Financial Services AI Governance Consulting Manager

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services.

About the role

As a Consultant at Crowe, you will solve problems for clients through innovative solutions in a dynamic environment shaped by technology and AI. You’ll build technical and transferable skills, think critically, and use technology—including emerging AI capabilities—to address real business challenges. This role involves continuous learning, collaboration across teams, and applying tools to improve efficiency, insights, and client outcomes.

As a Manager, you’ll lead teams, guide project execution, and deepen client relationships. Responsibilities include account planning, identifying value-add opportunities, and ensuring high-quality delivery. You’ll balance project leadership with growing involvement in client strategy and solution development, requiring a growth mindset, strong communication, advanced critical thinking, and confidence in navigating new challenges.

In this role, you’ll join Crowe’s AI Governance Consulting team, helping organizations build, assess, run, and audit responsible AI programs. You’ll align AI practices with business goals, risk appetite, and evolving regulations and standards (e.g., NIST AI RMF 1.0, ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Act), enabling clients to adopt AI confidently and safely. As an AI Governance Manager, you’ll lead client delivery, drive sales enablement, and shape our AI Governance offering.

Responsibilities

• Client delivery & program build: Lead engagements to stand up or mature AI governance programs across the lifecycle (strategy, policy, controls, operating model, metrics). Map practices to frameworks such as NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001; translate requirements into practical controls, workflows, and guardrails.
• Assessment & assurance: Plan and execute current-state assessments, model/system reviews, control testing, and readiness audits for AI uses (including genAI) against policy and regulatory expectations (e.g., EU AI Act obligations/timelines). Deliver clear findings and prioritized roadmaps.
• Run-state operations: Design operating rhythms (intake, review/approval, model registry, risk scoring, human-in-the-loop, monitoring, incident management) and help clients operationalize “three lines” responsibilities with measurable KPIs.
• Sales enablement: Partner with teams to qualify opportunities, shape solutions/SOW/ELs, develop proposals and pricing, and contribute to pipeline reviews. Build client-ready collateral.
• Offering development: Evolve Crowe’s AI Governance methodologies, accelerators, control libraries, templates, and training. Incorporate updates from standards/regulators into our playbooks (e.g., NIST’s GAI profile).
• Thought leadership: Publish insights, speak on webinars/events, and support marketing campaigns to grow brand presence.
• People leadership: Supervise, coach, and develop consultants; manage engagement economics (scope, timeline, budget, quality) and support recruiting.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on AI governance/Responsible AI experience (policy, controls, risk, compliance, or assurance of AI/ML systems).
• 5+ years in compliance, risk management, and/or related advisory roles with client-facing delivery and team leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., information systems, public policy, statistics, law) a plus.
• Financial Services industry experience, with demonstrated knowledge of the regulatory, risk management, compliance, and governance environment applicable to financial institutions.
• Demonstrated ability to translate regulatory/standard requirements (e.g., NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act) into actionable policies, processes, and controls.
• Progressive responsibilities, including supervising and reviewing the work of others, and project management, including self-management of simultaneous work-streams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for formal and informal settings (e.g., interviews, meetings, reports, presentations).
• Networking and relationship management experience.
• Willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• Professional services/consulting experience, particularly serving Financial Services clients in risk, regulatory, technology, data, model risk, or AI governance-related engagements.
• Certification: AIGP – Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (IAPP) or equivalent credential in AI governance/privacy/risk (e.g., CIPP/CIPM/CIPT with AI coursework, ISO/IEC 42001 implementer/auditor).
• Experience with genAI risk controls (prompt/data controls, evaluation, monitoring) and model documentation/testing practices.
• Familiarity with GRC, data, and model tooling (e.g., ServiceNow/Archer, Collibra/Alation, model registries/ML platforms).
• Experience coordinating across privacy, security, risk, and engineering functions; understanding of U.S. federal/state AI policy landscape (e.g., EO 14110 and subsequent developments).

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $95,500.00 - $195,400.00 per year. The wage range takes into account factors such as skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and business needs. The disclosed range has not been adjusted for geographic differentials.

Benefits

Crowe offers a comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• Career coaching and guidance through consistent meetings with a Career Coach.
• An inclusive culture that values diversity and nurtures talent.