Payment Technology Risk & Controls Director (AI Governance)

Aumni; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan in Singapore is seeking a Tech Risk & Controls Director to shape the firm's technology risk strategy and strengthen regulatory compliance across Cybersecurity & Tech Controls.

You will oversee risk identification, assessment, and mitigation while guiding collaboration with Product Owners, business control managers, and regulators. The role requires leading large teams, setting governance standards for AI-assisted workflows, and delivering strategic risk insights to senior executives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in technology risk management, cybersecurity, or a related field, focusing on APAC regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
• Demonstrated experience leading safe adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment within technology risk and controls workflows, including validation practices and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to define review/approval and escalation expectations for AI-assisted recommendations while maintaining security, auditability, and regulatory compliance outcomes.
• Demonstrated expertise in risk management frameworks, industry standards, and regulatory requirements relevant to the financial industry
• Proven ability to lead large teams, manage cross-functional projects, influence executive-level strategic decision-making, and effectively translate technology insights to business strategy in communications with senior executives
• Advanced knowledge and experience leading data security, risk assessment & reporting, and control evaluation, design, and governance, with a track record of implementing effective risk mitigation strategies

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement technology risk management strategies, policies, and processes to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, and drive strategic projects and initiatives to enhance the firm's technology risk management capabilities, in line with industry best practices and regulatory requirements
• Sets reuse-first expectations for enterprise-authorized AI adoption within the work environment across technology risk and controls operations to accelerate evidence synthesis, issue analysis, and executive reporting, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Identify and elevate emerging and upstream technology risk through execution of the Firm's management framework tools, including risk event management, reporting, and action plan tracking, and provide expert counsel to stakeholders and constituents regarding their security obligations, facilitating acceptable outcomes
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators and auditors, to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and industry standards
• Manage reporting and governance of overall controls, policies, issue management, and measurements, providing insight to senior leaders into effectiveness of controls and inform governance work
• Establishes governance standards for AI-assisted workflows used in risk reporting and issue/action-plan management, ensuring traceability/auditability and alignment to security, resiliency, and regulatory expectations.

Skills

Technology risk leadership

AI risk management

Regulatory compliance

Executive communication

Data security governance

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or related disciplines

Job description

J.P. Morgan in Singapore is seeking a Tech Risk & Controls Director to shape the firm's technology risk strategy and strengthen regulatory compliance across Cybersecurity & Tech Controls.

You will oversee risk identification, assessment, and mitigation while guiding collaboration with Product Owners, business control managers, and regulators. The role requires leading large teams, setting governance standards for AI-assisted workflows, and delivering strategic risk insights to senior executives.