# AI Governance Lead

**Company**: Western Governors University (WGU)
**Location**: Salt Lake City, UT
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $161,000.00 - $249,500.00
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

The AI Governance Lead will play a critical role in developing and implementing governance and control frameworks for AI tools and technologies within WGU.

This individual will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Security, Legal, IT, Product, Business, and external vendors, to ensure that AI tools are approved and used in accordance with company policies and industry best practices.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute comprehensive AI governance strategies that guide the responsible and ethical use of AI tools and technologies.

- Establish cross-functional processes for the approval, access, and ongoing maintenance of AI tools, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry standards.

- Develop policies, standards, and procedures governing AI use, with a focus on security, privacy, ethics, and responsible innovation.

- Assess AI tool capabilities and risks, clearly articulate trade-offs, and recommend appropriate uses and access across the organization.

- Serve as a change agent and catalyst for innovation by leading AI usage policies and maintaining key governance artifacts, including external data sources, proofs of concept, and supporting materials.

- Foster a culture of responsible AI use by educating stakeholders on governance best practices, policies, and compliance requirements.

- Lead complex, strategically important initiatives across large cross-functional teams while influencing senior leaders, technical experts, business stakeholders, and external vendors.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Math, Physics, or any related field.

- 5+ years of AI, Data Science or Machine Learning experience.

- 5+ years of experience working in collaboration with business and other teams.

- 3+ years of experience with Policy Development, Frameworks, Compliance Assurance and Auditing, Governance, Stakeholder and Change management, and AI Ethical education.

- 3+ years of experience with cloud architecture (preferably AWS).

- 3+ years of experience with Data Lakes (preferably Databricks).

- 3+ years of experience working in selecting and managing external vendors.

- Proven track record of developing and implementing governance frameworks for AI tools and technologies.

- Experience with ML lifecycle management.

- Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices related to AI governance and compliance.

- Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to influence senior executive leadership and clearly articulate the trade-offs associated with AI tools and business solutions.

- Strong business acumen and the ability to persuade, navigate ambiguity, and maintain a positive approach in challenging situations.

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare

- Health savings account and flexible spending account

- Basic and voluntary life insurance

- Disability coverage

- Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages

- Legal and identity theft coverage

- Retirement savings plan

- Wellbeing program

- Discounted WGU tuition

- Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual

- Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual

- 11 paid holidays

- Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

## Skills

### Required
- AI
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Cloud Architecture
- Data Lakes
- Governance
- Compliance
- Risk Management

### Nice to have
- PhD
- ML lifecycle management

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