Senior AI Governance & Assurance Specialist

Accelya US; Windsor; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCELYA US is seeking an AI Governance and Assurance Senior Specialist in the United Kingdom. You will manage the AI Management System, translate regulatory obligations into governance activities and lead controls testing for ISO/IEC 42001 readiness.

You will partner with Product, Engineering and Data Science teams to embed governance across the product lifecycle, assess AI risk, and drive assurance activities for customer and regulatory inquiries.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in AI governance and oversight.
• Experience with privacy, ethics, bias, transparency and governance.
• 5+ years in privacy, technology risk, assurance or data governance.
• Translating policy into usable controls and remediation actions.
• Familiar with ISO/IEC 42001, NIST RMF or EU AI Act.
• Strong GDPR knowledge and privacy fundamentals.
• Ability to collaborate with Product and Engineering teams.
• Strong communication to explain risks to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day operation and continual improvement of Accelya's AI Management System.
• Build trusted relationships with Product, Engineering and Data Science teams.
• Apply AI Governance by Design across products and internal use cases.
• Conduct AI risk and impact assessments covering privacy, ethics, bias and oversight.
• Execute assurance reviews of priority controls with traceable evidence.
• Review design-time and runtime evidence for AI systems and tools.
• Maintain view of AI risks, control exceptions and remediation tracking.
• Produce dashboards and reporting on risk and readiness for audits.
• Maintain AI inventory and OneTrust Responsible AI workflows; run workshops.

Skills

AI governance experience

Privacy & data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

ISO/IEC 42001 familiarity

GDPR knowledge

AI lifecycle literacy

Effective communication

Tools

OneTrust Responsible AI

Job description

ACCELYA US is seeking an AI Governance and Assurance Senior Specialist in the United Kingdom. You will manage the AI Management System, translate regulatory obligations into governance activities and lead controls testing for ISO/IEC 42001 readiness.

You will partner with Product, Engineering and Data Science teams to embed governance across the product lifecycle, assess AI risk, and drive assurance activities for customer and regulatory inquiries.