Director, Enterprise Risk Management

Director, Enterprise Risk Management

Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.

Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.

As Director, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), you will lead and advance BIC’s established global risk management framework, ensuring it continues to evolve in line with the company’s growth and increasing complexity. This role builds on existing ERM foundations to further embed a proactive, enterprise-wide risk approach—enhancing governance, strengthening risk visibility, and integrating risk management into strategic decision-making. You will partner closely with senior leadership and business teams to drive consistency, maturity, and accountability across all aspects of risk management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strengthen & Evolve the ERM Framework: Lead the ongoing evolution and maturity of BIC’s ERM framework, tools, and policies. Enhance existing methodologies to ensure consistent identification, assessment, and management of risks globally. Ensure alignment of risk practices with business strategy and organizational priorities. Continuously improve governance, processes, and standards to reflect best practices.
• Risk Identification, Assessment & Prioritization: Oversee enterprise-wide risk identification and assessment processes across functions and geographies. Refine risk evaluation criteria, including risk appetite and tolerance levels. Translate risks into actionable insights and prioritized mitigation strategies. Benchmark and continuously improve existing risk management practices.
• Insurance & Business Continuity: Lead and optimize insurance programs and claims management. Ensure appropriate coverage aligned with business needs and risk exposure. Strengthen and integrate business continuity planning across the organization. Support resilience planning to minimize operational disruption.
• Monitoring, Reporting & Governance: Enhance risk monitoring processes and ensure effective controls are in place. Provide clear, actionable risk reporting to senior leadership and the Board. Strengthen the quality, cadence, and impact of risk reporting and insights. Ensure alignment between risk management activities and business performance.
• Embed a Risk-Aware Culture: Continue to build and reinforce a strong enterprise-wide risk culture. Drive accountability for risk management across all levels of the organization. Provide education, training, and guidance to business leaders and teams. Promote proactive risk identification and mitigation as part of daily operations.
• Regulatory & Compliance Oversight: Ensure ERM practices remain aligned with regulatory requirements and industry standards. Monitor evolving regulatory landscapes and translate implications for the business. Provide guidance to leadership on risk, compliance, and governance matters. Maintain strong relationships with key regulatory and external stakeholders as needed.
• Technology & Data Enablement: Enhance and leverage existing risk management tools and systems. Drive improvements in risk data, analytics, and reporting capabilities. Partner with IT and data teams to strengthen digital enablement of ERM processes.
• Enterprise Collaboration & Leadership: Partner with business leaders to integrate risk management into decision-making. Coordinate risk activities across functions to ensure alignment and consistency. Support enterprise risk committees and governance forums. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on risk-related matters.

Qualifications:

• Strong experience in Enterprise Risk Management within a global organization.
• Proven ability to evolve and scale risk frameworks in complex environments.
• Deep analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect risk to strategic outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence and operate effectively at senior leadership levels.

BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.

Key skills/competency:

• Enterprise Risk Management
• Risk Framework Development
• Risk Assessment
• Business Continuity Planning
• Risk Reporting
• Governance
• Regulatory Compliance
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Planning
• Leadership