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About the Role

The AI and Transaction Data Governance squad owns governance practices for AI and Transaction Data and builds literacy across Swift to equip the organisation for safe, effective AI adoption and Transaction Data use. As an AI Governance Senior Lead, you will work alongside a small team to shape and drive the organisation’s AI governance agenda, translating strategic priorities into delivery across multiple teams. You will lead high-impact initiatives that shape how the organisation adopts and governs AI, setting direction in ambiguous areas and turning complexity into clear, practical outcomes that enable innovation with confidence.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the AI governance direction, setting priorities and shaping the scope of major initiatives in line with regulatory, control, and business needs.
Work closely with business use case owners across a broad and sometimes ambiguous scope, supporting them to manage dependencies, priorities, and risks across teams to maintain momentum and quality.
Drive alignment across product, data science, engineering, legal, compliance, security, and risk teams, to foster a culture of AI excellence and responsible innovation.
Strengthen governance quality beyond your own work by improving standards, frameworks, and review practices that support consistent and scalable delivery.
Influence cross-team practices, governance maturity, and organisational readiness.
Build team capability by coaching others, strengthening collaboration, and creating the conditions for more effective delivery across the wider team.
Hold stakeholders accountable for agreed actions, surface delivery risks early, and help resolve conflicts or blockers that affect team outcomes.
Promote ethical AI principles and ensure that AI systems are designed and used in a fair, transparent, and accountable manner.
Establish effective monitoring and reporting mechanisms to track AI usage, performance, and compliance with governance standards.
Represent Swift in industry forums and collaborate with external experts to stay updated on the latest AI trends and best practices.

Requirements

Demonstrates a track record of delivering meaningful outcomes within AI governance while also helping define that governance in complex or evolving environments.
Effectively manages cross-team dependencies, priorities, and risks, and contributes to improving quality standards beyond their own direct work.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops, training sessions, and strategic discussions.
Deep and continuously updated knowledge of AI, global AI regulatory landscapes and standards.
Excited about this role, even if you do not meet every single qualification.

Skills

AI governance
AI literacy
Transaction Data governance
Data catalogue management
Communication
Interpersonal skills
Workshop facilitation
Training facilitation
Strategic discussion facilitation
AI
Global AI regulatory landscapes
AI standards

Experience Level

Senior Lead

Benefits

Career Growth opportunities
Competitive Compensation
Performance-Driven Culture
Global Impact
Work-Life Balance
Flexible work arrangements
Supportive work environment

About the Company

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium.
We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas.
We support the global economy.
We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely.
We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust.
Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem.
We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast.
Our mission has never been more relevant.
Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.
We give you the freedom to be yourself.
We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world.
A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact accessibility-Sysgroup@swift.com or indicate this in your application.
All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.