ERM Manager

Grade: L3

Location: IslamabadReports to: Head of Enterprise Risk Management, VEONRole:Reporting to the Group Head of Enterprise Risk Management, the Manager ERM provides operational and coordination capacity across VEON Group's enterprise risk management activities.

The role executes the Group's risk frameworks, platform, and reporting cycles, implementing methodologies, running the cross-OpCo cadence, consolidating OpCo risk materials, and building out emerging-risk coverage across new verticals, the digital portfolio, and climate/ESG.

Responsibilities

Emerging Risk & Framework Implementation

• Implement risk assessment frameworks for new verticals and business lines entering the portfolio, applying consistent Group methodology and governance.
• Operationalise the Digital Portfolio Risk Assessment framework across relevant entities.
• Lead the Climate and ESG Risk Assessments and reporting through OpCos.
• Monitor emerging risks — AI, regulatory, geopolitical, and industry transformation — and maintain the associated early-warning indicators.Platform & Process Operations
• Administer the ERM platform day-to-day: dashboards, workflows, taxonomy, and data quality.
• Drive continuous improvement of ERM methodologies and reporting processes across the Group.
• Maintain enterprise-wide data governance and taxonomy consistency across the platform.Cross-OpCo Coordination & Risk Cadence
• Run the operational ERM cadence across all OpCos and newly acquired entities, managing quarterly and periodic assessment cycles.
• Coordinate risk submissions and validate summaries for completeness, quality, and consistency.
• Perform cross-OpCo theme analysis, trend identification, and benchmarking.
• Escalate material risks, emerging issues, and process gaps to the Group Head ERM.ARC & Board Reporting Support
• Support Group Head ERM to consolidate inputs from OpCos that feed into ARC reporting pack.
• Perform risk analytics, heatmap evolution, and scenario analysis to support enterprise decision-making.
• Validate data and challenge assumptions to safeguard reporting integrity.
• Support communication of enterprise risk posture, emerging risks, and governance effectiveness to management, the ARC, and the Board.JazzWorld is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.Requirements
• 8+ years' experience in relevant roles including enterprise risk management, internal audit, risk transformation, or a related governance function, ideally within a multinational or multi-entity organisation.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading risk framework development, risk transformation initiatives, or cross-functional risk governance programmes.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, data engineering or a related discipline; relevant professional certification (e.g. FRM, PRM, CIA, ACCA/CA) an advantage.
• Exposure to emerging risk domains — digital, fintech, ESG/climate, or new business verticals — preferred.BenefitsWhy join JazzWorld?As a certified Top Employer, JazzWorld reflects workplace standards benchmarked against leading global organizations, demonstrating our commitmnet to creating an environment where people can thrive and perform at their best. Our teams are driven by the belief that every JazzWorld employee should be inspired to live better every day, enabled by forward-looking leadership, an open culture, meaningful work, and continuous opportunities to learn and grow.Our core values - Customer Obsession, Truthful, Innovation, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurial shape how we think, decide, and lead. They encourage us to challenge convention, act with accountability, work as one team, and create solutions that truly matter for our customers and communities.As Pakistan's largest digital operator, JazzWorld serves over 100 million through connectivity, digital services, financial inclusion, entertainment, and insurance. Joining us means being part of transformation at a national scale; expanding access, unlocking opportunity, and building a more connected digital future.At JazzWorld, everything we do is rooted in one shared ambition. This purpose defines how we work, the progress we enable, and the difference we strive to make every day a Better Life For All.