Senior AI Security Consultant

Join the FCA as a Senior AI Security Consultant, where you will be the recognized subject matter expert for AI security.

About Financial Conduct Authority

Carry out AI threat modelling, security risk assessment and security design activities for AI systems and emerging digital capabilities, providing specialist recommendations on risk treatment, security controls and secure adoption approaches.

Effective stakeholder management, consultancy and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior business, technology, governance and risk stakeholders and communicating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences

Essential

Significant experience in cyber security, security architecture, security consultancy, or risk management, with deep knowledge of AI security, emerging technologies and AI-related risk

Responsibilities

• You will provide authoritative advice, challenge, and risk-based recommendations to support the secure and responsible adoption of AI technologies.
• Your role will involve identifying, assessing, and managing AI-related security risks, shaping the organization's approach through the development of security frameworks, policies, standards, and best practices.
• You will also provide technical leadership in AI threat modeling, risk assessment, and security testing, while monitoring emerging threats, industry developments, and evolving technologies.
• Provide authoritative AI security subject matter knowledge to support risk-informed decision-making and the secure adoption of AI technologies across the FCA.
• Oversee the development and continual improvement of AI security frameworks, standards, policies, guidance and secure design principles, ensuring consistent and proportionate approaches to AI security risk management across the organisation.
• Solid understanding of AI technologies and ecosystems, including generative AI, agentic systems, AI platforms and emerging AI capabilities, with the ability to assess security risks, conduct threat modelling, evaluate controls and provide specialist guidance

Requirements

• Degree-level qualification in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience). Relevant security, cloud, architecture, or AI governance certifications are desirable
• Deep understanding of the intersection between AI security, governance, operational resilience, data, architecture, responsible AI and enterprise risk management
• Practical experience developing and implementing security frameworks, policies, standards and governance models, with knowledge of recognised AI security and risk frameworks such as OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, ISO 27001 and related standards
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, provide technical leadership and contribute to organisational capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing and the promotion of security best practice
• Ability to analyse emerging technologies, threat intelligence, regulatory developments and evolving attack techniques, translating complex findings into practical, risk-based recommendations and security controls

Pay

GBP 74,000 - 113,000