Job Location: Sydney

Location Flexibility: Primary Location Only

Req Id: 9393

Posting Start Date: 7/29/26

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About The Role

The GRC Manager in the Office of AI is responsible for establishing and continuously enhancing governance frameworks across the end-to-end AI lifecycle. The role ensures the ethical, secure, and compliant adoption of AI by embedding risk, ethics, and compliance controls into internal delivery practices.

Accountable for achieving and sustaining ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Management System) accreditation, the GRC Manager oversees AI-related risk identification and management, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and organisational standards. Acting as a trusted advisor, the role partners closely with Program Managers, Solution Architects, and business stakeholders to enable scalable AI adoption while maintaining robust governance, transparency, and accountability. This role offers a hybrid working environment.

Location

Sydney or Melbourne (preferred); flexible across other cities in Australia.

Key Responsibilities

AI Governance & Risk

- Define and maintain AI governance frameworks, policies, and standards
- Identify and manage AI risks across internal use cases (ethical, regulatory, data, operational)
- Ensure AI initiatives align with enterprise risk and compliance requirements
- Provide practical guidance to embed controls into SDLC/MLOps workflows





Responsible AI & Ethics

- Embed Responsible AI principles including fairness, transparency, accountability, and explainability
- Assess and mitigate risks such as bias, misuse, and unintended consequences
- Integrate ethical review, privacy‑by‑design, and security‑by‑design into AI intake and approvals
- Advise on appropriate use of AI, including GenAI and automation

ISO/IEC 42001 & Compliance

- Lead ISO/IEC 42001 readiness, accreditation, and ongoing compliance
- Develop and maintain AIMS documentation, risk controls, and audit evidence
- Conduct gap assessments and coordinate remediation actions with stakeholders

Controls, Assurance & Reporting

- Review and strengthen AI controls, safeguards, and governance processes
- Monitor compliance, manage assurance activities, and support audits
- Report on AI risk posture, compliance status, KPIs, and emerging trends

Stakeholder Engagement & Capability Building

- Act as a trusted advisor to business, delivery, risk, and legal teams
- Enable teams to navigate governance requirements while supporting innovation
- Develop and deliver training on AI governance and Responsible AI practices

Essential

About you:

- Proven experience (5–8 years) in risk management, governance, or compliance roles




- Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments
- Experience designing and operationalising management systems aligned to ISO standards including audit preparation and evidence management.
- Familiarity with ISO/IEC 42001 (AIMS) and/or other ISO management systems (e.g., ISO 27001)
- Demonstrated experience in governance, risk, and compliance roles, ideally involving technology risk, data, or AI/analytics delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder management; ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong understanding of risk frameworks, controls, and compliance processes
- Strong documentation skills and attention to detail; capable of building audit‑ready artifacts.
- Practical experience implementing controls without slowing delivery risk based and outcome‑focused.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desired Experience & Knowledge / Other Relevant Information

- Exposure to AI, data, or technology risk and governance
- Robust understanding of AI lifecycle concepts and associated risks (data, model, deployment, monitoring).
- Understanding of AI ethics, responsible AI, or emerging AI regulations
- Experience supporting governance in transformation or technology programs
- Familiarity with data privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks
- Experience developing governance frameworks or policies
- Background in internal audit, assurance, or control testing.

Qualifications

- Degree in Risk/Compliance, Law, Information Security, IT, Data/Analytics, or equivalent experience.
- Relevant certifications (any of the following) desired not

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