Audit Director - AI Assurance

Barclays•New York, NY

5d•$200,000 - $285,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced AI Audit Director to lead independent assurance over the firm’s rapidly expanding use of Artificial Intelligence, including Generative AI and Agentic AI systems. This is a senior leadership role requiring hands-on experience in AI implementation, combined with deep expertise in AI governance, ethics, and risk management. You will provide credible challenge to engineering, data science, and product teams while assessing whether AI capabilities are deployed in a controlled, compliant, and responsible manner. You will shape and deliver a forward-looking audit strategy covering the end-to-end AI lifecycle, and act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on emerging AI risks. Provide assurance over controls mitigating: Hallucinations, bias, and unintended outcomes Data leakage, prompt injection, adversarial attacks, and misuse of agentic AI Communicate complex technical findings in clear, concise, executive-ready language

Requirements

Hands-on experience in AI implementation
Deep expertise in AI governance, ethics, and risk management
Ability to provide credible challenge to engineering, data science, and product teams
Assess whether AI capabilities are deployed in a controlled, compliant, and responsible manner
Extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
Broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
Interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
Management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
Ability to negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive
Experience in AI assurance
Experience with Generative AI
Experience with Agentic AI systems

Nice To Haves

Deep technical expertise in AI
Thought leadership in AI audit and risk

Responsibilities

Audit development and delivery support, including financial statements, accounting practices, operational processes, IT systems and risk management.
Identification of operational risks to support the delivery of the Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Audit Plan through risk assessments.
Assessment of internal control effectiveness and their capability to identify and mitigate risk aligned to regulatory requirements.
Communication of key findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including the Audit Owner, senior managers and directors.
Identification of regulatory news and industry trends/developments to provide timely insight and recommendations for best practice.
Manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide.
Manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business.
Lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally.
Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
Act as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Shape and deliver a forward-looking audit strategy covering the end-to-end AI lifecycle.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on emerging AI risks.
Provide assurance over controls mitigating: Hallucinations, bias, and unintended outcomes Data leakage, prompt injection, adversarial attacks, and misuse of agentic AI.
Communicate complex technical findings in clear, concise, executive-ready language.