AI Governance Manager for AI Singapore (AI Talent Development)

Office of the Deputy President(Res&Tech); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of the Deputy President(Res&Tech) seeks an experienced AI Governance Strategy Manager to shape governance for AI Singapore, hosted with NUS, and in partnership with SAIC. You will drive strategy roadmaps, risk assessment, policy playbooks, and regulatory alignment, collaborating with cross-functional teams and external regulators to enhance responsible AI deployment.

Location is Kent Ridge Campus, Singapore, and the role requires senior-level governance expertise, strong writing

Qualifications

• Degree in public policy, law, governance, computer science, data science, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, policy, technology assurance, or related roles.
• Demonstrated AI literacy: able to work credibly with technical teams and understand modern GenAI patterns to govern them.
• Strong quantitative skills for data-driven KPI design, dashboarding, and governance metrics that measure accountability and impact.
• Practical capability to evaluate risk in AI-enabled workflows, including retrieval, tool-use automation, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Strong stakeholder management and writing skills; able to draft playbooks, decision matrices, and briefing packs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the AI Strategy Roadmap outlining objectives and guidelines for AI tools, models, deployment, and use-case discovery.
• Develop and implement the AI governance playbook for operationalising the governance strategy.
• Work with cross-functional teams to influence AI-related risk considerations across the product lifecycle.
• Provide regular reports and insights on AI governance effectiveness and track metrics.
• Conduct strategic foresight and research to identify opportunities to optimise AI governance policies.
• Provide updates on evolving AI-related legal and regulatory requirements.
• Manage and influence internal senior, cross-functional, and external industry stakeholders.

Skills

AI governance

Stakeholder management

KPI design

LLMOps

Policy drafting

Education

Degree in policy/law/governance/CS

Tools

LLMOps platforms

Job description

Job Description

AI Singapore (AISG) is a national AI programme launched by the National Research Foundation (NRF) to anchor deep national capabilities in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The programme office is hosted by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and brings together all Singapore-based research institutions and the vibrant ecosystem of AI start-ups and companies developing AI products to perform use-inspired research, grow the knowledge, create the tools, and develop the talent to power Singapore’s AI efforts.

AI Singapore (AISG) in partnership with the SAF AI Centre (SAIC), is seeking an experienced AI Governance Strategy Manager to contribute to the development and operationalisation of an AI Governance Framework.

SAIC is a unit within the Digital and Intelligence Service, dedicated to addressing SAF's operational data science challenges and operationalising AI solutions. As the centre of excellence for AI, SAIC enhances the operational capabilities of SAF, driving productivity and efficiency through innovative AI solutions that advance SAF's defence capabilities.

Duties & Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to the development of the AI Strategy Roadmap which outlines the objectives and guidelines for AI tools and models, deployment, and use-case discovery, and usage of AI.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the AI governance playbook that aids in operationalisation of the AI governance strategy, providing a structured approach to navigating AI governance challenges and opportunities.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to influence considerations of AI-related risks from throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
• Provide regular reports and insights on AI governance effectiveness and continually track and evaluate these metrics.
• Conduct strategic foresight and research to develop future scenarios and identify opportunities to optimise AI governance policies.
• Provide updates on the evolving AI-related legal and regulatory requirements.
• Manage, collaborate with, and influence internal senior, cross-functional and external industry, and regulatory stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree in public policy, law, governance, computer science, data science, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, policy, technology assurance, or related roles.
• Demonstrated AI literacy: able to work credibly with technical teams and understand modern GenAI patterns to govern them (e.g., RAG, agentic workflows, and multimodal AI). (Multimodal adoption and system capability expansion are widely tracked in 2025–2026 industry coverage.
• Strong quantitative skills for data-driven KPI design, dashboarding, and governance metrics that measure accountability and impact.
• Practical capability to evaluate risk in AI-enabled workflows, including retrieval, tool-use automation, and human-in-the-loop controls (often operationalised through LLMOps practices in enterprise settings).
• Strong stakeholder management and writing skills; able to draft playbooks, decision matrices, and briefing packs.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Office of the Deputy President(Res&Tech)

Department : AI Singapore

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID : 31797