# AI Risk & Compliance Specialist Job Co-operative Bank

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Company: Co-operative Bank

Category: Banking & Financial Services

Location: Kenya

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-10-27

Expires: 2026-12-11

## Job Description

IT Jobs, Co-operative Bank Jobs.Responsible for assessing AI-related risks, monitoring developing AI governance policies, and ensuring responsible use of artificial intelligence across banking systems. Requires a degree in Risk Management, Law, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field. This is a full-time, on-site position based in Nairobi.

### Key Responsibilities

### Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to

- Implement and maintain the Bank’s responsible AI governance framework, policies, standards, controls and approval processes.

- Maintain an enterprise-wide inventory of AI use cases, models, providers and third-party AI tools, ensuring appropriate ownership, risk classification, approvals and lifecycle monitoring.

- Conduct AI risk and impact assessments covering data protection, cybersecurity, model risk, bias and fairness, explainability, human oversight, third-party risk and regulatory compliance.

- Establish risk-based control, testing and evidence requirements, including model validation, bias testing, generative AI safeguards and incident management.

- Coordinate independent reviews and approvals with Risk, Legal, Compliance, Data Protection, ICT Security, Model Risk and relevant business control owners.

- Monitor AI risks, control effectiveness, model performance, incidents, complaints and remediation actions, preparing reports for management and Board governance forums.

- Support investigations and resolution of AI-related incidents, control breaches and performance concerns, ensuring lessons learned inform improved controls and practices.

- Monitor emerging AI regulations and industry developments, maintain governance documentation, and promote responsible AI awareness through targeted training and guidance.

Qualifications

### The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies

- A bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Law, Compliance, Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics or a related field.

- At least six (6) years of relevant experience in risk management, compliance, audit, privacy, model risk, technology risk, data governance or AI governance.

- Demonstrated experience designing or implementing governance and control frameworks within a regulated environment.

- Practical exposure to AI/ML risk, model lifecycle controls, data protection and third-party technology risk will be an added advantage.

- A relevant postgraduate qualification and professional certification in risk, compliance, privacy, information security, audit, data governance or responsible AI will be an added advantage.

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