Director, AI Controls Engineering

Colonial First State Investments Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

Employer super

Life leave

Sonder support

Health insurance rates

Counselling services

Job summary

Colonial First State Investments Limited is seeking a Director AI Controls Engineering Lead to translate governance, risk and policy requirements into scalable controls and enterprise platforms. You will bridge governance and engineering, enabling safe, scalable AI adoption across the organisation.

You will design, build and operate the central control plane, establish monitoring and assurance capabilities, and partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal and Data Science to deliver trusted AI across

Qualifications

• Solid experience in AI governance, risk and policy in large enterprises.
• Proven ability to design, build and operate AI control platforms and monitoring frameworks.
• Strong understanding of AI lifecycle, governance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and operation of the enterprise AI control plane with policy enforcement and guardrails.
• Establish observability, monitoring and telemetry for model performance and risk indicators.
• Build AI evaluation, testing and assurance platforms including explainability and fairness.
• Ensure third- and fourth-party AI oversight and monitor dependencies and resilience.
• Provide sharing capabilities for monitoring, reporting and evidence generation across AI solutions.
• Define reusable control patterns, reference architectures and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Data Science and Architecture teams to translate governance into controls.
• Enable federated teams with shared platforms and guardrails to reduce duplication and improve consistency.

Skills

AI governance

Enterprise AI platforms

Model governance

Observability & telemetry

Stakeholder management

Engineering mindset

Risk management

Job description

Are you ready to be part of an organisation that values expertise, passion and diversity? At CFS we know that the foundation of our success lies in our exceptional people. We believe in celebrating individuality, have a passion for high performance and creating an environment where you can unleash your full potential. Our people enable us to make a difference and deliver exceptional experiences to help our customers achieve financial freedom.

Your Team

As the Director AI Controls Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for translating AI (including GenAI and Machine Learning) governance, risk and policy requirements into operational controls and enterprise platforms. You will design, build and operate the central control, monitoring, evaluation and assurance infrastructure that enables AI to scale safely, consistently and transparently across CFS. Acting as the bridge between governance and engineering, you will provide the shared capabilities and control patterns consumed by federated delivery teams.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the design and operation of the enterprise AI control plane, including policy enforcement, approvals, guardrails, auditability and control automation.
• Establish enterprise observability, monitoring and telemetry capabilities, providing visibility of model performance, operational health, risk indicators and control effectiveness.
• Build and operate AI evaluation, testing and assurance platforms, including capabilities for model validation, performance monitoring, explainability, groundedness, fairness and ongoing assurance.
• Establish the infrastructure required for continuous third and fourth-party AI oversight, including monitoring of dependencies, model changes, concentration risk and operational resilience in line with regulatory expectations.
• Provide common monitoring, assurance, reporting and evidence-generation capabilities across both internal and external AI solutions.
• Define reusable control patterns, reference architectures, engineering standards and implementation guidance for enterprise adoption.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Data Science and Architecture teams to translate governance requirements into practical engineering controls.
• Enable federated engineering and delivery teams through shared platforms, services and guardrails that reduce duplication and improve consistency.

Your Capability and Experience

• Solid experience in spanning software engineering, platform engineering, AI (including GenAI and Machine Learning), model operations, technology risk or technology delivery within large enterprise environments.
• Proven experience in designing, building or operating AI platforms, model governance capabilities, monitoring frameworks or enterprise control platforms in production environments.
• Strong understanding of AI lifecycle management, model governance, model monitoring, evaluation frameworks and AI risk management.
• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise controls, assurance capabilities and monitoring frameworks through technology platforms.
• Experience supporting governance and oversight of both internally developed and third-party AI solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management across engineering, data science, risk, governance and executive teams.
• Hands- on engineering mindset with proven ability to translate governance and policy requirements into scalable operational controls.
• Proven ability to balance innovation, delivery speed and effective control outcomes while enabling responsible AI adoption.
• Passion for building enterprise control infrastructure that enables safe, scalable and sustainable AI adoption., scalable and sustainable AI adoption.

What to Expect

At CFS, you'll be working among the very best in the wealth management industry. It's an inspiring environment that encourages development and celebrates success. Other things to look forward to:

• Additional day for your birthday
• Access to CFS Employer Super
• Life Leave - 3 days per annum
• Access to Sonder who provides human-powered medical, mental health and safety support through one easy-to-use app enabling you to get support whenever and wherever you need.
• Access to Corporate rates with BUPA Health Insurance
• Confidential coaching and counselling services supporting life, mind, body, relationships, work and family to assist you in taking charge of your own health and wellbeing

CFS Culture

At CFS we are committed to creating a thriving environment where individuals can flourish. We believe that success is built upon strong teams, and we are dedicated to celebrating uniqueness, championing individuality and supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe that when you can truly be yourself, you can unlock your full potential.

Please note, CFS requires all candidates to have full work rights in Australia.

Where we have preferred candidates, background checks (including Police, Employment, Bankruptcy checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons) will be completed prior to the final preferred candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not preclude the preferred candidate, however, they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the role.

This role is based on Gadigal Land (Sydney).