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# AI Risk & Governance Lead

- **Company:** Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $310,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Management
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://mizuho.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/mizuhoamericas/job/NYC-1285/AI-Risk---Governance-Lead_R7392-2

## About the Role

· Deep understanding of the EU AI Act, including the provider and deployer boundary, classification methodology, and deployer obligations.

· Deep understanding of GDPR and DORA, including cross-border transfer, data residency, and ICT resilience requirements for AI.

· Working knowledge of AI, data protection, outsourcing, and technology risk requirements across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Asia-Pacific, including Japanese FSA expectations applying to the group as home-country supervisor.

· Ability to build defensible regulatory determinations in-house, with enough fluency in generative and agentic AI to challenge a risk assessment credibly.

· Experience leading AI, technology, or model governance transformation at enterprise scale, including operating model design and organizational build.

· Experience in a foreign-headquartered or dual-supervisory institution, working across home-country and host-country reporting lines.

· Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, and Risk without formal authority over those functions.

· Working fluency in AI governance frameworks and standards such as NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001.

Qualifications

· 15+ years experience in regulatory, legal, compliance, risk, or technology risk roles within global financial services, including 8+ years in a management role (Dir/ExecDir).

· Substantial experience with AI, model, or technology governance, including accountability for a framework.

· Experience establishing or leading a governance function across multiple international jurisdictions, including supervisory examination or entity board engagement.

· Qualified lawyer or former regulator a plus.

· Recognized AI governance or privacy credential (e.g., IAPP AIGP, CIPP/E) a plus.

## Description

Global Framework & Regulatory Applicability

· Own design and build of the global AI governance operating model, Policy, Standard, and Procedure, as one enterprise standard, including in the U.S.

· Build regulatory applicability and classification analysis across jurisdictions, including EU AI Act provider/deployer determination, for Legal and Compliance sign-off.

· Maintain a documented applicability position per jurisdiction across AI legislation, data protection, resilience, and outsourcing.

· Reconcile conflicting requirements across entities and jurisdictions, and set standing positions so routine calls are made in-house, not routed to outside counsel.

Operating Model & Transformation

· Define and execute the multi-year roadmap so governance scales with the pace of AI adoption.

· Translate the framework into a regional operating model: role charters, decision rights, escalation triggers, and intake so use cases enter correctly classified.

· Act as change agent across the international footprint, driving consistent AI governance practice.

Cross-Border Risk & Vendor Governance

· Define AI-specific requirements for cross-border transfer, data residency, and model hosting, partnering with Data Privacy and Information Security on implementation.

· Work closely with the Data Management Office to align AI governance with enterprise data standards, data ownership, quality, lineage, and approved data usage requirements.

· Define jurisdictional AI vendor governance requirements, contract protections, notice of material capability change, end-user terms, for Legal and Procurement to execute.

Governance, Reporting & Regulatory Change

· Serve as the global AI governance authority to the firm's senior leadership and regional governance committees, holding a standing seat at the forums where AI use cases are approved, escalated, or stopped.

· Deliver consolidated global AI governance reporting on control status and key risk indicators to management and entity boards.

· Act as principal AI governance subject matter expert for supervisory examinations and audit.

Reporting Structure / Leadership Responsibilities

· Lead the Regional AI Governance Liaisons and the regional Legal, Risk & Compliance subject matter expert network, ensuring jurisdictional coverage and clear accountability.

· Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and regional business leadership to secure staffing and local ownership for the model.

· Build and develop a team of AI governance professionals supporting the international regions.