Senior AI Governance & Data Privacy Leader

Al Futtaim Private Company (LLC); United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 350,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Al Futtaim Private Company (LLC) seeks a senior leader to establish and govern enterprise AI governance, data governance and privacy across the UAE. You will drive policy development, risk assessment, and cross-functional governance programs with robust oversight.

The role includes chairing the AI Governance Committee, defining lifecycle controls, and ensuring alignment with regulatory, ethical, and business objectives while delivering governance KPIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field with 10+ years of governance/risk experience.
• Experience governing AI/ML platforms, cloud platforms, and GenAI environments.
• Experience in regulated industries (insurance/financial services) preferred.
• Strong knowledge of UAE privacy laws and data protection regulations.
• Ability to define governance controls, approval workflows and audits.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the enterprise AI Governance Framework.
• Define policies standards controls and operating procedures for AI usage.
• Create governance models for Agentic AI, Generative AI, ML, Advanced Analytics, Intelligent Automation.
• Chair the AI Governance Committee.
• Define AI approval and risk assessment processes.
• Ensure AI initiatives align with regulatory requirements, ethical AI principles, security policies, and business objectives.
• Implement AI lifecycle governance across development, deployment, monitoring, and retirement.
• Develop controls for Explainability, Fairness, Bias management, Human oversight, Model monitoring, Prompt governance, Auditability.

Skills

AI governance

Data governance

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Privacy by design

Policy development

Model risk assessment

Executive stakeholder engagement

Auditability

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Data Science/Cybersecurity/Law

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Al Futtaim Private Company (LLC) seeks a senior leader to establish and govern enterprise AI governance, data governance and privacy across the UAE. You will drive policy development, risk assessment, and cross-functional governance programs with robust oversight.

The role includes chairing the AI Governance Committee, defining lifecycle controls, and ensuring alignment with regulatory, ethical, and business objectives while delivering governance KPIs.