Strategic Advisor, Data Governance and AI

Cofomo; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

COFOMO, a leading Canadian consulting firm, seeks a Strategic Advisor to lead data governance and AI governance initiatives in Montreal. Hybrid work arrangement supports coordination across governance, risk, and compliance domains.

The role requires mastering regulatory frameworks, developing policies, and guiding stakeholders in both French and English. You will drive responsible AI practices and ensure alignment with ethical standards and public trust.

Qualifications

• Experience interpreting legal, regulatory or normative frameworks for digital tech and AI systems.
• Six years of experience in data governance, regulatory compliance, privacy or AI governance.
• Aware of Crown corporations, Bill 25 and related government frameworks.
• Master AI governance and risk frameworks including NIST AI RMF or ISO/IEC 42001.
• Ability to develop policies, guidelines, standards or frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Write and evolve AI policies, directives, standards and frameworks.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess impact on AI uses.
• Translate requirements into operational governance controls.
• Provide compliance and governance recommendations at decision points.
• Categorize use cases by system type, data, and supervision level.
• Document mitigation measures, risks and monitoring conditions.
• Build and maintain audit-ready governance records for AI systems.
• Support incident management and required analyses for AI systems.
• Equip teams with templates, guides and awareness materials.
• Advance governance through approaches like policy as code.

Skills

Data governance

Regulatory compliance

AI ethics

AI governance

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Bilingual (French/English)

Education

University degree in law, data governance, risk management, privacy, cybersecurity, AI, administration or relevant discipline

Tools

NIST AI RMF

ISO/IEC 42001

Job description

87518# Strategic Advisor, Data Governance and AIMontrealHybridOtherApplyWith over 30 years of recognized expertise, COFOMO is now a leading Canadian consulting firm specializing in digital and artificial intelligence. Supported by more than 3,000 experts, 10 Centers of Excellence, and 4 offices across the country, we are uniquely positioned to successfully guide our clients through their transformations. Both strategic and tactical, we help organizations across a wide range of industries thrive in today’s rapidly evolving world.## Our promiseHelp our clients succeed and maximize the impact of their transformation initiatives, turning them into powerful drivers of growth and innovation.## Job description**Here's a brief overview of the tasks and responsibilities you'll have :** • Write and evolve internal artificial intelligence (AI) policies, directives, standards and frameworks; • Conduct regulatory and normative monitoring and assess the impact of new requirements on existing and planned uses of AI; • Translate legal, regulatory, and organizational requirements into operational controls, requirements, and governance mechanisms; • Issue compliance and governance recommendations at the various decision-making stages within the established deadlines; • Categorize and qualify use cases according to the nature of the system, its purpose, the data used and its degree of autonomy in order to determine the applicable level of supervision; • Define and document temporary mitigation measures, residual risks, and associated monitoring conditions; • Contribute to the assessment of regulatory, ethical, operational and reputational risks related to AI systems; • Build and maintain compliance and traceability records that can be presented during audit or verification activities; • Support the management of incidents involving AI systems and contribute to the required analyses; • Equip and support teams with templates, guides, model clauses and awareness activities; • Participate in the operationalization of governance requirements through approaches such as \"policy as code\"; • Implement the practices and mechanisms necessary to establish an AI trust framework; • Assess the ethical and societal impacts associated with AI systems; • Ensure alignment between governance, risk management and compliance requirements applicable to AI systems; **The profile you are looking for is as follows:** • Hold a university degree in law, data governance, risk management, privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, administration or a relevant discipline; • Have a minimum of six (6) years of experience in data governance, regulatory compliance, privacy, technology risk management, AI ethics or AI governance; • Experience in interpreting and applying legal, regulatory or normative frameworks related to digital technologies and AI systems; • Be aware of the requirements applicable to Crown corporations, including Bill 25, the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information, as well as the relevant government frameworks; • Master AI governance and risk management frameworks, including NIST AI RMF or ISO/IEC 42001; • Demonstrate experience in developing policies, guidelines, standards or frameworks; • Understand the major families of AI systems, including predictive, generative, RAG, and agentic systems, as well as their lifecycles and associated risks; • Be aware of the key risks associated with AI systems, including bias, hallucinations, pattern creep, privacy breaches, personal information retention, and query injection; • Understand the mechanisms of human oversight, accountability, and governance of AI-assisted decisions; • Interpret test results, indicators and technical evaluations to derive governance and compliance recommendations; • Functionally proficient in French and English, both oral and written; • Demonstrate an excellent ability to popularize and influence stakeholders with various profiles; • Understand the EU AI Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as their extraterritorial scope; • Be aware of the contractual issues related to the acquisition and use of AI solutions; • Familiarity with complementary frameworks such as ISO/IEC 23894, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS, or other AI risk taxonomies; • Experience in responsible AI governance or trusted AI; • Apply AI risk management frameworks; • Knowledge of the principles of fairness, transparency, explainability, robustness, and accountability of AI systems; • Experience in a regulated sector, public agency or Crown corporation (an asset); • Hold a certification in governance, risk management or AI compliance, such as the IAPP AIGP or equivalent certification (an asset); • Have participated in governance committees or mentored digital transformation initiatives (an asset); • Demonstrate sensitivity to issues of social acceptability, ethics and public trust related to the use of AI (an asset); • Understand the environmental impacts and sustainability considerations of using AI (an asset).