Executive Director, AI Risk & Governance

Janus Henderson

• $180K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong knowledge of AI regulation frameworks, especially EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF.
  • Proven experience managing enterprise governance and risk frameworks in AI or technology.
  • Solid understanding of AI use risks and necessary monitoring practices.
  • Experience in establishing technology-supported monitoring capabilities for AI governance.
  • Ability to translate complex regulations into business controls and operating models.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influence skills across senior levels.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor regulatory landscape for AI legislation and disseminate implications across the business.
  • Interpret and translate AI-related regulations into actionable policies and controls.
  • Oversee AI risk management frameworks, ensuring integration with existing risk policies.
  • Establish and support monitoring technology for compliance with AI regulations.
  • Chair the Approval Body to govern AI initiatives and ensure compliance with standards.
  • Provide governance advice based on legal and regulatory frameworks affecting AI use.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working options with reasonable accommodations available.
  • Generous holiday policies and paid volunteer time.
  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits including corporate Wellhub membership.
  • Support for professional development through courses and tuition reimbursement.
  • Unique employee events, including wellness challenges and Happy Hours.
Full Job Description
Your opportunity This is a critical role aligned to Janus Henderson's ambition to be a leader in the responsible adoption of AI across asset management. As the firm explores broader use of AI to enhance client service, investment processes, operational efficiency and decision-making, this role will ensure innovation is supported by clear governance, effective oversight and appropriate controls. The successful candidate will help Janus Henderson realise the benefits of AI while identifying, managing and mitigating the associated risks, supporting responsible growth for clients, the firm and its regulators. Responsibilities 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 What to expect when you join our firm • Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations • Generous Holiday policies • Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub • Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community • Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more • Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services • Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge • Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours Must have skills • 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. Supervisory responsibilities • Yes Potential for growth • Mentoring • Leadership development programs • Regular training • Career development services • Continuing education courses Compensation information The base salary range for this position is $180,000 - $250,000. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different. This position will be open through October 18, 2026. #LI-GL1 #LI-HYBRID Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance. Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page here.

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