Governance Risk and Compliance Manager

Artificial; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Life insurance of 4 × base salary

On-site gym and shower facilities

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Team social events and company parties

Company stock options

Learning allowance and leave to attend

Job summary

Artificial is seeking a Governance, Risk and Compliance leader to build and run our risk and compliance program as we grow. You’ll own the risk register, drive certifications, and manage audits across security, legal and engineering to meet client and regulator obligations while enabling responsible AI use.

You’ll work with colleagues across security, compliance, and product to shape governance and assurance, scale processes, and promote a culture of risk awareness across the business.

Qualifications

• Experience running governance, risk and compliance in a technology or regulated business
• Good working knowledge of risk management in practice, including registers, appetite and exceptions
• Familiarity with common assurance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO standards, and what it takes to reach them
• Experience with third-party and vendor risk
• Comfortable dealing with client security questionnaires and assurance requests
• A clear, organised communicator who can keep several pieces of work moving and explain risk in plain terms
• Curious about AI tools, keen to use them to work efficiently, and comfortable helping others adopt them safely

Responsibilities

• Run the risk register day to day, including risk appetite, exceptions and prioritisation.
• Build and maintain a register of our compliance obligations to clients, regulators and contracts, with clear owners and review points
• Lead our certification and assurance work, deciding targets, scoping them and getting us ready
• Coordinate internal and external audits
• Monitor risks and controls, and report clearly to the leadership team on where we stand
• Own client security assurance, including the questionnaire process and a reusable, client-ready assurance pack
• Run third-party and vendor risk, including tiering suppliers and deciding the level of due diligence each needs
• Help shape our approach to data protection and privacy, and to the responsible use of AI tools
• Support security awareness and training across the company

Job description

About Artificial

Help shape the future of specialty insurance
At Artificial, we’re building the next generation of technology for the specialty (re)insurance market. Our mission is to transform how brokers and carriers operate in complex markets by removing operational barriers and enabling smarter, faster decision-making.

We use modern technology to solve real challenges for some of the world’s leading brokers and insurers. By automating the repetitive and structuring the complex, we help our partners unlock new opportunities for innovation and growth.

You’ll be joining a collaborative team that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning. We work in an environment where ideas are heard, support is built-in, and outcomes matter. Everyone here has the chance to make a tangible impact on our products, our customers, and the industry.

We've just raised $45M (£33M) in Series B funding from lead investor CommerzVentures, new investor Move Capital, as well as all existing shareholders. This investment round gives us the room to grow with confidence, continue to innovate, and ensure that Artificial remains the first choice for brokers and carriers seeking a smarter way to trade digitally.

Join us, and take the chance to be a part of something that will change the landscape of insurance for generations.

About the role

We're looking for someone to build and run our governance, risk and compliance work as we grow. This is a broad role covering how we understand and track security and business risk, how we meet our obligations to clients and regulators, and how we show that we take security seriously.

You’ll own the risk register and the way we set risk appetite, handle exceptions and prioritise what matters. You’ll also lead our compliance and assurance work, from certifications through to the security questionnaires and commitments that come up with clients. It suits someone who enjoys bringing order to this kind of work and can move between the detail and the bigger picture.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across security, legal, engineering and the leadership team, and pull in deeper technical expertise from the security team when a piece of work needs it.

Responsibilities

• Run the risk register day to day, including risk appetite, exceptions and prioritisation, and keep it useful rather than a box-ticking exercise

• Build and maintain a register of our compliance obligations to clients, regulators and contracts, with clear owners and review points

• Lead our certification and assurance work, deciding targets, scoping them and getting us ready

• Coordinate internal and external audits

• Monitor risks and controls, and report clearly to the leadership team on where we stand

• Own client security assurance, including the questionnaire process and a reusable, client-ready assurance pack

• Run third-party and vendor risk, including tiering suppliers and deciding the level of due diligence each needs

• Help shape our approach to data protection and privacy, and to the responsible use of AI tools

• Support security awareness and training across the company

About you

• Experience running governance, risk and compliance in a technology or regulated business

• Good working knowledge of risk management in practice, including registers, appetite and exceptions

• Familiarity with common assurance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO standards, and what it takes to reach them

• Experience with third-party and vendor risk

• Comfortable dealing with client security questionnaires and assurance requests

• A clear, organised communicator who can keep several pieces of work moving and explain risk in plain terms

• Curious about AI tools, keen to use them to work efficiently, and comfortable helping others adopt them safely

We especially want to hear from you if you have

• A background in financial services, InsurTech or another regulated industry

• Experience taking a company through a security certification such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001

• Exposure to data protection and privacy obligations, including GDPR

• An interest in AI governance and how to manage the risks of new tools

• Worked in a scale‑up and built this kind of function from a low base

Benefits

• Private medical insurance

• Income protection insurance

• Life insurance of 4 * base salary

• On-site gym and shower facilities

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Team social events and company parties

• Salary exchange on pension and nursery fees

• Access to Maji, the financial wellbeing platform

• Company stock options managed through Ledgy

• Milestone Birthday Bonus and a Life Events leave policy

• Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus national holidays

• Home office and equipment allowance, and a company MacBook

• Learning allowance and leave to attend conferences or take exams

• YuLife employee benefits, including EAP and bereavement helplines

• For each new hire, we plant a tree through our partnership with Ecologi Action

• The best coffee machine in London, handmade in Italy and imported just for us!

• We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities around us. If there’s anything you need to make the hiring process more accessible, just let us know—we’re happy to make adjustments. You’re also welcome to share your preferred pronouns with us at any point.

• Think you don’t meet every requirement? Please apply anyway. We value potential as much as experience, and we know that raw talent counts.

• As part of our hiring process, we’ll carry out some background checks. These may include a criminal record check, reviewing your credit history, speaking with previous employers and confirming your academic qualifications.