Lynda Brown
EMEA Director of Talent AcquisitionBirmingham, United Kingdom
My experience has taught me to give people chances - it’s amazing to see how much they can flourish when you do.
Our Company
We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.
Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.
Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.
The team
Hitachi Digital is a leader in digital transformation, leveraging advanced AI and data technologies to drive innovation and efficiency across various operational companies (OpCos) and departments. For the unique role of Data and AI Governance Lead, we are seeking a highly experienced Leader, to ensure robust data governance and ethical AI practices; we are looking for someone who can build and foster cross-functional collaboration throughout the enterprise.
The role
In this role you will be working with various legal, technical, and business teams to communicate risk findings and drive informed decision-making. You will conduct comprehensive risk assessments of divisional data management and AI projects while recommending mitigation strategies; you will develop and maintain AI governance guidance, ensuring alignment across the organization considering industry standards and regulatory requirements.
An important aspect of the role is to promote transparency, fairness, and accountability in AI practices, while closely collaborating with information security teams to advise data management practices and address AI-specific security risks. You will adhere to data and AI policies and standards, offering guidance as needed. Additionally, you will help develop enterprise training to raise awareness of data management and AI risks and best practices.
What you’ll bring
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with industry standards and regulatory requirements for data and AI governance.
Previous experience in a similar role within a tech-driven company.
About us
We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.
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Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
My experience has taught me to give people chances - it’s amazing to see how much they can flourish when you do.
I love to have discussions with employees and managers on what we can do to support the overall wellbeing of our teams.
Working as a group has always given me energy and kept me motivated, we can deliver amazing results as a collective.
Hitachi’s commitment to sustainability and proactiveness to support clients as a social responsibility makes me excited about the future.
Hitachi offers great work-life balance, and flexible working arrangements - from remote to hybrid. If you are interested in comprehensive and competitive perks and benefits, you will find it all here.
Empathy is important. When we love working with the people around us, we like coming into work and dealing with those people every day.
