AI Governance Assurance - Data Science Practice

Barclays Bank US; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k)

Life insurance

Paid leave

Incentive award

Job summary

Barclays Bank US seeks an AI Governance Assurance professional within the Data Science Practice in Wilmington, DE (also supporting Whippany, NJ). You will help establish governance processes that enable innovation while ensuring appropriate oversight and accountability across AI initiatives.

Responsibilities include risk assessment, control validation, and collaboration with business and technology partners to drive governance adherence in a fast-paced banking environment.

Qualifications

• Understanding of AI lifecycle and governance requirements to assess risks and ensure compliance.
• Experience with governance activities across AI lifecycle: control assessments, evidence validation, remediation.
• Ability to partner with business, technology, risk, and control stakeholders to drive governance.
• Strong communication of governance, risk, and controls to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute data extraction strategies to gather data from various sources.
• Analyze data to identify potential risks and control weaknesses.
• Provide data-driven insights and analysis to auditors throughout the audit process.
• Support the development and testing of audit procedures based on data results.
• Implement data management processes to ensure data accessibility, security, and integrity.

Skills

AI lifecycle

Governance assurance

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk communication

Influence outcomes

Job description

Embark on a transformative journey as an AI Governance Assurance - Data Science Practice. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. This role provides an opportunity to gain exposure to AI, governance, risk, and controls while supporting a strategic and rapidly evolving area within the US Consumer Bank. You will work with a diverse group of stakeholders to help establish governance processes that enable innovation while maintaining appropriate oversight and accountability.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience with:

• Demonstrating an understanding of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) lifecycle, and governance requirements, with the ability to identify, assess, and investigate risks while ensuring compliance with applicable standards, policies, and regulatory requirements
• Governance assurance activities across the AI lifecycle, including control assessments, evidence validation, issue identification, risk evaluation, and remediation oversight
• Partner with business, technology, risk, and control stakeholders to drive governance adherence, resolve gaps, and support the responsible adoption of AI solutions
• Communicating governance, risk, and control matters effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior stakeholders
• Influence and drive outcomes across cross-functional teams, balancing innovation, risk management, and regulatory expectations in a fast-paced environment

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Delivery-focused, with the ability to handle competing priorities, drive targets to completion, and meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal abilities, communicate with stakeholders, ability to influence outcomes, build trusted relationships, and drive targets across multiple functions and levels of the organization

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Wilmington, DE and Whippany, NJ. For Whippany, NJ only.

Minimum Salary: $ 110,000

Maximum Salary: $ 155,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role

To collect, clean, analyse, and visualise data to identify potential risks, assess compliance with regulations, and provide valuable insights to auditors.

Accountabilities

• Development and execution of data extraction strategies to gather relevant data from various sources, including internal systems, external databases, and third-party vendors.
• Analysis of data to identify potential risks and control weaknesses.
• Provision of data-driven insights and analysis to auditors throughout the audit process.
• Supporting the development and testing of audit procedures based on data analysis results.
• Implementation of data management processes to ensure data accessibility, security, and integrity.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.