Group IT & AI Risk Specialist

Job Description
Why join us in 2025?
Think of the digital tools we use daily - from virtual shopping to contactless payments. They're shaping our future. Join us in influencing the future of digital payments in an innovative environment. With our global merger, the opportunities for personal growth and collaboration are immense.

Role
If you join us in the role of Group IT & AI Risk Specialist this is what you can expect from us:

1. Attractive salary and an overall competitive package
2. Well-structured training for the job and constant support from your manager
3. Hybrid way of working
4. Flexible work hours
5. Equipment needed for the role (laptop and mobile phone)
6. Private health insurance
7. Healthcare cost reimbursements
8. Voluntary pension fund (company-sponsored retirement plan or pension)

About Your Future Role
The complexity of information technology (IT) risks is increasing, and the frequency of IT and security-related incidents is rising, together with their potential significant adverse impact. Proper and effective management of IT risks is essential to protecting our organizational assets, services and business processes and attaining the goals of Nexi Group.

We are looking for a talented, knowledgeable and motivated person to join our international team in Group IT Risk function, with the aim to carry on IT and Artificial intelligence (AI) risk management process: a key process to systematically identify, mitigate and manage potential risks associated with IT&AI technologies; as a Group IT Risk Function we want to be an enabler for our business leading payments and technology innovation, providing innovative solutions for our customers every day.

Your Key Responsibilities In This Role Will Be:

1. Identification and assessment of ICT, security, ethical, third-party risks for all Nexi Group AI SWs and Generative AI initiatives;
2. Carry out analysis activities focus on AI Risk Assessment (second level controls) relating to the risk profile of the AI and GenAI Initiatives, Pilot, Projects in all Nexi Group;
3. Carry out analysis activities in the different legal entities of Nexi Group in the running identification and assessment on AI -Third Party Risk Assessment providing AI solutions, in coordination with Group Third Party Risk Manager;
4. Support to coordinate and monitor in all Nexi Group legal entities IT Risk Assessment activities (ITRA, second level controls) relating to the risk profile of internal applications/infrastructures/IT&security processes;
5. Ongoing monitoring of mitigation actions resulting from the various types of it risk assessment, with specific focus on AI remediations;
6. Monitor, analyze and collect all IT Information Flows (obsolescence, audit report, VA/PT/Code Review test results, etc.);
7. Continuous update and evolution of IT risk assessment methodologies and tool, with specific focus on AI;
8. Manage, in support of the first level functions, the responses to IT risk questionnaires / Customer Audits;
9. Carry out risk analyzes for strategic projects, including regulatory compliance (e.g. DORA, AI Act);
10. Enhancement, calculation and monitoring of Group KRI ICT indicators;
11. Preparation of periodic reports to the Board and the Supervisory Authorities;
12. Update of internal policies and procedures.

What makes you the best person for this job?
As you read about the role, are you eager to learn more? If so, review the qualifications that fit you for the position. Remember, beyond your skills and experience, it's your potential that sets you up for success in your daily tasks.

Qualifications Needed To Be Successful In This Role:

1. Degree in technical, IT disciplines
2. Experience in a similar role for at least 3 years;
3. Strong knowledge of main AI model, LLM, Generative AI technologies.
4. Skills / certifications in Application Security, Network Security, Cloud Security, Cybsercurity, ISO27001, ISO22301, ITIL, CISA/CISM, NIST, COBIT, Owasp;
5. Knowledge of the relevant regulations (e.g. Supervisory Provisions, GDPR, EBA Guidelines, DORA, AI ACT, etc.);

Additional skills and experience that would make you stand out:

1. Passionate about digital innovation and transformation;
2. Relational and reporting skills;
3. Comfortable working with international teams and clients
4. Fluent English is mandatory;
5. Mastery of the main Office tools.

Life at Nexi
Discover more about us and what it's like to be part of Nexi by visiting our website. Learn about our values, meet our communities, and see how we are shaping the future of digital payments together.

Apply now!
If this opportunity resonates with you, we'd love to hear from you! Please apply at your earliest convenience. We'll be reviewing applications continuously and closing the position once we've found the right fit. We are committed to creating a diverse culture where talents from all walks of life can feel like they truly belong.