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Turner & Townsend

AI Governance and Privacy Project Manager (FTC 6months)

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In-Office
London, England, GBR
Senior level
In-Office
London, England, GBR
Senior level
Manage and build Turner & Townsend's AI governance program and support global privacy/data protection. Maintain AI and data inventories, improve data retention/destruction practices, run privacy and data governance training, assess risks, implement solutions, and liaise with regional and central stakeholders and external advisors to ensure compliance with AI and data protection regulations.
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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Based in either our London or Leeds office, we are recruiting for a privacy and AI governance specialist to join our Risk Management team for a 6-month fixed-term contract. 

This role will primarily focus on building out our AI governance program and supporting the global privacy and data protection programme. 

  • Support Turner & Townsend’s AI compliance program, with a focus on maintaining data and AI inventories and maps to ensure compliance with applicable AI laws and regulations. 

  • Perform other tasks related to supporting Turner & Townsend’s data governance and AI compliance programs as reasonably required. 

  • Collaborate with different business teams to enhance the data retention and destruction program. 

  • Promote adoption of privacy and data governance best practices through training and education initiatives. 

  • Foster a culture of data responsibility and compliance by promoting data literacy and awareness across all levels of the organization. 

  • Champion innovation in data governance by identifying and implementing cutting-edge solutions to address emerging enterprise-level data challenges. 

The Privacy and AI Governance Project Manager will report to the Global Privacy and Data Protection Director, who is based in London. They will primarily interface with: 

  • Other members of the Global Privacy, Risk Management team, including Operational Risk, Ethics and Compliance, and Contract Risk; 

  • The Regional operational business, including the Regional Managing Directors, Regional Boards, Regional Risk Management representatives; 

  • The Central Services teams, such as Finance, HR and IT;  

  • other related risk roles outside of the Risk Management function, such as the SOX monitoring teams; and they will also be expected to liaise with Turner & Townsend’s business advisors (e.g. lawyers, insurance brokers, etc) and the CBRE Risk, Ethics and Compliance team (CBRE are 70% owners of Turner & Townsend), as necessary. 

Qualifications

  • AI and Data Governance Expertise: Strong understanding of AI, data architectures, governance frameworks, data warehousing, data integrity, and stewardship practices. 

  • Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of AI, data protection, privacy, and data governance regulatory requirements. 

  • Privacy and project management experience and will ideally come from a professional background (e.g. legal finance, audit etc.) 

  • Risk Evaluation: Ability to assess risks, articulate issues, build consensus, and implement effective solutions. 

  • Education & Experience: Ideally hold a Bachelor’s degree with 5–8 years of relevant experience in privacy, data governance, data quality management, electronic information systems, and/or compliance in a multinational organization. 

  • Ideally hold relevant qualifications, such as AIGP, CIPM, CIPP.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

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