Principal – AI Technology Risk

About this role

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose: Lead Artificial Intelligence Technology Risk 2LOD oversight and Challenge, with core accountability for AI Technology across EWS. This role operates under the Vice President of Technology Risk, and have responsibility for independent oversight, challenge, and governance of AI Technology Risk.

The role is responsible for ensuring that AI Systems used across the organizations are governed consistently, responsibly, and in alignment with Technology policies and control expectations. This includes working closely with member teams to assess, approve, monitor, and continuously improve AI usage.

This position supports the enterprise-wide Information Security program as a trusted technical advisor by empowering team members to make risk-aware decisions in accordance with Early Warning’s compliance, regulatory and departmental policy and procedures. Provides the primary measure of confidence that the security features, practices, procedures, and architecture of the security program accurately mediate and enforce the security policy.

Essential Functions: • Provide oversight of AI risk assessments and governance decisions

• Identify, assess, and monitor IT and AI risks.

• Review and challenge LLM usage and infrastructure

• Ensure AI Systems continue to meet internal and external regulatory expectation

• Support development and maintenance of IT AI policies

• Assess emerging AI technology prior to adoption

• Provide advisory on AI technology Risk and adoption

• Support challenging of KPI’s and KRI’s for IT and AI governance

• Exercise judgment in risk classification ambiguity and escalation decisions

• Ensure appropriate risk governance Customer-facing or internal facing AI use cases

• Create and manage the operating model for identifying and resolving security risks and posture drift. 

• Lead initiatives and strategies in support of the Security Posture Management program.

• Own ensuring that business goals and risks are adequately addressed; collaborate and consult with enterprise cross-functional teams to maintain continuous awareness of the enterprise’s Security Posture and identify improvement opportunities.

• Establish effective working relationships across the enterprise to foster a strong risk culture by supporting stakeholders in owning and managing their risks and controls.

• Ensure controls are successfully designed and implemented to meet Compliance requirements and business objectives. Manage relationships cross-functionally to integrate alignment with organizational strategies while addressing risk management needs.

• Review new processes from a control's perspective. Consult with process owners to design and implement new controls.

• Improve risk and control environment by providing subject matter technical expertise on enhancing the design and effectiveness of Security’s control program while aligning with compliance and technical needs.

• Develop, execute, and present the risk reporting framework ensure risk mitigation activities are performed timely. Select appropriate metrics (KRI/KPI’s) to monitor adequacy and effectiveness of the control environment. Monitor remediation efforts to closure, including review of supporting evidence.

• Develop and enhance documentation and reporting standards to support oversight of the enterprise’s Security Posture and ensure consistent execution and coverage across the enterprise supported through a stakeholder-approved policy-driven governance program.

• Supports the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.  

Minimum Qualifications: • Experience operating in regulated environments

• Experience leveraged Technology such as Bedrock or others for compute of AI solutions

• Understanding of AI Systems governance and technology risk

• Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or related field.

• Typically 15 or more years of progressive related information technology or information security work experience with various types of information security-related technologies. including firewalls, IDS, vulnerability management, anti-virus, data loss prevention, two factor authentication, and VPN.

• 3 or more years of experience with the security, regulatory, and privacy controls environment, and security governance, regulatory landscape, risk assessment, and risk management principles and techniques.

• Demonstrated advanced level experience with network security design and protection, application development, application security issues, operating system security, hardening standards and protection mechanisms.

• Strong technical knowledge in the area of security tools, application security design and architecture; secure network design and architecture, server security, and workstation security.

• Ability to articulate the practical and technical application of the following standards: (ISO, PCI and NIST/FISMA)

• Strong understanding and experience with Information technology systems and processes, network infrastructure, data architecture, data processes, protocols, and auditing and monitoring processes.

• Strong understanding

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