Senior Director, Head of Data & AI Risk Management

Overview

In this role you lead Data & AI risk at scale, shaping a safe, compliant data-driven enterprise. You partner with business leaders to embed risk-aware practices into initiatives, balancing innovation with regulatory and ethical standards. You’ll drive enterprise risk visibility, framing decisions for senior governance forums and enabling confident, timely action. You’ll steer cross-functional teams to create reusable, enterprise-wide risk capabilities that scale with AI deployments.

Pay / Benefits

• minimum of three days per week in the office
• flexible work arrangement
• opportunity to work on high-impact initiatives
• hackathons and cross-functional collaboration
• investment in digital and data initiatives
• culture of curiosity and ownership

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise approach to identifying, assessing, and managing Data & AI risks across strategic, operational, ethical, and regulatory dimensions
• Integrate Data & AI risk into broader Enterprise Risk Management processes to align risk appetite with technology ambitions
• Surface material Data & AI risks early and manage them at the enterprise level with clear trade-offs between innovation and control
• Challenge mitigations, drive remediation, and escalate when risks exceed appetite or controls fail
• Provide harmonised risk positions to support senior leadership decisions on risk appetite
• Oversee enterprise-level risk aggregation, reporting, and insight for Data & AI risks
• Establish and lead the operating model for Data & AI Risk Management with clear accountability and governance forums
• Continuously improve risk management processes by incorporating stakeholder feedback and external best practices
• Advise on complex Data & AI use cases to enable proportionate risk decisions while allowing innovation to move forward
• Partner with Business, Project Teams, and Data Offices to embed risk management from the start of initiatives
• Build relationships with Legal, Compliance, IT, and Privacy to align risk approaches
• Own interactions with Group Internal Audit related to Data & AI risk and remediation tracking
• Identify opportunities to accelerate data enablement and AI deployment within risk appetite
• Demonstrate collaborative behaviours across functions and levels to co-create solutions
• Synthesize complex issues into concise narratives for high-stakes discussions and drive alignment
• Demonstrate executive presence in engagements with senior leadership and governance bodies

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
• Significant senior experience in risk management, assurance, governance, or second-line oversight
• Proven ability to build and lead a high-performing Data & AI risk team
• Champion a culture of responsible data & AI use
• Demonstrated project leadership and stakeholder influence skills
• Effective communication and negotiation abilities
• Strong change management and collaboration capabilities

• influence and negotiation
• communication
• collaboration
• Data & AI risk governance
• Regulatory compliance knowledge (GDPR, EU AI Act, NIS2, etc.)
• Risk reporting and metrics

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