AI Governance Assurance - Data Science Practice

Barclays•Wilmington, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Embark on a transformative journey as an AI Governance Assurance - Data Science Practice. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. This role provides an opportunity to gain exposure to AI, governance, risk, and controls while supporting a strategic and rapidly evolving area within the US Consumer Bank. You will work with a diverse group of stakeholders to help establish governance processes that enable innovation while maintaining appropriate oversight and accountability.

Requirements

Demonstrating an understanding of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) lifecycle, and governance requirements, with the ability to identify, assess, and investigate risks while ensuring compliance with applicable standards, policies, and regulatory requirements.
Governance assurance activities across the AI lifecycle, including control assessments, evidence validation, issue identification, risk evaluation, and remediation oversight.
Experience with data collection, cleaning, analysis, and visualization.
Experience with data management processes to ensure data accessibility, security, and integrity.
Experience in leading teams and coaching employees.
Experience in consulting on complex issues and providing advice to resolve escalated issues.
Experience in identifying ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures.
Experience in managing risk and strengthening controls.
Experience in engaging in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information.
Experience in communicating complex information.
Experience in influencing or convincing stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Experience with Barclays Values and Mindset.
Experience with establishing governance processes.
Experience with partnering with business, technology, risk, and control stakeholders.
Experience with communicating governance, risk, and control matters effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior stakeholders.
Experience with influencing and driving outcomes across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Delivery-focused, with the ability to handle competing priorities, drive targets to completion, and meet deadlines.
Good interpersonal abilities, communicate with stakeholders, ability to influence outcomes, build trusted relationships, and drive targets across multiple functions and levels of the organization.
Risk and controls expertise.
Change and transformation expertise.
Business acumen.
Strategic thinking.
Digital and technology skills.
Job-specific technical skills.

Responsibilities

Development and execution of data extraction strategies to gather relevant data from various sources, including internal systems, external databases, and third-party vendors.
Analysis of data to identify potential risks and control weaknesses.
Provision of data-driven insights and analysis to auditors throughout the audit process.
Supporting the development and testing of audit procedures based on data analysis results.
Implementation of data management processes to ensure data accessibility, security, and integrity.
Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Establish governance processes that enable innovation while maintaining appropriate oversight and accountability.
Partner with business, technology, risk, and control stakeholders to drive governance adherence, resolve gaps, and support the responsible adoption of AI solutions.
Communicate governance, risk, and control matters effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior stakeholders.
Influence and drive outcomes across cross-functional teams, balancing innovation, risk management, and regulatory expectations in a fast-paced environment.