AI Governance Analyst

UNAVAILABLE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local to Metro DC area preferred

Federal AI policy experience

Job summary

Steampunk seeks an AI Governance Analyst to operationalize a compliant AI governance program for a large federal client. You will translate federal AI policy into day-to-day processes, maintain the AI use case inventory, and track risk across deployments.

The role requires experience translating regulatory guidance into actionable workflows, familiarity with NIST RMF, and strong written communication. Local DC Metro area preferred, security clearance may be required.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree preferred in Public Policy, CS, Data Ethics, Cybersecurity, Law, or related field.
• 5+ years of AI governance, risk, or compliance experience (policy/process focus, not AI development).
• Experience translating regulatory guidance into operational checklists and workflows.
• Familiarity with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles and model risk concepts.
• Working knowledge of ML and generative AI concepts for governance and risk assessment (not hands-on).
• Strong analytical and communication skills for translating policy requirements into actionable guidance.
• Strong documentation and inventory-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize an AI Governance Framework translating federal guidance into governance processes, checklists, and workflows.
• Build and maintain an AI Use Case Inventory categorized by solution type, lifecycle stage, and risk tier.
• Support development and maintenance of governance artifacts like model cards and risk assessments.
• Maintain a Mandate Compliance Matrix, governance dashboards, and an incident/issue tracker.
• Support the AI Compliance and Risk Management Plan addressing bias, data handling, and safeguards.
• Assist periodic audits of deployed AI use cases to ensure continued compliance.
• Monitor policy trends and regulatory updates to keep governance current.
• Contribute to reusable governance templates, checklists, and tools.

Skills

Clearance

Public policy

AI governance

Risk management

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

Steampunk is seeking an AI Governance Analyst to operationalize a compliant AI governance capability for a large federal client, translating federal AI policy into day-to-day processes and maintaining the program's AI use case inventory and risk tracking.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize an AI Governance Framework, translating federal guidance (Executive Orders, OMB directives, agency guidance) into governance processes, checklists, and workflows
• Build and maintain an AI Use Case Inventory categorized by solution type, lifecycle stage, and risk tier - capturing accountable owner, human-override model, and failure response for each use case - supporting assessment of use cases and clearance of production
• Support development and maintenance of governance documentation artifacts such as model cards, system documentation, and risk assessments
• Maintain a living Mandate Compliance Matrix, AI governance dashboards, and an incident/issue tracker, including OKR and token-usage tracking
• Support the AI Compliance and Risk Management Plan, addressing bias identification/monitoring, data handling/retention, safeguards against unauthorized access, and non-discrimination confirmation (Title VII, ADA, ADEA)
• Support periodic audits of deployed/production AI use cases to confirm continued complianceli>
• Monitor policy trends and regulatory updates to keep governance processes current with evolving federal AI requirements
• Contribute to reusable governance templates, checklists, and tools supporting program-wide consistency
• Support agency responses to oversight data calls and draft agency-specific AI policy at client request
• Document minimum annual mission value and deliver quarterly portfolio prioritization recommendations (scale, consolidate, or retire)

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Public Policy, Computer Science, Data Ethics, Cybersecurity, Law, or a related field
• 5+ years of AI governance, risk, or compliance experience (policy/process focus, not AI system development)
• Demonstrated experience translating regulatory/policy guidance into operational checklists and workflows
• Familiarity with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
• Understanding of responsible AI principles (fairness, transparency, explainability, privacy, bias mitigation) and model risk management concepts
• Working knowledge of machine learning and generative AI concepts sufficient to assess governance and risk implications (not hands-on model development)
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to translate policy requirements into actionable guidance for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong documentation and inventory-management skills

Preferred:

• Local to Metro DC area strongly preferred
• Federal AI policy experience (OMB, HHS, or comparable agency guidance)
• Experience supporting AI bias/fairness assessment or model risk documentation
• Master's degree in a related field
• Experience working within an Agile delivery environment
• Relevant certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPT, or CRISC