AI Governance Manager — Strategy & Risk

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

National University of Singapore (AISG) seeks an experienced AI Governance Manager to shape and operationalise an AI governance framework in partnership with AISG and SAF Centre. You will drive strategy, manage stakeholders across the enterprise, and monitor governance metrics to ensure responsible AI use.

Role focuses on risk assessment, policy development, and compliance with evolving AI regulations, contributing to Singapore's national AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in governance, risk, compliance, policy, or technology assurance.
• Ability to draft playbooks, matrices, and briefing packs.
• Strong quantitative skills for KPI design and governance metrics.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI strategy roadmap outlining objectives, guidelines and use of AI tools.
• Develop and implement AI governance playbook for operationalisation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address AI-related risks across product lifecycle.
• Provide regular reports and insights on AI governance effectiveness.
• Conduct strategic foresight to identify opportunities to optimise AI governance policies.
• Provide updates on evolving AI-related legal and regulatory requirements.
• Manage and influence internal senior stakeholders and external regulators.

Skills

Governance & risk

Stakeholder management

Policy writing

AI literacy

Education

Degree in public policy or related

Job description

Job Title: AI Engineer (AISG-SAF APPB)

University-Level Unit: Office of the Deputy President(Res&Tech)

Faculty/Department-Level Unit: AI Singapore

Employee Category: Executive & Administrative

Posting Start Date: 17/09/2026

Location_ONB: Kent Ridge Campus

Job Description

AISG is a national initiative driven by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), and the National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF).

AISG brings together Singapore-based research institutions and the broader ecosystem of AI start-ups and companies to support impactful research, develop talent and power Singapore's AI efforts.

For more information on AI Singapore, please visit https://www.aisingapore.org.

AI Singapore (AISG) in partnership with the SAF AI Centre (SAIC), is seeking an experienced AI Engineer 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.
• Singapore citizenship is required for this position due to project-specific security requirements.
  
  

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