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AI Risk & Controls Lead
The AI Risk & Controls Lead at Northern Trust in Chicago is responsible for leading AI governance and ensuring compliance with regulatory, risk-related, and audit-related expectations in the development and operation of AI models.
Tasks
- Lead and oversee corporate stakeholders and the Data and AI (Data&AI) business functions across the entire company.
- Ensure that all AI use cases are designed, implemented, and managed in accordance with regulatory, risk-based, and audit-related expectations to minimize the company’s compliance exposure.
- Leading and enforcing AI/ML governance standards that align with the company-wide risk profile.
- Design of a GLBA/Model Risk Framework for AI models (i.e., model—method—industry).
- Collaborate with data engineers and ML architects to integrate governance into MLOps platforms.
- Definition of AI/BI monitoring controls (shadowing, documentation, expiration date, review).
- Incorporating control requirements into the monitoring of model performance.
- Preparation of model documentation.
- Conducting risk and classification assessments (levels, thresholds, controls).
- Ensuring compliance with internal audits, regulatory reviews, and model validation.
- Maintenance of audit-ready evidence archives.
- Development of AI/ML risk control frameworks, usage guidelines, and compliance dashboards.
- Monitoring compliance with guidelines (i.e., the EU AI Act, industry-specific guidelines, and internal guidelines).
- Collaboration with the legal department, compliance, and third-party manufacturers to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Documentation of all AI systems—IRB (Internal Rules), under IRB (IRC), or AI (Audit Act).
- Support for company-wide risk and model risk inventories.
- Regularly preparing responses for internal and external auditors on behalf of regulatory agencies.
- Guidance on all dashboards, data sources, AI tool usage, etc., for compliance requirements.
- Ensuring that consistent dashboards are scalable within the context of risk controls.
- Proactive reporting to dashboards and proactive responses to risks.
Requirements
- Key skills and experience (details not specified in the original text).
We offer
- Salary: $140,000
- Work Location: Chicago, IL
- Employment Type: Full-time
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