Senior Consultant | Cyber | Emerging Technology – AI

Job Summary

Lead the design and implementation of AI governance frameworks for client organizations. Conduct AI risk assessments, readiness evaluations against regulatory standards, and help translate regulatory obligations into implementable controls across the model lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI Governance Framework design and implementation for client organizations, including policies, standards, operating models, and control libraries.
• Run AI risk assessments across the model lifecycle and evaluate third-party and vendor AI risks, including GenAI tooling, data residency, and contractual assurance.
• Conduct readiness and gap assessments against ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, and local regulators such as CBUAE, SAMA, SDAIA, DIFC/ADGM.
• Build AI inventories, risk taxonomies, and use case classification schemes with appropriate risk tiering and escalation thresholds.
• Translate regulatory obligations into implementable controls for first and second line owners.
• Assess model documentation, bias and fairness testing, explainability, and human oversight mechanisms.
• Maintain understanding of automating AI Governance using market-leading platforms for efficient workflow, assessment, and compliance reporting.
• Facilitate workshops and client-focused sessions to drive workstream deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, engineering, law, risk management, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in risk, technology assurance, cyber security, data governance, or regulatory compliance, with at least 2 years in AI/ML governance.
• Working knowledge of ISO/IEC 42001, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST AI RMF, and the EU AI Act.
• Familiarity with regional regulatory frameworks including CBUAE, SAMA, SDAIA, NCA ECC, PDPL, DIFC/ADGM.
• Demonstrated experience designing or assessing control frameworks and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate technical risk into business language.
• Certification in AI Governance platform tools implementation is advantageous.

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