AI Assurance Consultant

Digital Futures is seeking an AI Assurance Consultant. They will own the frameworks, standards and practices that ensure AI solutions are safe, secure, ethical and compliant. The role provides second‑line challenge and guidance across AI initiatives, working closely with security, engineering, data and transformation teams.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain AI assurance frameworks covering risk, safety, fairness, robustness, explainability, privacy and compliance.
• Partner with product and engineering leads to integrate assurance activities into the AI lifecycle from design through to operation.
• Oversee risk assessments and impact assessments for AI use cases, including in regulated or high‑stakes domains.
• Work with AI Security Analysts and platform teams to ensure secure‑by‑design architectures and controls for AI systems.
• Provide clear, actionable guidance to clients on responsible AI practices and emerging standards or regulations.
• Report on AI risk posture and assurance outcomes to internal and client stakeholders.

Skills & experience

• Strong experience in risk, assurance, compliance, security, data ethics or related fields, ideally applied to AI, analytics or digital products.
• Good understanding of AI and data technologies and the associated risk landscape.
• Familiarity with relevant standards, frameworks or regulatory trends related to AI, data protection and security.
• Experience designing or operating governance frameworks across multiple products or programmes.
• Ability to balance risk mitigation with business value and innovation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Behaviours & mindset

• Acts as an enabler, helping teams ship safe and useful AI rather than blocking by default.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and asking difficult questions in a constructive way.
• Ethically grounded, with a strong sense of accountability to end users and society.
• Calm under pressure and able to provide clear guidance in ambiguous risk situations.
• Continuously learning as AI technologies, threats and regulations evolve.

What's in it for you?

• Tailored professional development plan and upskilling
• Ability to make an impact at Digital Futures while it is in a period of accelerated growth
• Access to our employee benefits, discounts and perks platform
• Pension contributions
• Wellbeing budget
• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working model with required office working days

Digital Futures is a mission-led technology services company specialising in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

We have reimagined how capability is built in the age of AI, disrupting outdated workforce and education models, placing ambition at our core.

We're building the workforce of the future, leveraging the power of AI to drive innovation and inclusive growth.

We are creating a company that matters: one where pride is a strategic asset and our collective impact is measured in enduring outcomes – opportunity created, futures transformed, advantage secured.