Director Enterprise AI Governance

HP; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 174,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

HP in Austin, TX seeks a Director of Enterprise AI Governance to provide strategic leadership for a team of managers and senior contributors, aligning engineering solutions with business goals and roadmaps. You will optimize value, quality, and productivity, overseeing budgets and resources.

You will drive AI digital strategy, governance cadence, and funding guardrails while coordinating across federated teams, partners, and delivery groups.

Qualifications

• Progressive AI leadership with governance experience.
• Experience with SaaS/cloud platforms, FinOps, budgeting, and chargeback.
• Knowledge of security, privacy, and responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI Digital strategy, portfolio prioritization, governance cadence, funding guardrails, executive reporting, and coordination across federated teams.
• Own GitHub Copilot caps, credits, user tier organizations, model and feature controls, access, alerts, exceptions, and automation; administer licensing and cost controls.
• Establish L1 ownership, cost center mapping, chargeback, allocation rules, budget thresholds, and usage reporting across AI products.
• Operate the Nerve Center for use case submission, qualification, security/privacy review, stage gates, prioritization, funding, delivery handoff, risk escalation, and benefits realization.
• Manage partnerships with Microsoft, OpenAI, GitHub, AWS, ServiceNow, Deloitte, and others; coordinate AI SDLC, hacks, pilots, and adoption programs.
• Build monthly dashboards covering adoption, spend, capacity, risk, delivery status, and realized value.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive reporting

Governance

Education

Engineering or Computer Science degree

Tools

GitHub Copilot

OpenAI/ChatGPT/Codex

Microsoft 365 Copilot

ServiceNow

AI SDLC tooling

Job description

Director Enterprise AI Governance

Job Summary

This role is responsible for providing strategic leadership to a team of managers and top contributors in engineering solutions, aligning with business goals and technology roadmaps. The role optimizes processes for value, quality, and productivity, overseeing resource allocation and budgets. The role collaborates across functions, communicates status, influences decisions, and manages outsourced partnerships. The role champions initiatives for process improvement and cost reduction, while ensuring adherence to standards and nurturing team growth.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise operating model : Lead AI Digital strategy, portfolio prioritization, governance cadence, funding guardrails, executive reporting, and coordination across federated teams, steering committees, and delivery groups.
• Platform governance : Own GitHub Copilot caps, credits, user tier organizations, model and feature controls, access, alerts, exceptions, and automation; administer OpenAI/ChatGPT/Codex provisioning, support, credits, attribution, and cost controls; lead Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio licensing, agent governance, environments, knowledge-source controls, credit visibility, and administration.
• Financial controls : Establish L1 ownership, cost center mapping, chargeback, allocation rules, budget thresholds, usage reporting, and Finance/Procurement operating reviews across AI products.
• Digital AI Nerve Center and intake : Operate the Nerve Center as the coordination point for use case submission, qualification, security/privacy review, stage gates, prioritization, funding, delivery handoff, risk escalation, and benefits realization, using ServiceNow workflows where applicable.
• Portfolio and partners : Manage Microsoft, OpenAI, GitHub, AWS, ServiceNow, Deloitte, and other partners; coordinate AI SDLC work, hackathons, pilots, and adoption programs as one governed portfolio.
• Measurement and value : Build monthly dashboards covering adoption, spend, capacity, concentration, exceptions, risk, delivery status, and realized value, distinguishing platform consumption from business outcomes.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 12+ years of job-related and/or management experience, preferably in engineering design, engineering design tools and software packages, or a related field.

Experience and Qualifications

• Enterprise AI leadership : Progressive experience in AI strategy, governance, administration, platform operations, or technology portfolio management.
• Platform and financial operations : Experience with SaaS, cloud, developer, productivity, and generative AI platforms, plus FinOps, licensing, budgeting, consumption management, and chargeback.
• Governance and influence : Strong experience with demand intake, stage gates, value tracking, security, privacy, responsible AI, risk, compliance, executive communication, vendor management, and enterprise transformation.
• Preferred background : GitHub Enterprise/Copilot, OpenAI Enterprise/ChatGPT/Codex, Microsoft 365 Copilot/Copilot Studio, ServiceNow demand management, AI Control Tower, AI SDLC, and executive dashboarding.

Cross-Org Skills

• Customer Centricity
• Prioritization
• Resilience
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking

Impact & Scope

• Impacts multiple functions and may act as a lead to peers on cross-functional project teams working to establish and execute business goals.

Complexity

• Contributes to the development of company objectives and achieves goals through subordinate high-level individual contributors and managers.

Disclaimer

• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The pay range for this role is $174,050 to $275,000 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Job -

Engineering

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

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