Job Summary:

This position supports the Global Privacy Office (“GPO”). The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for partnering with the Allegis Group AI Center of Excellence and providing privacy compliance advice related to artificial intelligence (AI). The Lead Privacy Business Analyst -- AI Governance  plays a crucial role in ensuring that AI technologies are developed and deployed in a safe, responsible and sustainable way, and compliant with relevant privacy regulations and best practices. This role will assist with balancing the benefits and opportunities of AI with the potential risks in order to best serve our customers and employees.

Essential Functions:

The position will have the following key responsibilities:

• Serve as the GPO point of contact to the AI Center of Excellence
• Collaborate,  develop and implement privacy compliance strategies for AI projects.
• Provide expert advice on privacy regulations and best practices related to AI, including data protection, data privacy, and ethical considerations.
• Coordinate with Lead Privacy Business Analyst to conduct privacy impact assessment program to account  for AI initiative risk assessments with a goal of maximizing efficiency and ensuring that privacy risks are identified and mitigated
• Collaborate and serve as a support to design of operationalized monitoring to ensure compliance with Allegis governance standards and applicable laws, regulations and/or best practices
• Foster collaboration with highly diverse, cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with governance requirements
• Develop and deliver training programs on AI privacy compliance for employees and stakeholders to accomplish both defensibility and compliance with the AI Governance program.
• Monitor and assess the impact of new and emerging privacy regulations on AI projects and provide guidance on compliance requirements.
• Work closely with legal, compliance, and IT teams (including the AI Center of Excellence) to ensure that AI projects align with the organization's privacy policies and standards.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in AI and privacy and incorporate this knowledge into the organization's AI governance framework.
• Partner with the AI COE on the  development and implementation of AI governance policies and procedures to ensure responsible and ethical AI use in compliance with data protection regulations.
• Act as a subject matter expert on AI privacy compliance and provide guidance to  leadership and other stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of emerging privacy and data protection trends and technologies to inform the above responsibilities.
• Any other duties and/or responsibilities may be assigned from time to time to support the Global Privacy Office function and service.

Minimum Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Advanced degree desirable.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in privacy compliance, data protection, and/or AI governance.
• Experience with AI risk frameworks, model governance and AI use case inventory systems.
• Experience leading transformation or change management efforts for technology adoption
• Relevant certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, or CIPP/AI Governance are highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of privacy regulations and best practices, including GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant laws.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and to translate complex privacy and AI concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and mitigate AI related privacy risks.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programs on AI privacy compliance.
• Ability to stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in AI and privacy

Skills/Abilities:

• Experience in and the ability to perform the work in the areas identified below are critical.
• Eagerness to jump in and develop business practical solutions to complex AI related privacy and data protection challenges;
• General knowledge of risk management concepts;
• Experience with or exposure to global data protection regimes and compliance requirements or a demonstrated ability to learn such areas quickly;
• Working knowledge of technology platforms and data flows, including cloud and mobile devices or a demonstrated ability to learn such areas quickly;
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing business processes;
• Attention to detail and the ability to ramp-up quickly in new environments and teams;
• Ability to adapt to conflicting ad hoc deadlines and priorities and deadline demands by controlling the daily management of multiple simultaneous workload requests;
• Willingness to pursue appropriate additional privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP-US, CIPP-E and CIPP-AIG);
• Outstanding written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including the ability to customize messages for a variety of internal and external audiences, including senior level leadership.  Candidate must be able to correspond in a professional manner with business personnel and customers; and
• Self-directed individual with the ability to learn quickly and work as a team player with a broad range of internal stakeholders across multiple departments, multiple Operating Companies and multiple jurisdictions around the world

Office Requirements:

• Candiates required in office a minimum of 4 days a week out of our headquarter in Hanover, MD

Core Competencies:

• Building Relationships
• Develop People
• Lead Change
• Inspire Others
• Think Critically
• Communicate Clearly
• Create Accountability