Senior Director, Responsible AI – Compliance & Risk
Austin, North Carolina, United States of America
Full Time
4 weeks ago
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Key skills
AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud PlatformAIAmazon Web ServicesGoogle CloudStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementCommunicationRemote Work
About this role
Role Overview
Own AI compliance strategy: EU AI Act, GDPR, US state laws; lead conformity assessments and ISO readiness
Implement AI risk management: risk assessments, AI guardrails, lifecycle gates, bias/fairness audits, incident response
Maintain AI governance policies and standards; operationalize controls across enterprise and product lines
Oversee vendor AI risk assessments and third-party governance
Develop and maintain tooling for use case intake, automated monitoring, compliance checks, and observability
Liaison with legal to develop policies and procedures
Conduct model risk and validation activities, including independent testing, documentation, performance guardrails, and other forms of ongoing monitoring
Enable organizational adoption through training and clear decision workflows
Drive consensus and implementation of AI risk management and governance activities across enterprise departments
Requirements
10+ years in compliance, cybersecurity, data governance, risk, or AI governance in regulated industries
Expertise in regulatory frameworks (EU AI Act, GDPR) and standards (ISO/IEC 42001/5338, NIST AI RMF, trust-by-design/privacy-by-design principles)
Experience building assurance artifacts (model cards, data sheets, validation reports, control evidence packs)
Professional certifications (optional): Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), as well as technical systems (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
Proven experience operationalizing governance at scale
Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.