Head of People Safety

WHAT MAKES US, US  

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading! 

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US 

The Global Head of People Safety will define and lead SimCorp’s global health and safety strategy, ensuring a safe and resilient work environment across all locations. This role partners with senior leadership to ensure the company’s risk appetite is followed, drive compliance, and embed a culture of safety through innovation and engagement. The position is based in P&C and is responsible for building systems, protocols, and capabilities across the global organization, enabling SimCorp to manage people safety risks for employees whether they are based in a SimCorp location or traveling outside our footprint. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 

• Own the global People Safety strategy and ensure the company’s risk appetite around health and safety id followed, in alignment with ExCo guidance. 

• Define policies, frameworks, and toolkits, and lead their implementation across all locations. 

• Build People Health & Safety capabilities, including establishing and supporting H&S Ambassadors. 

• Lead incident management and response by developing escalation protocols and communication plans and once developed secure the plans are adhered to across all locations. 

• Monitor global and local risks continuously using tools such as ISOS and travel trackers. 

• Drive continuous improvement of People Health & Safety systems and capabilities. 

• Ensure employee engagement and training, including integrating safety awareness into onboarding. 

• Evaluate and implement digital tools for safety monitoring and explore predictive analytics for proactive risk management. 

• Oversee reporting and maintain transparency on safety performance and compliance. 

• Act as budget owner for all costs related to the People Safety domain. 

• Guide the organization when entering new or unfamiliar locations to ensure safety readiness. 

• Serve as the primary contact for Deutsche Börse, Risk Management, Internal Audit, and external safety consultants and authorities. 

Authorities: 

• Serve as a strategic advisor to ExCo on people safety matters 

• Empowered to develop, drive implementation and operationalization of health and safety framework 

• Fully empowered to lead the resolution of all non-crisis safety events and escalate as needed. 

• Member of the crisis management team (not the lead) 

WHAT WE VALUE

• Extensive experience in global health and safety leadership.  

• Demonstrated success in building and reinforcing safety protocols across diverse geographies. 

• Skilled in managing risk and steering projects strategically in a matrix organization

• Expertise in digital safety tools and data-driven decision-making. 

• Deep knowledge of regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions. 

FOR POLAND LOCATION

Compensation ranges are being disclosed at the initial stage of candidate engagement. 

Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp: www.simcorp.com/career 

BENEFITS

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a supportive work & life balance: flexible work hours, a hybrid workplace model.

NEXT STEP  

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.  

For any questions you are welcome to contact Alina Wiejak, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, at [email protected]. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp and you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above, but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.  

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated. 

WHO WE ARE  

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.  

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.  

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.  

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