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# Executive Director, AI Risk & Governance

- **Company:** Janus Henderson Investors
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Deployment
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.manhattanjobs.com/job.asp?id=3412434380&tx=TT3734TYZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## 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


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