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Responsible AI Governance Expert

London

Competitive Salary + Package (dependent on experience)

Manager

May be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary depending on business need and client requirements.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services.

AI is becoming more pervasive, more powerful, and more accessible, and Accenture is the partner of choice for the world’s leading public and private sector organizations looking to realize the benefits AI can bring. We also recognize that such a powerful technology can create serious risks and issues, and our clients turn to us for answers on how to scale AI responsibly.

We are seeking experts who have a deep understanding of policy, standards, and regulation of AI, and who can translate this into helping our clients establish their principles, policies, operating model, governance structures and controls for Responsible AI, and how to consider embedding these controls into the technical development and deployment lifecycle.

• Shaping and leading client projects for Responsible / Ethical AI with a focus on policy, standards and regulatory advisory, operating model, governance structures and controls
• Act as subject matter expert for Responsible AI within an AI / data science / data transformation team
• Supporting client sales conversations and proposals
• Delivering client projects and managing projects related to Responsible AI
• Communicating and providing guidance to senior Accenture leadership and client teams
• Assessing the latest developments in data and AI policy and standards
• Creating and maintaining an overview of the key developments in AI regulation
• Engaging with key stakeholders within the policy and regulatory space
• Presenting and positioning Accenture’s point of view amongst clients and other key stakeholders

Minimum of 2-4 years’ experience in management consulting or related field.

• Leading projects to identify improvements in processes, workflows, operating models, technology deployments, and significant stakeholder management and business change/business transformation experience
• Managing a team in the delivery of a project including managing client stakeholders or team members outside of your own core department/division

Experience should include at least one of the following:

• Experience in government/legislative development bodies, regulators, standards bodies, in designing and implementing operating models, risk management controls, governance structures and controls in any of these areas, or multilateral collaborative groups
• As a member of a corporate team focused on Responsible AI and governance within the enterprise
• As an academic focused not just on the theory but also on the practical application of Responsible AI
• Exposure to AI and data science strategy, development, and deployment, testing and assurance, business analytics to solve business problems

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

• Data & AI regulations, compliance, and standards knowledge
• Responsible AI and AI governance and management
• Generative AI risk, controls, and mitigations
• Agentic AI deployment models and governance considerations
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk assessment
• Project management
• Workforce transformation / cultural change experience
• Consulting skills designing and implementing operating models, governance structures and controls

• Published academic papers, white papers, or some form of thought leadership in the field of Responsible / Ethical AI, or closely related areas (advantageous)
• Legal experience (if the Req POC is needing an RAI Legal/Compliance SME)
• Ability to lead project workstreams to completion
• Ability to manage resources in a matrix organization

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

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