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AI Validation Specialist
£43,000 - 74,000
Essential Consulting
Devonshire Square 9, London
£43,000 - 74,000
Requirements
Must:
- Python proficiency, with ability to demonstrate capability in a technical interview and/or practical test.
- Proven experience working in an AWS environment (hands-on, not just awareness).
- 2-5 years relevant experience (flexible based on strength of skillset).
- Solid understanding of model risk management fundamentals and how to apply them pragmatically to AI use cases.
- Awareness of common AI failure modes and risks (e.g., hallucinations, bias, toxicity, privacy/cyber/data leakage).
- Strong stakeholder management skills: ability to challenge constructively, influence outcomes, and translate technical findings into clear risk-based conclusions.
- Familiarity with AI governance expectations and emerging regulation (e.g., EU AI Act awareness) - desirable.
- Experience validating or assuring customer-facing AI use cases (e.g., chatbots, automated decision support, content generation) - desirable.
- Exposure to validation/assurance of agentic or workflow-embedded AI solutions - desirable.
Responsibilities
- Deliver assigned AI/ML model validations end-to-end, producing clear conclusions and evidence aligned to internal governance expectations.
- Assess and challenge model design, data, controls, implementation approach, and monitoring plans proportionately to the use case risk.
- Evaluate and evidence testing/controls for key AI risks, including: bias/fairness considerations, toxicity/harmful content controls, hallucination and reliability risks, cyber/data leakage and data loss risks.
- Review and strengthen ongoing monitoring plans (metrics, thresholds, alerting, exception handling, governance cadence).
- Work closely with developers, product owners, and risk stakeholders to agree remediation actions and ensure validation outcomes are actionable.
- Contribute to repeatable validation approaches and artefacts, leveraging and improving existing internal tooling where appropriate.
Description
We are a large UK bank looking to onboard two AI Validation Specialists to support our Model Validation / AI Risk & Oversight team on a contract basis. These roles are primarily aligned to London or Edinburgh with hybrid working options available, and we can consider strong candidates from other locations within the UK as well. This is an initial 6-month contract with potential for extension, targeting a January start, so we are looking for individuals who can start at relatively short notice. Our team is focused on scaling AI-enabled solutions across operational efficiency and customer-facing journeys, and we aim to bring in practical validators who can effectively manage AI model risks.
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