GRC Manager for Tech & Insurtech Innovation

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

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.