Senior Responsible AI Manager

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent full time
DEPARTMENT: Data Governance Product group
LOCATION: Flexible Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to 60000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Please note: This role will be listed as a Senior Data Manager on our career path framework.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The BBC is making the shift from being a broadcaster that speaks to our audiences to being a service that is shaped by them and designed around their wants and needs whilst stimulating and delighting audiences around the world. To achieve this mission of being a Digital First BBC we are building a data organisation which will lead cultural and organisational change. This includes lots of exciting work on AI.

Were actively exploring the opportunities and challenges of generative AI through a series of pilots building on a long history of AI research and development at the BBC. And were firmly committed to doing this in a responsible way that puts our values first benefitting all audiences and helping us deliver our public service mission in new and exciting ways.

As the Director General Tim Davie said earlier this year in his speech at the Lowry Theatre in Salford:

Our vision is clear: create a growing Reithian media organisation that offers exceptional value to its owners the UK public all based on building long term trust. A creative organisation delivering world class content and services underpinned by our values. At the cutting-edge of innovation rapidly deploying AI for good. A global centre of excellence.

In the Responsible AI team its our job to help make that happen by building a culture where everyone at the BBC is empowered to use AI responsibly. We sit within the BBCs Product Group as part of the Data Governance function and we work across the organisation from News and Content to HR Finance and Operations to make sure everyone is equipped to use AI in a way which maximises the benefits while minimising the potential harms. Its all about ensuring that our use of AI is aligned with our public service values our BBC AI Principles and compliant with our legal and regulatory obligations.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

At this exciting time were looking for a Senior Responsible AI Manager to help us continue to operationalise our governance framework particularly our risk assessment process playing a crucial role in building out our AI Governance and Risk pillar within the team.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

The BBCs AI risk management process helps to turn our BBC AI Principles into practice. This helps make sure that development procurement and use of AI by and for the BBC is aligned with our values policies and legal and regulatory obligations and that risks are identified and managed effectively.

You will take ownership of significant aspects of these processes using your strong stakeholder management skills to work with business areas to assess AI risk and recommend mitigations in support of their proposed use cases enabling decision-making through an innovation-friendly risk-based approach.
Be responsible for the day to day operation of the risk assessment process including (but not limited to):
o Acting as first point of contact to internal stakeholders looking for responsible AI advice triaging and escalating requests as needed
o Providing subject matter expertise to procurement and tool authorisation processes
o Coordinating risk input from partners in the compliance and risk management space (i.e. Data Protection Information Security BBC Legal Editorial Policy etc.)
o Conducting AI Impact Assessments and documenting the resulting risks and mitigations to support senior decision-making
o Monitoring higher risk AI use cases throughout their lifecycle.
Collaborate with the BBCs Responsible AI Lead and Senior Responsible AI Managers (Governance & Risk) to iterate and operate the pan-BBC governance framework for AI enhancing our AI risk assessment reporting and compliance practice and processes.
Support ongoing horizon-scanning and awareness of relevant internal and external developments in AI consulting with internal stakeholders and partners to ensure the process is user-friendly and embedded across divisions.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Experience carrying out AI Impact Assessments or similar risk assessments (e.g. audits risk reviews maturity assessments DPIAs or third party risk assessments)
Experience managing a pipeline of work requests triaging and prioritising items and escalating as needed
Able to manage and deliver a service across complex projects working in a structured manner to ensure delivery in a timely fashion to multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
Able to manage stakeholders including at senior levels and to work with partners across the business.
Able to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Able to contribute effectively in a cross functional team and where necessary to guide and coach less experienced team-members.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

Familiarity with external AI regulatory landscape and understanding of responsible AI issues and concerns and how they might apply at the BBC
Familiarity with the current AI use cases and toolsets across both the media industry and other industries including their relative benefits and risks
Good data and AI literacy specifically the ability to understand and discuss key topics (technical AI or data science skills are a bonus but not necessary)
Able to be an advocate and evangelist for a responsible approach to data and AI at the BBC
Excited about personal development and learning

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.