Ai Risk Oversight Assistant Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Ai Risk Oversight Assistant Manager (Fintech): Reviewing and challenging AI use cases, supporting the identification of AI-specific risks and control effectiveness throughout the AI lifecycle with an accent on risk reviews and design of robust assurance controls. Focus on strengthening AI governance framework, regulation and policy developments.

Location: Halifax, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds. Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

Salary: £57,150 - £63,500

Company

hirify.global is rebooting an icon and building the future of finance.

What you will do

• Play a hands‑on role in reviewing and challenging AI use cases.
• Support ongoing monitoring of AI use cases, helping surface governance gaps, emerging risks, and issues requiring escalation.
• Assist in shaping clear and concise AI risk documentation.
• Stay close to AI regulation and policy developments, supporting impact assessments.
• Collaborate across Model Risk, Technology Risk, and Responsible AI teams.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in second line risk, AI governance, compliance, or technology risk, or data risk.
• A foundational understanding of AI/ML and GenAI risks across different lifecycle stages.
• Good communication skills with the ability to engage cross-functional teams and summarise technical risk findings clearly.
• Exposure to risk or governance frameworks applied in AI or technology domains.
• Familiarity with second-line risk functions or oversight roles supporting assurance, governance, or regulatory alignment.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with security risk concepts: data leakage, timely injection, adversarial threats.
• Knowledge of global AI regulations and compliance trends (e.g. EU AI Act, GDPR).
• Exposure to AI tooling or monitoring platforms (e.g. Vertex AI, LLMOps, model tracing tools).
• Exposure to ethical AI topics such as fairness, accountability, and IP risk.

Culture & Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• An annual performance-related bonus.
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.