Director, AI Risk Governance

Job Description

AI Risk Governance Director | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time hybrid role at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. MUFG is committed to building long-term relationships and fostering shared growth by investing in talent and technologies. This critical position is responsible for establishing and leading the AI Risk Governance Program, ensuring responsible AI adoption and effective risk management across the organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid
• Location: Hybrid
• Pay: $225000–$275000 yearly
• Team: Leads and develops the AI Risk Governance team, serving as the enterprise owner of the AI Risk Governance Program.
• Mission: Establish and mature an enterprise-wide AI Risk Governance Program to ensure responsible AI adoption and effective risk management across MUFG’s global operations.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Leadership: Own the AI Risk Governance Program, establishing its strategic direction, long-term maturity objectives, and the supporting governance operating model.
• Framework Development: Lead the creation, implementation, and maintenance of governance frameworks, standards, methodologies, and procedures for AI solutions.
• Enterprise Oversight: Provide enterprise oversight of AI governance activities, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, risk-management expectations, and evolving requirements.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the senior AI Risk Governance point of contact, building strong partnerships and facilitating alignment across business, technology, legal, compliance, and risk functions.
• Regulatory Assurance: Oversee AI governance responses to audit, examination, and regulatory activities, ensuring all documentation and evidence are complete and defensible.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Risk Management, Finance, Information Systems, Technology, Data Science, Law, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience; this is a Director-level position.
• Experience: 10+ years in governance, risk management, compliance, audit, operational risk, technology risk, model risk, data governance, cybersecurity, or third-party risk, with 5+ years in a leadership capacity within these functions.
• Skills: Strong understanding of governance, risk management, controls, issue management, oversight, and accountability frameworks; deep understanding of AI governance, responsible AI concepts, and emerging technology risks; strong strategic thinking and executive communication skills.
• Bonus: Experience leading enterprise governance or emerging-risk programs; involvement in global or cross-regional governance initiatives; professional certifications such as CRISC, CISA, CISSP, CISM, FRM, CAMS, CFE, or CIPM.