AI Governed Innovation Leader

Alvarez & Marsal; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal is forming a Global AI & Knowledge Innovation Office (GAIKO). The Governed Innovation Leader designs and runs the governing capability, setting the rules and on-ramps for citizen development while coordinating with business units, IT, risk, legal and security to ensure safe, governed automation and experimentation.

You will translate business needs into a scalable governance model, define templates and training, and maintain visibility into all governed assets and processes

Qualifications

• 5+ years in innovation programs, technology enablement, citizen-development/low-code governance, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to run requirements-gathering with business stakeholders and translate their needs into process or platform design.
• Credible with technical and non-technical BU audiences alike.
• Demonstrated experience designing and standing up a new program, operating model, or capability — not just running an existing one.
• Working technical fluency: comfortable with low-code/no-code platforms, modern AI tools, and enough architecture literacy to negotiate requirements credibly with IT and security teams.
• Strong cross-functional coordination instincts — able to build jointly with product, IT, and security organizations without owning their processes.
• Credibility with practitioners: able to set and hold a gate while being seen as an enabler, not a blocker.

Responsibilities

• Define governance and operating model for citizen-development across low-code/NoCode to full-code environments.
• Collaborate with business, product, IT, risk, legal and security to stand up the model foundations.
• Own long-term governed-innovation vision and plan, incorporating BU and IT input.
• Operate promotion gates, rules, and templates; keep them current as tools and risk posture evolve.
• Translate BU requirements into a governed environment and its supporting services.

Skills

Innovation governance

Cross-functional coordination

Low-code/no-code

AI governance concepts

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Low-code platforms

AI tools

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal is forming a Global AI & Knowledge Innovation Office (GAIKO). The Governed Innovation Leader designs and runs the governing capability, setting the rules and on-ramps for citizen development while coordinating with business units, IT, risk, legal and security to ensure safe, governed automation and experimentation.

You will translate business needs into a scalable governance model, define templates and training, and maintain visibility into all governed assets and processes