Senior AI Governance Specialist

Novonesis; Hørsholm; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Job summary

Novonesis is seeking a Principal AI Governance Analyst to lead and mature our AI governance. You will translate EU AI Act requirements into practical standards, coordinate risk and security assessments, and drive the operating rhythm of governance forums across our global organization.

This role collaborates with Legal, Cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders to enable responsible AI experimentation and adoption. Travel as needed to scale governance globally.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within governance, risk, compliance, quality management, data governance or another structured and process-driven discipline.
• Working knowledge of EU AI Act and relevant AI, risk or governance frameworks.
• Practical understanding of AI and enterprise IT to collaborate with engineers, architects and security specialists.
• Experience facilitating recurring governance forums or committees and turning discussions into clear decisions and follow-up.
• Experience maintaining controlled documentation, registries, inventories or similar governance structures over time.

Responsibilities

• Develop and continuously improve our AI governance framework, standards and supporting documentation.
• Translate regulatory requirements, particularly the EU AI Act, into practical internal standards and controls.
• Coordinate risk, security and compliance assessments for AI initiatives.
• Define governance approaches for AI platforms and tools and coordinate assessments with relevant functions.
• Run governance forums, decision-making, documentation and follow-up processes.
• Maintain an enterprise catalogue of AI systems and solutions with classification criteria and transparency requirements.
• Develop guidelines to enable scalable and responsible AI usage, including sharing, ownership and cost considerations.
• Own AI usage monitoring and reporting initiatives to provide insights for governance and prioritization.

Skills

Governance

Regulatory alignment

Risk management

Compliance

Education

Academic background in law/compliance/risk management/engineering or CS

Job description

Novonesis is seeking a Principal AI Governance Analyst to lead and mature our AI governance. You will translate EU AI Act requirements into practical standards, coordinate risk and security assessments, and drive the operating rhythm of governance forums across our global organization.

This role collaborates with Legal, Cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders to enable responsible AI experimentation and adoption. Travel as needed to scale governance globally.