Risk Model Management Specialist
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The project focuses on transaction monitoring within Financial Crime Prevention for a major Nordic bank. Core skills required are model risk management, model validation and quantitative methods (data science, statistics). Main responsibilities include developing, validating and documenting models, leading TMU governance, designing experiments and prototyping tests, and mentoring the analytics team. Rate is 100 PLN/h. Benefit: remote work opportunities.

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Risk Model Management Specialist

Company: OPTIVEUM SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ

from: 19 October 2026
to: 18 November 2026
100 - 100 złnet (+ VAT)/ hr.B2B contract (full-time)
Offer parameters
level:mid
working mode:hybrid
Gdańsk, Pomeranian
Gdańsk, Pomeranian

Requirements

Operating system

Windows

Our requirements

  • Extensive experience in model risk management, model governance and model validation
  • A strong background in data science, statistics and quantitative methods
  • Experience in academic or technical writing, especially model documentation
  • An advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or Actuarial Science
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills
  • A structured, proactive way of working, with the ability to take initiative and work independently
  • Confidence in setting direction and delivering results in a fast-changing environment
  • Fluent English, spoken and written

Optional

  • Experience in Financial Crime or AML, especially transaction monitoring
  • Hands-on work with transaction monitoring platforms such as Quantexa
  • Experience as a model validator or quantitative risk analyst
  • A banking background

Your responsibilities

  • Own the development and validation of transaction monitoring models, with a focus on documentation, review and governance
  • Lead model governance activities within TMU, including validation assessments and implementing feedback from the second line of defence
  • Define and carry out the approach to model development and experimental design
  • Document model design and outcomes, working with the analytics team to capture assumptions, limitations and weaknesses accurately
  • Support prototyping of tests and analytical methods hands-on
  • Mentor the analytics team and work with them to design, test and implement model SOPs, such as data lineage and governance, tuning and calibration, and monitoring of model operations and outcomes
  • Work professionally with internal and external stakeholders

About the project

We are currently looking for a Risk Model Management Specialist to join the Financial Crime Prevention team of our client, a major Nordic bank. For this role, Optiveum is the recruitment and contracting party, which means you will sign the cooperation agreement directly with us.
You will take ownership of the development, validation and governance of transaction monitoring models within the bank's Transaction Monitoring Unit (TMU). The role combines deep model risk expertise with hands-on analytical work: you will set the direction for model development, balance analytical rigor with practical constraints, and help build strong model governance across the team.
Key Details:
Rate: 100 PLN/h
Work Model: B2B contract, full-time (40 h/week), hybrid – 2–3 days per week in the office
Location: Gdańsk, Gdynia, Warsaw or Łódź
Language: Fluent English
Interested? Apply now and help a leading Nordic bank stay ahead of security risks!
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Benefits

  • remote work opportunities
  • integration events

OPTIVEUM SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ

Optiveum is acting as a sourcing partner for this role. You will be signing a cooperation agreement directly with our partner—a renowned IT contracting company with nearly 20 years of presence on the market.
The end client operates in the international public, defense, or government administration sector, leading large-scale, multi-million euro digital transformation projects.

This is how we work

Risk Model Management Specialist
100–100 zł / hr. (B2B)
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OPTIVEUM SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ
Gdańsk, Pomeranian
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