AI Program Manager – Brussels

IT-planet; Oost-Vlaanderen; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

IT-Planet is seeking an AI Governance Program Manager to join our client in Brussels, leading cross-functional governance for safe, compliant AI adoption.

In a fast-paced agile environment, you will align IT, Data, Risk, Legal and Compliance stakeholders, design operating models, and drive the content and deliverables for policy and controls.

The role requires 5–10+ years in program management, a master’s degree, fluency in English, and the ability to communicate with executives.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in program/project management for transversal governance, regulatory or risk initiatives.
• AI/Data governance exposure is a strong plus.
• Master’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business Engineering or equivalent.
• Fluent in English; French or Dutch is a plus.
• Experience orchestrating multi‑stakeholder programs with senior visibility and political sensitivity.
• Comfortable operating in agile environments; Scrum/Kanban is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsabilités

• Structure and drive the AI Governance Program across the group.
• Coordinate stakeholders from IT, Data, Risk, Legal, Compliance and Business.
• Establish operating model, processes, and controls for trustworthy AI at scale.
• Build and maintain program roadmap, backlog, milestones, RAID and dependencies.
• Report progress to executives and governance CoE; manage escalations.

Connaissances

Program management

AI governance

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Scrum/Kanban

Executive communication

English fluency

Formation

Master’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business Engineering

Outils

Collibra

Model registries

Monitoring tools

Description du poste

IT-Planet is the leading HR specialist for flexible and temporary staffing in IT. We manage IT projects for various Top 100 clients across Flanders and Brussels in the following IT domains: Application Development, Infrastructure Services & Software Testing. With 20 years’ experience under our belt, we are perfectly placed to meet your individual needs. With us, you can and are encouraged to grow and learn – in short, to thrive in your job. Sounds good? We currently have +350 great colleagues working on projects. To further strengthen our team, we are currently looking for an AI Program Manager (m/f/x) to join our client in Brussels.

• This role can be filled on a freelance contract
• Duration: Long-term
• Region: Brussels
• Full-time

Functie

We are looking for an AI Governance Program Manager to join our Data & AI Governance team. As Program Manager, you will structure and drive the AI Governance Program to enable safe, compliant and accelerated AI adoption across the group. You will work in an agile, cross-functional environment to align stakeholders (IT, Data, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Business) and stand-up the operating model, processes, and controls that ensure trustworthy AI at scale.This opening target a seasoned, delivery-driven professional able to organize and coordinate a transversal governance program with multiple senior stakeholders.

As part of its transformation, the client is establishing a group-wide AI Governance capability covering policy, risk assessment, model lifecycle, documentation, monitoring, and auditability. This endeavour will require close collaboration with numerous domains and their business counterparts to define standards, codify processes, and embed governance into delivery teams.While they don’t expect the candidate to write policies single-handedly, the ability to structure content and prepare high-quality materials for expert review is a strong plus.You have the responsibility for the organization, coordination, and reporting on the progress of the AI Governance Program:

Program orchestration

• Build and maintain the program roadmap, backlog and milestones; manage RAID, dependencies, and interlocks.
• Establish governance rituals (steerco, working groups, decision logs, reporting) and ensure timely escalation with the CoE.
• Coordinate the definition and adoption of AI policies, standards, and guidelines (risk classification, data usage, transparency, human oversight, model documentation).
• Drive the design and rollout of AI lifecycle processes (use-case intake, risk assessment, validation, approvals, monitoring, incident handling, periodic review).

Stakeholder alignment

• Raise awareness and secure prioritization with contributing teams; facilitate workshops where specific support is needed.
• Prepare decision materials for executives; manage trade-offs in a politically sensitive, multi-stakeholder landscape.

Tooling & integration

• Coordinate assessment/selection of governance tooling (model registry, risk assessment workflow, monitoring, evidence repository); align with existing data Governance and Risk frameworks.

Quality, controls & reporting

• Ensure validation of deliverables and controls with contributing teams, measure adoption, compliance and effectiveness.
• Report progress to management lines and interest groups; handle escalations together with the Data Governance CoE.

Transition management

• Document the operating model and handover plan; support the recruitment/selection of the internal capability owner and ensure a smooth transition.
• You support the steering of data governance capabilities and processes required to support the program and ensure that they meet the governance principles defined for the group
• You are the link between the Data Governance Centre of Excellence and Proximus AI and data workers.
• You hold a master’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business Engineering or equivalent experience.
• You have 5–10+ years in program/project management for transversal governance, regulatory or risk initiatives; AI/Data governance exposure is a strong plus.
• You have demonstrable experience orchestrating multi‑stakeholder programs with senior visibility and political sensitivity.
• You are comfortable operating in agile environments; familiarity with Scrum/Kanban is a plus.
• You are proactive, structured, and delivery‑driven, balancing pragmatism with compliance needs.
• You have excellent interpersonal & communication skills and adapt your style to technical and non‑technical audiences, including executives.
• You thrive in complex, evolving contexts and can structure ambiguity into clear decisions, actions, and tracking.
• You are fluent in English (written and spoken); French or Dutch is a plus.
• Familiarity with EU AI Act, GDPR intersections, model risk management, and audit requirements.
• Experience with Collibra or related governance platforms; exposure to ML model registries/monitoring.
• Background in risk assessment methodologies (e.g., impact assessments, control testing).