Senior AI Governance Analyst

Steampunk, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk, Inc. seeks a Senior AI Governance Analyst to lead governance for predictive and generative AI, ensuring safety, ethics, security, and federal compliance. You will partner with engineers, product teams, evaluators, and clients to embed governance throughout AI lifecycles.

The role focuses on developing frameworks, performing risk assessments, and producing governance artifacts. You will mentor junior analysts and help grow Steampunk’s AI governance capabilities within a Federal

Qualifications

• Ability to hold a position of public trust with the U.S. government.
• 10+ years of work experience, or 8+ with a Master\'s degree.
• 5+ years in AI governance, risk management, data ethics, or responsible technology roles.
• Familiarity with federal AI policies and frameworks (NIST RMF, MLSecOps, privacy laws).
• Experience embedding governance controls into AI/ML development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of AI governance frameworks aligned to federal policies and standards.
• Manage AI risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities across model lifecycles.
• Oversee documentation artifacts like model cards, data cards, and risk profiles.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to embed privacy, fairness, transparency, and explainability into AI systems.
• Develop governance review processes, model approvals, and continuous assurance procedures.
• Research emerging AI regulatory trends and advise leadership on implications.
• Communicate governance requirements and findings to diverse stakeholders; mentor junior analysts.

Skills

Public trust

AI governance

Risk management

Policy compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Overview

We areseekinga highly skilledSenior AI Governance Analystto lead the development, implementation, and oversight of governance frameworks that ensure our predictive and generative AI systems are safe, ethical, secure, and compliant with federal standards. The Senior AI Governance Analyst will serve as a subject-matter expert across responsible AI, policy compliance, risk management, and AI assurance throughout the lifecycle of AI solutions. This role partners closely with engineers, product teams, evaluators, and client stakeholders to embed governance principles into design, development, deployment, and ongoing operations.

Contributions

• Lead the development and implementation of AI governance frameworks aligned to federal policies, NIST AI Risk Management Framework,MLSecOps, agency-specific guidance, and emerging regulatory requirements.
• Drive AI risk identification, assessment, and mitigation processes, ensuring that generative and predictive AI systems adhere to ethical, legal, and security standards.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of AI documentation artifacts such as model cards, data cards, lineage records, impact assessments, and system risk profiles.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to embed privacy, fairness, transparency, and explainability considerations into the design and operation of AI systems.
• Partner with AI Evaluation Scientists toestablishgovernance-aligned quality thresholds, safety checks, and ongoing monitoring requirements for model outputs.
• Support compliance activities related to data usage, provenance, confidentiality, prompt injection defense, and secure model interaction patterns.
• Develop governance review processes, including AI readiness assessments, model approval workflows, and continuous assurance procedures.
• Conduct research on emerging AI regulatory trends, industry standards, federal mandates, and best practices,advisingleadership on their implications.
• Communicate governance requirements and findings to diverse audiences, ensuring that stakeholders across programs understand risks, constraints, and recommended controls.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to the creation of templates, playbooks, and reusable assets that strengthen Steampunk’s AI governance capabilities.
• You will contribute to the growth of our AI & Data Exploitation Practice!

Qualifications

• Ability to hold aposition of public trustwith the U.S. government.
• Bachelor’s and 10+ years of work experience; OR
  • Master's and 8+ years of experience.
• 5+ yearsof experience in AI governance, risk management, data ethics, compliance, or responsible technology roles.
• Strong understanding of federal policies, standards, and frameworks related to AI, including NIST AI RMF, Executive Orders and OMB guidance on AI, MLSecOps, privacy law, and agency-level directives.
• Demonstrated experience embedding governance controls into AI/ML development workflows, including documentation, reviews, and lifecycle risk management.
• Familiarity with LLMs, RAG systems, and generative AI architectures, and an ability to assess risks across these technologies.
• Experience conducting algorithmic impact assessments, model risk assessments, or responsible AI reviews.
• Strong communicationskills with the ability to clearly articulate governance requirements to engineers, product teams, executives, and government clients.
• Ability to analyze technical systems,identifyrisks, and recommend actionable mitigations grounded in policy and best practices.
• Exposure to evaluation techniques, fairness assessments, transparency documentation, or audit processes preferred.
• Experience working in agile environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams, and driving governance processes independently.

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.