Business Risk Partner - GWM US Marketing

Your role

Do you thrive on solving complex challenges, innovating beyond the expected, and influencing stakeholders across regions and cultures?

We are looking for an entrepreneurial Business Risk Partner (BRP) to join our Business Risk Organization (BRO) within the GWM Marketing business unit. You will be the driving force behind embedding smart, pragmatic, and future ready risk management across our US & LatAm marketing activities.

In this role you will:

• Lead BRP coverage for GWM Marketing US and LatAm, partnering closely with the Regional Head to oversee risk in regional marketing initiatives (risk briefings, deep dives, process enhancements, escalations).
• Champion strong governance, ensuring timely and accurate reporting in line with GWM frameworks, operating controls, and risk reporting requirements.
• Be the go to advisor for day to day risk topics, offering sharp, practical guidance; challenging the status quo; and anticipating risks in marketing processes and projects.
• Drive impact oriented change, contributing to ad hoc projects that enhance frameworks, controls, and operating models.
• Collaborate across borders and functions, including Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Audit, and second line of defense partners to co create pragmatic, business forward solutions.

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Your team

You’ll be part of a highly engaged and specialized BRO team based in Switzerland, working seamlessly with colleagues across regions. In this newly created US-based role, you will be a key strategic partner to the GWM Marketing Regional Heads.

GWM Marketing’s mission is to bring the very best of UBS to clients globally, elevating brand value and powering engagement through best in class, highly governed marketing. You will help ensure that creativity and innovation thrive within a robust, forward looking risk culture.
This is an opportunity to influence globally while working in a small, collaborative, and innovative team where your ideas will be heard and expected.

Your expertise

We’re looking for someone who brings both professional rigor and creative thinking:

• Solid experience in Risk, Legal, Compliance, or Audit (financial services preferred).
• Ideally 5–15 years in a risk or risk adjacent role within Marketing, preferably in a financial institution.
• A clear and confident communicator who can influence across levels, cultures, and regions.
• A proactive driver with strong problem solving skills, able to design practical solutions and ensure they land.
• A self starter with a can do mindset, comfortable working independently and owning outcomes.
• Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish; additional languages advantageous.
• Someone who thinks beyond the obvious and is excited to build, innovate, challenge, and elevate how marketing risk is managed.

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

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