Data, Analytics & AI Quality & Risk Manager

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Kraków; In loco; PLN 260.000 - 420.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Data, Analytics & AI Quality & Risk Manager to provide independent assurance across a growing portfolio of digital and AI initiatives.

You will lead Quality Assurance and Risk Assurance teams, establishing a second line of defense for governance, compliance, and regulatory readiness across programs and PMO artifacts. In this leadership role you will drive AI governance, manage the portfolio risk register, and prepare executive reports for senior leadership,

Competenze

• 10+ years in quality assurance, compliance, risk management, or governance.
• Experience leading assurance, audit, risk, or compliance functions.
• Strong knowledge of quality and risk management methodologies.
• Experience auditing large-scale transformation programs.
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks and EU AI Act.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).

Mansioni

• Lead and develop Quality Assurance and Risk Assurance teams.
• Maintain an assurance framework across the Digital & AI portfolio.
• Conduct independent reviews of projects and PMO artifacts.
• Own the portfolio risk register with risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Lead stage-gate reviews and portfolio health assessments.
• Prepare executive assurance reports for senior leadership.
• Escalate significant quality concerns and risks.

Conoscenze

Quality assurance

Risk management

Portfolio governance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

AI governance

Analytical skills

Decision making

English fluency

Formazione

Master's degree in Quality Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline

Descrizione del lavoro

Data, Analytics & AI Quality & Risk Manager

Data, Analytics & AI Quality & Risk Manager
The Opportunity

At Hitachi Energy, we are committed to ensuring that our digital transformation initiatives are delivered with the highest standards of quality, governance, and risk management.

As our DAAI (Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence) Quality & Risk Manager, you will play a critical role in providing independent assurance across a growing portfolio of digital and AI initiatives.

In this leadership role, you will oversee Quality Assurance and Risk Assurance teams, establishing a trusted second line of defense for portfolio governance, compliance, and regulatory readiness.

You will ensure that programs, projects, and PMO deliverables consistently meet organizational standards while providing leadership with an objective view of quality, risk exposure, and readiness for key investment and decision-making milestones.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Lead and develop Quality Assurance and Risk Assurance teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Establish and maintain a consistent assurance framework across the Digital & AI portfolio.
• Conduct independent reviews of project deliverables, business cases, and PMO artifacts to ensure compliance with established standards and governance requirements.
• Own and maintain the portfolio risk register, providing a consolidated and independent view of risks, issues, and dependencies across strategic initiatives.
• Lead stage-gate reviews, portfolio health assessments, and assurance activities to support sound investment and delivery decisions.
• Drive AI governance and regulatory readiness efforts, partnering with Legal and Compliance teams to ensure alignment with evolving regulations and responsible AI principles.
• Prepare executive-level assurance reports, highlighting trends, risks, compliance findings, and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Escalate significant quality concerns, non-conformances, and risk exposures, ensuring timely resolution and informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with PMO, delivery teams, Internal Audit, Compliance, and business stakeholders to strengthen governance and assurance practices across the organization.

Your Background

• Master's degree in Quality Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in quality assurance, compliance, risk management, program assurance, or portfolio governance within complex, multinational organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading assurance, audit, risk, or compliance functions and managing high-performing teams.
• Strong understanding of quality management systems, risk management methodologies, and independent assurance practices.
• Experience conducting audits, quality reviews, and governance assessments within large-scale transformation programs.
• Knowledge of AI governance frameworks, responsible AI principles, and emerging regulatory requirements, including the EU AI Act.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging senior executives and steering committees.
• Relevant certifications such as ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, PMI-RMP, MoR, or equivalent are highly desirable.
• Fluent spoken and written English.

What We Offer

• At Hitachi Energy, you will have the opportunity to shape how quality, governance, and risk assurance support the successful delivery of strategic digital and AI initiatives.
• You will work with global teams, influence key business decisions, and help establish industry-leading assurance practices in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
• We offer a collaborative and inclusive environment, exciting professional development opportunities, and the chance to contribute to a more sustainable energy future through innovation and digital transformation.

Ready for the challenge? Join Hitachi Energy and help ensure that our Digital & AI portfolio delivers with confidence, compliance, and excellence.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.