APAC AI Governance & Adoption Strategist

Westcon-Comstor; St Leonards; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Westcon-Comstor is seeking an APAC AI Governance & Adoption Lead to shape how unstructured data is governed and how AI is adopted responsibly across the APAC region.

The role sits within the Analytics & AI team and will develop practical governance standards for documents, emails, contracts and knowledge bases, while promoting effective AI tools and programmes with non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data governance, knowledge management or a closely related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience supporting generative AI or AI/ML initiatives.
• Strong understanding of how unstructured data supports AI systems.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority and drive alignment across teams.
• Experience with data privacy frameworks and enterprise content management systems would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop a practical governance framework for how unstructured data is created, classified, stored, maintained and retired.
• Support the adoption and rollout of AI tools and programmes across APAC.
• Monitor and communicate the business value and performance of AI initiatives.
• Work with business owners to improve data quality, manage content risks and ensure knowledge assets are suitable for AI use.
• Champion knowledge management practices, including taxonomy, metadata and content lifecycle management.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance and IT Security to align governance with privacy, risk and security requirements.
• Support stakeholder engagement, training and user enablement.
• Build strong relationships across the business and influence outcomes without direct authority.

Skills

Data governance

Knowledge management

AI adoption

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Education

CDMP

IGQ

CIPP

PRINCE2

PMP

Job description

Westcon-Comstor is seeking an APAC AI Governance & Adoption Lead to shape how unstructured data is governed and how AI is adopted responsibly across the APAC region.

The role sits within the Analytics & AI team and will develop practical governance standards for documents, emails, contracts and knowledge bases, while promoting effective AI tools and programmes with non-technical stakeholders.