Remote AI Governance Lead: Policy & Compliance

Alight Solutions; Illinois; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Alight Solutions is seeking an AI Enablement & Governance Lead to define governance policies and control requirements across the AI lifecycle. This role partners with AI Engineering, Legal, Privacy, Security, and Audit to ensure auditable, compliant AI solutions aligned with enterprise risk and trust expectations.

You will own policy and controls, translate regulatory expectations into enforceable standards, and help client teams with governance content for inquiries and due diligence.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in AI governance, model risk management, compliance, audit, privacy, or related risk functions.
• Industry certifications such as Certified AI Governance Professional (AIGP), Advanced in AI Audit (AAIA), Risk & AI Certificate (RAI), or similar credentials.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical AI concepts into policies, standards, and control requirements.
• Practical, riskbased mindset with the ability to balance compliance rigor with business adoption.
• Strong written communication skills, judgment, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Owning, developing, and maintaining enterprise AI governance policies and standards, including Responsible AI principles, acceptable use, documentation requirements, and defined risk thresholds.
• Establishing and maintaining the AI policy hierarchy, ensuring clear alignment between enterprise policy, supporting standards, and control requirements.
• Translating external regulatory expectations and industry frameworks into clear, enforceable enterprise policies and standards.
• Ensuring AI governance policies and standards remain current with evolving regulations, supervisory guidance, technology capabilities, and business use cases.
• Defining policy exception criteria and escalation pathways; exception approval is governed through established enterprise processes.

Job description

Alight Solutions is seeking an AI Enablement & Governance Lead to define governance policies and control requirements across the AI lifecycle. This role partners with AI Engineering, Legal, Privacy, Security, and Audit to ensure auditable, compliant AI solutions aligned with enterprise risk and trust expectations.

You will own policy and controls, translate regulatory expectations into enforceable standards, and help client teams with governance content for inquiries and due diligence.