This role is situated within CIBC's Enterprise AI Governance Office (AIGO), a part of the Enterprise Advanced Analytics and AI Hub. AIGO is crucial for ensuring all AI activities at CIBC adhere to the Enterprise AI Framework, effectively managing AI-related risks, ensuring regulatory readiness, and enabling responsible innovation across the bank.
As a Senior Consultant, AI Risk Management, you will support CIBC’s AI risk management practices by conducting and reviewing AI risk assessments, developing effective AI risk mitigation plans in partnership with business teams and other risk control groups, and providing AI risk advisory services to the enterprise. The position is responsible for ensuring that all AI solutions across the organisation are appropriately risk-assessed, as required by the Enterprise AI Framework.
You will work collaboratively with technology and business teams, control groups, audit, and oversight bodies to ensure all CIBC AI Governance requirements are adhered to and are effective in managing AI-related risks. The role also supports the evolution of AI risk engineering practices, including the assessment of technical controls, guardrails, monitoring mechanisms, model and system lifecycle controls, and governance patterns for emerging generative and Agentic AI capabilities.
CIBC offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement, where you will spend 1-3 days per week on-site in Toronto, with other days being remote.
Your Key Responsibilities
You will champion Trustworthy AI in solving business problems by collaborating with business units to understand their AI Governance needs, opportunities, and pain points. You will work with risk and control teams to ensure AI-related risks are adequately managed, focusing on relationship building to become a trusted partner for AI Governance within the bank. You will also contribute to the development of AI risk management thought leadership and related educational resources both internally and externally.
Ensure AI Solutions are managed and delivered in a governed manner by working with AI development, technology, and risk/control/compliance teams in identifying, assessing, and mitigating AI-related risks. You will apply AI risk management best practices, tools, and techniques to comply with governance requirements and accelerate CIBC’s leadership in the ethical and responsible use of AI. This includes developing AI-related risk mitigation controls with key partners and assisting with ongoing risk reporting and risk reviews for the Enterprise. You will also support governed AI by design by helping translate governance expectations into practical controls, guardrails, checkpoints, and evidence requirements across the AI solution lifecycle.
Translate research into actionable insights by monitoring, researching, and reporting on the latest trends and developments around AI risk management, AI risk engineering, generative AI, and Agentic AI governance. You will help ensure that all AI risk management processes, tools, and techniques are inclusive of the requirements necessary to meet the growing demands and advancements in AI by suggesting and making changes to the current state.
Ignite innovation and drive execution by working as an internal consultant to drive results through the application of “governed” AI solutions. You will provide support and help drive adoption of AI Governance across the organisation by developing strategy and success metrics. You will manage and participate in all AI Governance related bodies and committees, and support the responsible adoption of emerging AI capabilities by advising on appropriate governance patterns for AI agents, tool use, autonomy, human oversight, escalation, monitoring, and control design.
What You'll Bring
You demonstrate technical fluency in AI/ML, understanding predictive modelling, NLP, computer vision, generative AI, and Agentic AI. You have experience across the production lifecycle assessing controls and evidence in regulated environments and securely navigating AI risk frameworks and regulations. You are fluent with NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC AI risk standards such as 23894 and 42001, and model risk expectations in financial services, translating them into pragmatic, auditable controls.
You apply an AI risk engineering mindset, understanding how AI risks can be mitigated through technical and process controls, including guardrails, access controls, monitoring, evaluation, testing, traceability, human-in-the-loop controls, and lifecycle governance. You can work with technology teams to assess whether controls are appropriately designed, implemented, evidenced, and monitored. You help embed governance expectations early in the AI lifecycle by supporting reusable control patterns, pre-approved guardrails, technical standards, and practical governance checkpoints that enable responsible innovation without creating unnecessary friction.
You understand emerging Agentic AI governance considerations, assessing risks associated with AI agents, autonomous workflows, tool use, memory, external connectivity, prompt injection, overreliance, human oversight, and escalation paths, and defining appropriate controls for safe and accountable deployment. You uphold Trustworthy AI as a core principle, consistently applying data protection, fairness and bias mitigation, explainability, security-by-design, and third-party risk management to safeguard clients and the bank, while supporting positive outcomes for society.
You hold a degree or diploma in a relevant field, such as Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or Risk Management. Certifications such as IAPP AIGP, ISO/IEC 42001, ISO/IEC 23894, CertNexus CEET, IEEE CertifAIEd, or IAPP CIPT are considered assets.
You communicate with clarity and influence across diverse stakeholders, distilling complex topics clearly for various audiences, building strong partnerships, and driving outcomes through stakeholder management and influence without formal authority. You are driven by collective success, knowing that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one, and you understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life. Values matter to you, and you bring your authentic self to work, living CIBC's values of trust, teamwork, and accountability.
What CIBC Offers
At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential, aspiring to give you a career rather than just a paycheck. We work to recognise you in meaningful, personalised ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a comprehensive benefits program, a defined benefit pension plan, an employee share purchase plan, and a vacation offering.
You will also benefit from wellbeing support and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program. Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients. We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.
CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com. You need to be legally eligible to work at the Toronto location specified and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit. We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency). We use artificial intelligence tools during the recruitment process to get to know more about you and all you have to offer, and to give you the opportunity to learn more about us.
