AI Governance Specialist

First Command; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

First Command is seeking an AI Governance Leader to provide enterprise leadership across governance operations, risk and controls management, and governance engineering. You will oversee governance teams, drive strategy, and ensure consistent execution of governance programs across the organization.

The role emphasizes ownership of end-to-end governance, risk assessments, policy development, and cross-functional oversight with executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4+ years of experience in AI governance, enterprise risk, compliance, security, model governance, or technology governance.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise AI governance operating model and manage governance teams.
• Oversee governance intake, risk triage, approvals, exceptions, and escalation processes.
• Define governance policies, standards, risk frameworks, and improve governance maturity.
• Sponsor implementation of governance tools, monitoring, and reporting platforms.

Skills

AI governance

Leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Governance operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

How will your role impact First Command?

Provides enterprise leadership across AI governance operations, risk and controls management, and governance engineering. Oversees governance team members, drives governance strategy, and ensures consistent execution of governance programs across the organization.

What will the employee do in this role?

AI Governance Operations Leadership

• Own the end-to-end AI governance operating model.
• Lead governance intake, risk triage, approvals, exceptions, and escalation processes.
• Establish governance standards, procedures, and operating metrics.
• Drive governance maturity and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Deliver governance reporting and insights to executive leadership.
• Ensure consistency of governance decisions across AI portfolios.

AI Risk & Controls Leadership

• Lead enterprise AI risk assessment and control programs.
• Define governance policies, standards, and risk frameworks.
• Approve risk treatment strategies and remediation approaches.
• Oversee incident management, exception reviews, and compliance activities.
• Ensure regulatory, legal, privacy, security, and responsible AI requirements are addressed.
• Guide cross-functional governance reviews and decision forums.

AI Governance Engineering Leadership

• Define the governance technology roadmap and automation strategy.
• Sponsor implementation of governance tools, monitoring, and reporting platforms.
• Oversee model governance, prompt governance, traceability, and lifecycle monitoring capabilities.
• Ensure governance controls are automated and measurable where possible.
• Drive adoption of governance metrics, controls, and monitoring frameworks.
• Review effectiveness of governance technology solutions.

People Leadership & Program Oversight

• Lead, coach, and mentor AI Governance Specialists.
• Assign and prioritize team workload and governance activities.
• Establish performance goals and development plans for team members.
• Build governance capabilities and operational maturity across the organization.
• Act as the primary escalation point for governance decisions and conflicts.
• Represent the AI governance program with executive stakeholders and control partners.

Expected Scope

• Leads governance programs and governance personnel.
• Makes complex governance and risk decisions.
• Owns enterprise-scale governance outcomes.
• Influences executive and organizational strategy.

Who will you lead?

• Lead, coach, and mentor AI Governance Specialists.
• Assign and prioritize team workload and governance activities.
• Establish performance goals and development plans for team members.
• Build governance capabilities and operational maturity across the organization.
• Act as the primary escalation point for governance decisions and conflicts.
• Represent the AI governance program with executive stakeholders and control partners.

What skills & qualifications do you need?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required

Work Experience

• 4+ years of experience in AI governance, enterprise risk, compliance, security, model governance, or technology governance.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated leadership of governance programs and cross-functional initiatives.
• Deep expertise in Responsible AI, risk management, governance operations, and governance technology platforms.

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