Trust Architect, Responsible AI, Risk & Governance

• Set governance, risk and security guardrails before build begins
• Embed controls, human review and feedback loops as systems evolve
• Support regulatory and privacy positions with client and Avanade specialists
• Design and run evaluations, including accuracy targets, test harnesses and release evidence
• Hold the release gate with delivery and quality teams
• Work with FDEs to build trust and monitoring into systems
• Design adoption and change approaches through transparency, education and demonstrated outcomes
• Help clients redesign human-agent interaction to fit real work
• Track active usage and effective human oversight after go-live
• Support executive and Board confidence with governance and accountability frameworks
• Contribute evaluation harnesses, guardrail patterns, governance frameworks and adoption assets
• Provide independent challenge where trust risks are not being addressed
• Ensure governance, guardrails and security controls are in place before build starts
• Ensure target accuracy, safety and governance thresholds are met before production
• Drive adoption above the agreed threshold 90 days post-go-live
• Ensure compliance with responsible AI standards and client obligations

Requirements

• 5+ years across AI governance, model risk, security, responsible AI, or large-scale technology change and adoption
• Strength in two of AI governance, model risk, security, responsible AI, or large-scale technology change and adoption, with a credible path into the third
• Hands-on evaluation experience with generative or agentic systems is strongly preferred over policy-only backgrounds
• Working knowledge of the APAC regulatory environment relevant to their market
• Practical change and enablement capability with technical audiences and frontline users alike
• Able to build trust with sceptical stakeholders and to say no with evidence
• Comfortable in a role that is still being defined, in a track with no established internal precedent
• Australian Citizens are preferred; Permanent Residents will also be considered

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in AI Governance, Model Risk, and Responsible AI, with a strong focus on compliance and security controls. Proven ability to drive change and adoption through effective stakeholder engagement and evaluation methodologies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AI Governance
• Model Risk
• Responsible AI
• Change Management
• Evaluation Experience

Hard Skills

• Governance Frameworks
• Risk Management
• Security Controls
• Evaluation Harnesses
• Accuracy Targets
• Test Harnesses
• Compliance Standards
• Human-Agent Interaction Design
• Monitoring Systems
• Adoption Strategies

Soft Skills

• Stakeholder Engagement
• Trust Building
• Communication
• Change Enablement
• Feedback Loop Implementation

Industry Keywords

• APAC Regulatory Environment
• Responsible AI Standards
• Governance and Accountability Frameworks
• Human Oversight
• Delivery and Quality Teams