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Full-time
5-10

AI Governance Lead

1/29/2026

The AI Governance Lead will develop, maintain, and support innovative AI solutions in the payments industry. This role involves ensuring AI is used safely and responsibly while managing risks and regulatory expectations.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

201-500 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Cuscal is a payments and regulated data services provider in Australia. Since 1966, we have enabled Australian banks, mutuals, corporates and fintechs to better serve and connect with their customers through the implementation of innovative technology solutions. Our vision: To transform the future of how money moves and how Australia does business. Our purpose: To enable competition and power progress, one transaction at a time. We deliver this through our expert team, our ability to anticipate and our deep understanding of the financial payments industry. Our proud history of firsts as the leader in payments solutions has made us the trusted partner for banks, mutuals, fintechs and corporates.
About the Role

Company Description

Forward with Cuscal 

At Cuscal, we’re not just shaping the future of payments - we’re pioneering it. From launching Australia’s first ATM to being the first certified NPP PayTo Payer and Initiator in 2022, we’ve spent over 60 years building solutions that millions of Australians rely on every day.  

Now, we’re preparing for what’s next, and we want you to be part of it. 

Join us as an AI Governance Lead and help us deliver ground-breaking solutions that push the boundaries of what’s possible. 

Job Description

Your Opportunity 

We’re looking for an AI Governance Lead to join our Artificial Intelligence team.

In this role, you’ll leverage your technical skills to develop, maintain, and support innovative solutions that solve real-world challenges in the payments industry. From designing and building scalable systems to ensuring seamless integration with key technologies, your work will directly impact millions of users. 

You’ll also make an impact by: 

  • Helping the organisation use AI safely, responsibly, and compliantly.
  • Enable AI delivery while managing risk and regulatory expectations.
  • Establishing, embedding, and uplifting Cuscal’s enterprise-wide AI governance, responsible AI practices, and AI risk management frameworks.
  • Ensuring AI governance is effectively managed and monitored across Cuscal. 
  • Drive all initiatives through AI governance policies, standards & guidelines. 
  • Ensuring AI risks are effectively identified, assessed, managed, and monitored across Cuscal. 

Qualifications

What you’ll bring 

To succeed in this role, you’ll have: 

  • Deep understanding of global AI regulations & standards at practical level
  • Strong governance, risk & compliance expertise 
  • Technical literacy to oversee AI systems
  • Ethical AI leadership and responsible data-use fluency
  • Strategic leadership and business alignment skills
  • Curiosity and desire to continuously learn 

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you have some of the following:

  • Background in risk, compliance, data, technology, or AI
  • Risk Frameworks: Strong knowledge of risk management and IT frameworks and standards such as ITIL, ISO 27001, NIST, COBIT, and relevant APRA guidelines (CPS234, CPG235, CPS230, CPS220) 

Additional Information

Why Cuscal? 

At Cuscal, you’ll find a strong, successful company that’s reimagining the future. And our team is right there at the heart of it all.   

Here, you’ll deliver or support interesting, ground-breaking work that has real impact - on Australia’s financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. You’ll innovate alongside skilled, smart, connected teams. And you’ll build an impressive, fulfilling career that continues to grow.   

You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits, including: 

  • Work in a hybrid model that supports your lifestyle and goals.
  • We celebrate success: Our IGNITE program recognises individual and team achievements.
  • Wellbeing focus: We support your physical, mental, and financial health with holistic initiatives and access to discounts via ‘Cuscal Advantage.

Join us and reimagine the future 

If this role excites you, we’d love to explore your potential and vision for the future. Screening and interviews may occur before the job ad closing date, so don’t wait - apply now. 

For further information about this role please contact [email protected]  

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.  

We welcome applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.   

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms. 

Key Skills
AI GovernanceRisk ManagementCompliance ExpertiseTechnical LiteracyEthical AI LeadershipData Use FluencyStrategic LeadershipBusiness AlignmentCuriosityContinuous Learning
Categories
TechnologyManagement & LeadershipData & AnalyticsFinance & Accounting
Benefits
Hybrid Work ModelRecognition ProgramWellbeing InitiativesDiscounts
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