AI Governance Technical SME

We are looking for an AI Governance Technical SME to join our DX Solutions business in a highly visible and accountable role, where you will evaluate, monitor, and strengthen the organization’s AI Governance Framework by conducting technical assessments and create next generation AI Governance technical framework of AI and machine learning tools and use cases.

You should be someone who has experience analysing models for compliance, fairness, transparency, and security to ensure responsible and trustworthy AI deployment. Critical to your role will be communication skills - specifically being able to translate complex technical findings into actionable insights, risk mitigation recommendations, and align AI systems with ethical, regulatory, and organizational standards.

With the boom in AI functionality in enterprise tools, we want to enhance our DX Team’s capability to continue driving positive direction and decision making in Europe. You will join a small and friendly team, where your will have exposure to a wide range of Sony businesses, and where your input will have a measurable and lasting impact for internal departments and users alike.

You will:

• Assess AI/ML tools and models for compliance with internal AI governance, ethical, and risk management policies.
• Conduct technical reviews of algorithms, data pipelines, and model performance to evaluate transparency, robustness, and fairness.
•  Document assessment findings and provide risk ratings, remediation recommendations, and improvement plans.
• Collaborate with data science, compliance, and AI Governance Committee to establish consistent standards for AI model validation and lifecycle management.
• Monitor emerging AI regulations and standards (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001) and integrate them into technical assessment processes.
• Support governance reporting by maintaining dashboards, metrics, and technical documentation for oversight committees or audit reviews.

• Advise on the implementation of model explainability and interpretability solutions

You will bring:

Essential:

• Hands-on experience with AI/ML model development and evaluation.
• Familiarity with AI model risk management and validation techniques, including bias testing, explainability (e.g., SHAP, LIME), and model drift analysis.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis to identify distribution skewness, detect data drift between training and testing datasets, and assess data quality issues including outliers, missing values, and bias patterns.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills with the ability to translate technical findings into risk insights.

Helpful:

• Degree qualified in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Knowledge of AI governance frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act,ISO etc).
• Experience with MLOps and model lifecycle management platforms, or conducting algorithm assessments
• Understanding of privacy-preserving AI techniques (e.g., differential privacy, federated learning).
• Certification or coursework in AI ethics, responsible AI, or risk management.

Your new office

Based at the Budapest office, you will enjoy a modern, vibrant and diverse working environment with lots of social and charity events to be part of and enjoy a sense of belonging. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of healthy options, a café, and free coffee/tea in the office kitchens. The office is easily reachable by public transportation. You can enjoy your lunchbreak outside in the garden or have a walk by the Danube. If you like to ride, we have bike storage in the building with a changing room and we also have a MOL BUBI bike docking station in front of the office building.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at AccommodationRequest@eu.sony.com or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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