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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Executive Director, AI Risk & Governance - **Company:** JANUS HENDERSON GLBL - **Location:** Denver, CO, United States - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $250,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Deployment - **Published:** September 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=47f418436a981b6a ## About the Role * Strong knowledge of AI regulation and governance frameworks, including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and relevant industry standards. * Proven experience owning or operating enterprise policy, governance and risk frameworks, ideally relating to AI, technology, data or model risk. * Strong understanding of AI risks, controls and monitoring practices, including risks arising from individual or collective use of AI. * Experience establishing monitoring capabilities, adequately resourced and supported by effective technology solutions. * Experience establishing ethical AI and agentic or autonomous conduct standards. * Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical business controls and operating models. * Experience providing oversight and challenge within a regulated environment. * Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior decision-making. * Experience in financial services or another regulated industry. * Experience leading others, chairing governance forums or driving decision-making across senior stakeholder groups. Nice to have skills * Experience with AI governance platforms, model inventories or risk workflow tools. * Understanding of cloud, data and technology control environments relevant to AI deployment. * Familiarity with third-party/vendor AI risk management, including due diligence and ongoing oversight. * Knowledge of responsible AI principles, including explainability, transparency, fairness and human oversight. * Experience designing or contributing to training, awareness or adoption materials for AI governance. ## Description AI Regulation, Legislation and Industry Standards * Monitors the regulatory and legislative landscape for rule-making developments. Interprets the regulatory implications of AI - e.g. EU AI Act and disseminates this effectively across the business * Owns legislative, regulatory and other rule-based (standards) interpretation, working with the Governance Implementation team and other relevant teams to translate requirements into policies, guardrails, automated platform controls * + E.g. EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO41002, national or state law, financial regulation AI Policy & Risk Framework * AI Policy owner for the firm, working in partnership with Head of AI, and other relevant stakeholders - Data Privacy, CISO, Technology, * Owns AI Risk Appetite and Risk Framework including risk tiering applied to requests for approvals * Responsible for establishing ethical AI and agentic or autonomous conduct standards * Provides advice and governance implementation requirements arising from laws, regs, standards or policies. * Responsible for ensuring AI Risk management interacts seamlessly with other Risk Management Policies and Procedures - e.g. Risk Taxonomy and RCSA, Risk Events Risk Oversight, Monitoring & Governance * Responsible for establishing monitoring capabilities supported by effective technology solutions * Responsible overseeing and monitoring AI use and outcomes to ensure compliance with relevant AI legislation, regulation, internal standards and policies * Responsible for overseeing risks arising from individual or collective use of AI, including: * + model drift + hallucinations + access breaches + prompt misuse + bias indicators + control failures + inappropriate non-business use * Responsible for chairing the "Approval Body" within the governance framework * Carry out other duties as assigned ## Related Videos - [Responsible AI @ Microsoft - Governance, Standards, Learnings](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1544-responsible-ai-microsoft-governance-standards-learnings) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [Charting the Journey to Continuous Deployment with a Value Stream Map](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/142-charting-the-journey-to-continuous-deployment-with-a-value-stream-map) - [Angstfreude - AI and Corporate Culture - The Thrill and the Threat](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100354-angstfreude-ai-and-corporate-culture-the-thrill-and-the-threat) - [Responsible AI in Practice: Real-World Examples and Challenges](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1104-responsible-ai-in-practice-real-world-examples-and-challenges) - [AI is dead, long live AK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1093-ai-is-dead-long-live-ak) ## Related Articles - [Should AI be Regulated? 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