Senior Director, AI Risk and Compliance

About the role

Reporting to the VP, Head of Analytics and AI, the Senior Director, AI Risk and Compliance is a leadership position responsible for defining and enforcing CRG’s AI risk, regulatory compliance, and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and operationalize a CRG-wide AI risk and governance framework aligned with Thermo Fisher enterprise policies and regulatory expectations
• Translate regulatory and enterprise risk requirements into scalable, reusable governance patterns, templates, and automated controls
• Partner with AI Engineering & Platform to embed compliance into model lifecycle tooling, monitoring systems and audit and traceability infrastructure
• Minimize reliance on manual review by enabling governance-by-design
• Ensure all AI solutions are developed and deployed with governance-by-design, including model transparency and explainability, data privacy and security compliance, bias detection and mitigation and auditability and traceability
• Define and operationalize a risk-tiering framework for AI use cases: Low-risk (pre-approved patterns / fast path), Medium-risk (lightweight review), High-risk (formal governance and approval)
• Operate as an independent control function within the AAI operating model, with clear authority on regulatory and compliance matters
• Partner with: AI Value Realization & Enablement (AVRE) to embed compliance into readiness frameworks and workflow design
• Partner with AI Delivery & Governance to integrate risk controls into lifecycle stage gates
• Partner with AI Engineering & Platform to ensure compliance is embedded into systems and tooling
• Serve as the primary interface with Legal, Privacy, InfoSec, and Quality organizations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred (e.g., business, computer science, digital strategy, or related field)
• 15 years of experience in digital, innovation, strategy, content/knowledge management, or customer-facing leadership roles within clinical research, healthcare, life sciences, or technology-enabled services
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex digital, data, and AI concepts into clear, compelling narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience developing high-quality, customer-facing content to support commercial engagements, including bids, proposals, value demonstrations, and executive presentations
• Strong executive presence with the ability to engage credibly in high-stakes customer and leadership interactions
• Pioneering ability to influence outcomes in highly matrixed environments through alignment, credibility, and sound judgment, without relying on formal authority
• Strategic judgment and systems thinking; ability to synthesize market, customer, and execution signals into actionable insight
• Exceptional executive communication, narrative clarity, and storytelling capability (written, visual, and verbal)
• Strong content architecture, knowledge management, editorial, and governance skills (taxonomy, versioning, reuse, and quality control)
• Collaborative leadership style with high trust orientation and strong stakeholder management across Digital, Commercial, Operations, Marketing, and Executive leadership
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and high-stakes situations; high emotional intelligence and discretion in handling strategic information
• Ability to manage and scale work through partners and vendors to accelerate speed-to-market and improve quality without creating unnecessary process burden

Location

Remote US (east coast preference).

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in North Carolina is $167,500.00–$278,000.00. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retail and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards