Associate Director - CIB Business Risk - AI Governance Lead

Job title: Associate Director - CIB Business Risk - AI Governance Lead

• As Associate Director, CIB Business Risk, AI Governance, within the Risk Capability Office, you’ll lead and shape global AI governance and risk reviews for Corporate and Institutional Banking.
• You’ll act as a subject matter expert in overseeing risk assessments and be an enabler in ensuring that all CIB Generative AI use cases are progressed through their life cycle in a safe, sustainable method.
• The role requires confident engagement with senior stakeholders (GCB 3 and above), strong programme management discipline, and the ability to influence across multiple regions and functions.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the CIB AI governance agenda for all CIB globally, ensuring consistent standards and controls across regions.
• Define and maintain governance processes for all CIB AI use cases (intake, risk assessment, approvals, oversight, monitoring, issues and lessons learned).
• Provide advisory to use cases on how to what requirements they will need throughout their lifecycle, both at BAU but also via the established processes for Governance – helping them navigate various systems, for various risk assessments and ensuring they are aware of the latest requirements
• Regularly update the governance requirements as new regulations/requirements are rolled out to ensure adherence
• Consistently aim to simplify, and create efficiencies in processes to ensure use cases are not burdened with duplication while ensuring risk reviews are performed to the highest standard
• Provide credible challenge and risk advice to senior stakeholders on AI initiatives, including key risks such as data quality, privacy, security, resilience, third-party dependency, and customer impact.
• Establish clear roles and responsibilities across the AI lifecycle, ensuring appropriate human oversight and decision-making.
• Develop and deliver governance forums, steering routines and reporting, ensuring decisions are documented and actions are tracked to completion.
• Design and track key risk indicators and management information for AI, escalating emerging risks and control gaps with practical remediation plans.
• Partner with Technology, Data, Compliance, Legal and Operations to embed responsible AI practices into delivery and run processes.
• Support internal reviews, audits and regulatory engagements related to AI governance, ensuring timely responses and sustainable remediation.
• Contribute to capability building across Risk and the business through guidance, playbooks and targeted training on AI risk and governance.
• Stay current on AI and fintech developments and translate external trends into improvements to governance and controls.

To be successful you will:

• Proven experience in technology risk governance, business risk management or operational resilience governance and running/owning senior governance intiatives
• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts and common risk themes
• Demonstrated ability to influence and “face off” with senior stakeholders, providing clear, constructive challenge and pragmatic solutions.
• Strong programme and stakeholder management skills, with experience delivering outcomes across multiple teams, geographies and priorities.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), able to translate complex technical topics into clear business and risk decisions.
• Sound judgement, high integrity, and a track record of taking accountability for risk outcomes.
• Degree-level education (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline (e.g., risk, technology, data, engineering, mathematics, or similar).

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Experience implementing or operating AI governance frameworks, responsible AI practices, or AI risk controls at scale.
• Familiarity with model risk management and validation concepts, including monitoring and performance management.
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, information security, and third-party/outsourcing risk as they relate to AI solutions.
• Exposure to regulatory expectations and industry standards relevant to AI and model governance.
• Certifications (desirable):
• Project/Delivery: PMP, PRINCE2, Agile certifications
• AI Governance certifications
• Cloud/Tech (relevant): AWS/Azure/GCP fundamentals or practitioner-level certifications
• Experience working in global, matrixed organisations with cross-cultural stakeholder groups.

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