Head of AI Portfolio and Governance (100%)

SIX drives the transformation of financial markets.

What sets us apart drives us ahead: between local roots and global relevance, we are a unique blend of tradition and future, of foundation and growth. We value bright minds and inspire them to grow with their ideas. Come and shape the future of finance with us.

Zurich | up to 40% working from home possible | Reference 8392

SIX is establishing a group-wide AI Enablement Center to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and translate AI opportunities into measurable business, customer and market outcomes.

The Head of AI Portfolio & Governance is responsible for establishing and managing the enterprise AI portfolio and governance capabilities across SIX.

What You Will Do

• Ensure that SIX has a reliable view of its AI initiatives, including ownership, lifecycle status, investment, expected and realised value, and governance status.
• Establish consistent governance from idea through production and retirement, with processes proportionate to risk.
• Establish portfolio reviews and senior management reporting on AI activities, investment, value and risk.
• Identify duplication, opportunities for reuse and common capabilities across the portfolio.
• Establish clear ownership, decision rights, escalation paths and documentation requirements for AI-related risks.
• Translate regulatory and policy developments into practical governance requirements, including risk classification, decision rights, approvals, escalation paths and documentation.
• Conduct AI governance assessments and coordinate reviews with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Data Protection, Information Security and other control functions.
• This is a hands-on founding role. Initially establish and operate the portfolio and governance processes directly and gradually build the team as demand grows.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of practical experience in AI or technology portfolio management, AI governance, digital transformation, risk or a related field.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies, their business applications and associated risks.
• Experience establishing and operating portfolio management processes, governance frameworks or related functions in complex organisations.
• Strong commercial and analytical judgement, including experience with business cases, investment tracking and value realisation.
• Strong understanding of risk management and regulated environments, with experience working across business, technology and control functions.
• Comfortable personally running workshops, assessing use cases, conducting governance reviews, preparing portfolio reporting and working with incomplete information.
• Experience setting up new teams and strong people management experience in international organizations, with the ability to establish processes and operating models from the ground up.

If you have any questions, check out our FAQ page or call Beata Czyzewska at +48 22 104 6571 / +41 58 399 9800 / +34 91 330 51 49.

For this vacancy we only accept direct applications.

Diversity is important to us. Therefore, we are looking to receiving applications regardless of any personal background.