRR, expansion revenue and churn risk as integral components of the overall revenue health picture.  * Serve as a critical interface to Finance and Operations translating revenue data into the inputs Finance needs for planning and reporting cycles and aligning with Operations on the process infrastructure that underpins revenue delivery.  * Actively contribute to NavVis's company-wide OKRs tied to the transformation towards an ARR- and revenue-focused business model, translating strategic growth initiatives into operational metrics, reporting structures and cross-functional processes that make the transformation measurable and accountable.  * Collaborate closely with NavVis's Sales Operations experts, building on their deep sales process knowledge to extend visibility upstream into marketing and downstream into customer revenue, without duplicating what Sales Ops already owns.  * Actively explore and embed AI-powered solutions into revenue processes from revenue forecasting and lead scoring to automated reporting and workflow optimization to help us scale without adding manual overhead.    WHAT WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED IN THE ROLE * Proven experience in Revenue Operations or a similar cross-functional go-to-market operations role in a B2B technology environment, ideally with exposure to SaaS or recurring revenue business models.  * Fluency in recurring revenue metrics like ARR, NRR, GRR, LTV, CAC payback and the ability to connect these to operational levers across Marketing, Sales and CS.  * Strong analytical skills with tools like Excel, Power BI, or CRM reporting. * Experience working at the interface of Revenue and Finance, contributing to planning cycles, revenue recognition inputs, or board-level reporting. * Genuine hands-on experience with AI tools applied to revenue or business processes whether AI forecasting models, automation platforms, CRM AI features, or purpose-built agents; you understand not just the potential but the practical constraints of deploying AI in an operational context.  * Experience building revenue forecasting models or working with BI platforms is a strong plus.  * Exposure to a company undergoing a transition towards recurring revenue or ARR-based models where you have helped operationalize that shift is a strong plus. * A curiosity and drive to continuously identify where AI can eliminate low-value manual work and improve the quality of revenue signals. You do not wait to be asked; you bring the ideas. * A structured mindset and strong communication skills to align diverse stakeholders from Sales Ops colleagues to Sales and Finance leadership.  * Based in Munich or able to commute to our Munich office at regular base. * Fluent English is required as our working language.   HOW WE WILL KNOW WE ARE A PERFECT MATCH Your recruiting partner for this role is Kim (She/Her). You can expect to go through a screening call, and up to 3 rounds of interviews, where we would love to discover your passion and interests, introduce you to who we are and what drives us, and finally understand how we can potentially add value to each other's growth.   HOW WE WILL KEEP YOU SMILING * It's important to take a break from work! We offer 30 days of paid time off per year. * Affordable access to a vast network of fitness and wellness facilities through EGYM Wellpass subsidy. * Deutschlandticket subsidy to support sustainable travel using public transport. * We offer flexible working hours and a hybrid work setup, enabling you to plan your work around your life, and not your life around work! * We offer full visa and relocation support for international candidates. * An attractive bike leasing model through JobRad, in line with our commitment towards sustainable mobility. * A competitive compensation package that values the skills and experience you bring. * Up to 4000 EUR employee referral bonus.  * Financial support for local language classes to help you in your journey of integrating into the culture!   ABOUT US NavVis is a technologically-focused, global leader in reality capture and digital factory solutions. Prominent manufacturers and laser scanning professionals around the world trust our ground-breaking technology, designed to capture and share the built environment as photorealistic digital twins. By bridging the physical and digital worlds, we’re helping organizations make smarter decisions and build more efficient, connected operations.   With over 300 people from around 60 nationalities and offices around the globe, we’re proud to be a truly international and diverse place to work. As a scaling company, we bring together the agility, innovation, and entrepreneurial mindset of a startup with the professionalism and reliability of an established enterprise — offering our team the best of both worlds.   You’ll be part of an open culture that values trust, collaboration, and transparency. We are proud of our environment where diverse talent can thrive and where feedback fosters individual growth and development. Do you share our passion for disruptive technology and want to be part of our dynamic journey? At NavVis, you’ll own your projects, bring innovative ideas to life, and have real opportunities to grow your career and be recognized for your impact.   We derive our strength from our diversity. NavVis’ unwavering commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace has laid the foundation for our incredible growth. We thrive on the collective strength of our people who come from diverse backgrounds. We respect and value every experience associated with race, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion and disability. We do not discriminate on the basis of any of these, or other identities, and strongly encourage everyone to apply. Together with you, we build NavVis! If you need assistance at any stage of the recruiting process due to a disability, please reach out to your recruiting partner(s) for this position.