Risk Management AI Transformation Lead

Circle; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Circle is transforming its Global Risk Management (GRM) into an AI-native organization, leading the design, feasibility, and deployment of AI-driven processes across compliance, financial crime, security, and risk domains.

You will partner with process owners and Circle’s central AI team to implement reusable primitives, govern AI initiatives, and drive measurable business impact while maintaining rigorous controls and oversight.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in business process transformation, operational excellence, management consulting, product/program management, or related field.
• Experience reimagining and optimizing complex processes, designing bold future states, and driving organizational change.
• Strong fluency with modern AI, generative AI, and AI-native concepts; ability to translate into process design.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with GRM process owners to define AI-native future state visions for processes.
• Drive mindset shifts from current processes to AI-native designs, applying process-optimization discipline.
• Shape GRM as an AI-native organization with human oversight and governance.
• Ensure AI risk management framework is consistently applied across GRM AI developments.
• Coordinate with central AI teams and enterprise AI leaders to align platforms, standards, and roadmaps.
• Own GRM reporting on AI transformation, tracking initiatives, progress, and impact.

Skills

Process transformation

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Program management

Facilitation

AI governance

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Change management

Ambiguity tolerance

Job description

Circle is transforming its Global Risk Management (GRM) into an AI-native organization, leading the design, feasibility, and deployment of AI-driven processes across compliance, financial crime, security, and risk domains.

You will partner with process owners and Circle’s central AI team to implement reusable primitives, govern AI initiatives, and drive measurable business impact while maintaining rigorous controls and oversight.