Senior AI Governance & Assurance Lead

Accelya; Windsor; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid remote/office

Flexible working hours

Global team

Training opportunities

Job summary

Accelya seeks an AI Governance and Assurance Senior Specialist in the United Kingdom to lead the AI Management System, align with policy and ISO/IEC 42001 requirements, and govern AI across product development. You will partner with Product, Engineering and Data Science to embed controls, assess AI risk, and ensure readiness for independent assessment.

The role focuses on governance across HR and recruitment topics, with dashboards, escalation, and detailed evidence management to support audits

Qualifications

• Experience in AI governance and assurance across product/tech teams.
• Ability to translate policy and regulatory requirements into usable controls and evidence.
• Experience conducting risk and impact assessments and control testing.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day operation and improvement of AI Management System and prepare for ISO/IEC 42001 assessment.
• Build relationships with Product, Engineering and Data Science teams to embed governance into development lifecycles.
• Conduct AI risk assessments covering privacy, ethics, fairness, bias, transparency and human oversight.
• Produce dashboards and reporting on risk, controls and readiness for audits and inquiries.
• Maintain AI inventory and workflows; run governance workshops for teams.

Skills

AI governance

Privacy

Regulatory frameworks

ISO/IEC 42001

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Cloud services

Data governance

GDPR

Tools

OneTrust

AWS

GitLab

NIST RMF

Job description

Accelya seeks an AI Governance and Assurance Senior Specialist in the United Kingdom to lead the AI Management System, align with policy and ISO/IEC 42001 requirements, and govern AI across product development. You will partner with Product, Engineering and Data Science to embed controls, assess AI risk, and ensure readiness for independent assessment.

The role focuses on governance across HR and recruitment topics, with dashboards, escalation, and detailed evidence management to support audits