Director, AI Legal Policy

Overview

Director, AI Legal Policy at Standard Chartered. We are seeking a highly skilled AI Legal Expert at Director level to lead the legal interpretation, assessment, and risk mitigation of Responsible AI-related clauses across the enterprise. This role ensures compliance with evolving global AI regulations, manages legal risks in AI development and deployment, and supports cross-functional governance of trustworthy AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and advise on legal clauses related to Responsible AI across global jurisdictions (e.g., EU AI Act, UAE AI Regulation, US Executive Orders).
• Conduct legal risk assessments for AI and algorithmic systems used internally and externally.
• Develop internal guidance and legal playbooks for AI governance, algorithmic accountability, data usage, and explainability.
• Partner with Data Science, Technology, Risk, Procurement, and Compliance teams to embed legal guardrails across the AI lifecycle.
• Review and negotiate AI-related terms in vendor and customer contracts to ensure legal and ethical use of AI technologies.
• Track and analyse developments in AI-related legislation and regulatory guidance to inform enterprise compliance strategy.
• Advise on AI incident response, liability attribution, and emerging legal risks (e.g., deepfakes, algorithmic harm, generative content).
• Contribute to AI governance councils and represent Legal in internal audits and external regulatory engagements related to AI.
• Educate and upskill legal and business teams on responsible AI frameworks and legal implications.

Strategy

• Lead and establish a team of model validation professionals, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and execute a strategic vision for model validation that incorporates ML, data science, and GenAI trends.
• Align validation practices with organizational objectives and industry best practices, including MRM frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data science, risk management, compliance) to ensure cohesive model governance.

Governance Activities

• Legal interpretation and compliance: Interpret and advise on legal clauses for Responsible AI across global jurisdictions, including EU AI Act, UAE AI Regulation, and US Executive Orders.
• Risk assessment and mitigation: Conduct legal risk assessments for AI and external third-party AI systems; develop mitigation strategies.
• Development of guidance and playbooks: Create internal guidance and playbooks for AI governance, data usage, and explainability.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with Data Science, Technology, Risk, Legal Procurement, and Compliance to embed guardrails across the AI lifecycle.
• Contract review and negotiation: Review and negotiate AI-related terms in vendor and customer contracts.
• Monitoring legislative developments: Track AI-related legislation and regulatory guidance to inform compliance strategy.
• Incident response and liability management: Advise on AI incident response, liability attribution, and emerging legal risks; develop protocols for addressing incidents and liabilities.
• Participation in governance councils: Contribute to AI governance councils and represent the Legal department in audits and regulatory engagements.
• Education and upskilling: Educate and upskill teams on responsible AI frameworks and legal implications.

Key Stakeholders

• Enterprise Legal
• Technology
• Third party risk management
• CDO AI Safety
• Risk framework owners

Qualifications

• Education Experience in financial services, healthcare, or other highly regulated sectors.
• Exposure to AI incident response planning, model validation, or fairness/bias testing methodologies.
• Certification or formal training in AI governance, responsible AI, or technology law.
• Languages English

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Data Science
• Customer centric
• Stakeholder management
• Develop training and awareness programs
• Risk management
• Legal Third party contract management

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good, is achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

What We Offer

• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, resilience courses, EAP, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Banking

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