AI Risk Analyst
Impact: Organisational risk management and responsible AI deployment through systematic risk assessment
Identify, assess, and monitor the risks associated with AI systems across their lifecycle. Conduct risk assessments for new AI deployments, maintain risk registers, and develop mitigation strategies that balance innovation with responsible risk management.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 55% Team / 45% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 5 to 10% for risk reviews
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40 to 50 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $120,000
- Entry-level
- $80,000 - $100,000
- Senior
- $165,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 32% (much faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $20,000 - $60,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Risk frameworks
- Python
- Statistical analysis
- Documentation
- Stakeholder communication
- NIST AI RMF
Soft skills
- Analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Risk communication
- Stakeholder management
- Ethical reasoning
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 2 to 4 years
- Years to senior
- 5 to 8 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Risk Analyst > AI Risk Analyst > Senior AI Risk Analyst > AI Risk Manager > Head of AI Risk
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 22% moderate risk as risk assessment tools improve
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7.6/10
- Meaning
- 7.9/10
- Work-life balance
- 7.2/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High