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Job Summary

The Lead Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Advisor is a senior SLOD practitioner within Risk Management responsible for leading cross-functional AI governance and risk initiatives. This role will facilitate complex risk reviews, mentor junior team members, and drive improvements in the AI control framework, including monitoring and reporting capabilities supporting audit and regulatory readiness.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversee departmental projects and initiatives focused on AI governance maturity, control enhancement, automation, and process optimization; manage timelines and deliverables. - (25%)
• Facilitate cross-functional risk credible challenge reviews, lead assessment workshops, challenge sessions, and risk-acceptance discussions aligned to risk appetite. - (20%)
• Collaborate on technology initiatives by partnering with Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, and Model Risk to ensure that first line embeds AI controls early in the lifecycle. - (20%)
• Design KRIs and monitoring measures (inventory completeness, drift detection, HITL effectiveness, bias testing coverage). - (15%)
• Author executive summaries and committee-ready narratives translating technical analyses into business impact. - (10%)
• Mentor junior associates and provide coaching, shadowing, and review feedback to strengthen team capability in AI risk practices. - (5%)
• Champion continuous improvement and identify innovation opportunities and advocate automation where feasible. - (5%)

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 8+ years of experience in risk management, audit, governance, compliance oversight, control oversight, or other related disciplines at a financial service firm (or other highly regulated industry).

Preferred Qualifications

• IAPP AI Governance Professional Certificate.
• ISO/IEC 42001 Foundation/Lead Implementer.
• CertNexus CAIP (Certified Artificial Intelligence Practitioner).
• AAIR™ Certification, ISACA Advanced in AI Risk™.
• AAISM™ Certification, ISACA AI Security Management.
• AAIA Certification, ISACA Advanced in AI Audit.
• Experience in risk management, audit, governance, compliance oversight, control oversight, or other related disciplines.

Skills

• Project Management Governance
• Regulatory Risk Assessment
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Business Automation
• Communication skills

Reports To: Director and above

Direct Reports: 0

Work Environment

• Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.

Travel

• Ability to travel up to 5% annually

Physical and Mental Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical, mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship.

• Communicate/Hearing
• Communicate/Talking
• Typing/Writing
• Focus and complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity metric
• Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment

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Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below):

$120,500.00 - $218,300.00

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Full Salary Range for position:

California: $138,600.00 - $272,900.00

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Colorado: $120,500.00 - $229,200.00

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New York: $132,500.00 - $272,900.00

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Washington: $126,500.00 - $251,100.00

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Maryland: $126,500.00 - $240,200.00

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Washington DC: $138,600.00 - $251,100.00

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Illinois: $120,500.00 - $240,200.00

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New Jersey: $138,600.00 - $251,100.00

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Vermont: $120,500.00 - $218,300.00

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Ohio: $120,500.00 - $218,300.00Maine: $120,500.00 - $218,300.00Connecticut: $132,500.00 - $240,20…