Responsible AI & Governance Technical Specialist

About The Role

&lt;div class=&quot;content-intro&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Are you passionate about Responsible AI and ensuring products are built and deployed ethically and safely? Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Responsible AI &amp;amp; Governance Technical Specialist to help ensure our AI products and technologies are developed and deployed ethically, safely, and in alignment with our values. Demonstrable experience in Responsible AI and AI Governance is required. Technical skills are also a must.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;In this role, you will operate at the intersection of modern AI technology, policy, and ethics. You will design and implement technical governance frameworks, guidelines, and best practices that support responsible AI innovation across the organization. You will identify and assess potential risks, conduct technical and business evaluations, and partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to embed responsible AI principles into product development lifecycles, adapting to AI-enabled and agentic systems in particular, and identifying where AI-specific guidance or risk mitigations are needed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;This is a highly collaborative role working across engineering, product, information security, legal, and business teams to ensure AI initiatives align with regulatory requirements and SIE’s broader strategic goals. The ideal candidate brings a strong understanding of generative AI use cases, technical and sociotechnical risk, and product development, balancing responsible AI commitments with internal and external innovation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;If you are passionate about AI Governance and Responsible AI, and have demonstrable experience and skills required for this position, we encourage you to apply. This is an opportunity to build and mature an AI governance program within a fast-evolving landscape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What You’ll Be Doing:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Contribute to long-term strategies for building safe, ethical, and innovative AI products and tools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Serve as a technical Responsible AI advisor for generative and agentic AI systems, helping teams assess architectures, tool integrations, MCP implementations, data flows, permissions, autonomy, and appropriate human oversight and guardrails&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Engage stakeholders across the organization to gather feedback and address AI Governance and Responsible AI technical considerations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Use AI governance, risk tooling and discovery insights to identify emerging risks and support appropriate remediation and technical solutions&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Experiment hands-on with emerging AI capabilities, including agents, MCP servers, tool integrations, APIs, and evaluation frameworks, to understand their capabilities and risks and translate findings into practical governance guidance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Sit on relevant domain boards as a technical specialist, partnering closely with Product and Engineering&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Conduct ethical and safety risk assessments, advising teams on mitigation strategies related to bias, fairness, robustness, transparency, and societal impact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Partner with engineers, product managers, designers, online safety and more, to proactively identify unintended consequences and emerging risks of AI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Coordinate with Information Security and relevant technical teams to align AI governance reviews and risk assessments with security requirements and technical controls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Contribute to company-wide best practices for responsible AI development and deployment, including AI literacy materials and case studies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What We’re Looking For:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;At least 3 years of experience in AI Governance, Responsible AI, Corporate Governance, AI safety, AI policy, or a related field, with meaningful experience evaluating AI technologies and systems&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;At minimum, 5 years of experience contributing to or leading cross-functional programs from strategy through operational implementation, partnering with product, engineering, legal, security, and operations teams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Strong technical fluency in modern AI systems, including LLMs, agentic architectures, tool use/function calling, APIs, cloud services, and automation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Hands-on experience working with or evaluating agentic AI systems; familiarity with MCP or comparable protocols and agent/tool integration frameworks strongly preferred&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Experience with AI red teaming, adversarial testing, or other technical approaches to identifying risks in LLM and agentic systems&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Understanding of agentic and sociotechnical AI risks, including excessive agency, permissions and data access, unintended tool use, human oversight, systemic risk, and emergent behaviors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Ability to translate technical findings and risks into practical controls, mitigations, and guidance for engineering, product, and business teams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Ability to independently drive outcomes across cross-functional teams with minimal supervision&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Strong analytical and communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to challenge assumptions and navigate ambiguity in a fast-moving environment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Ability and curiosity to stay current with emerging AI capabilities, risks, frameworks, and industry developments, particularly within technology, entertainment, and gaming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preferred Qualifications:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Familiarity with relevant regulations, standards and ethical guidelines (e.g., EU AI Act, OECD Principles, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Proficiency in producing meaningful visualizations and reports, and effectively presenting technical results to diverse audiences&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: #000000 !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Industry experience in tech, gaming or (interactive) entertainment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;content-pay-transparency&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;pay-input&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;description&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;In addition, this role &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;is eligible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; Click&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://careers.playstation.com/benefits&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; to learn more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;title&quot;&gt;The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;pay-range&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;$132,800&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;divider&quot;&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;$199,200 USD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;content-conclusion&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.&lt;/p&gt;
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