Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives. The Information Technology Head of GRC is responsible for leading the organisation’s global GRC strategy, ensuring effective risk management, compliance with applicable regulations, and robust governance frameworks.

The role requires a strategic leader with deep expertise in ITGC, enterprise risk, internal controls, and regulatory compliance, capable of influencing senior stakeholders and embedding a strong risk culture across the group. You will oversee the creation of risk and information, security policies that serve to protect the organisation while aligning with corporate and d...