Project Coordinator - Senior Artificial Intelligence Manager

Position: Project Coordinator - Senior Artificial Intelligence Manager - 7376
Position Information NY HELPS:
No55-b/c Eligible:
No

Agency:
Health, Department of

Title:

Project Coordinator
- Senior Artificial Intelligence Manager - 7376

Occupational Category: I.T. Engineering, Sciences Salary Grade: NS Bargaining Unit: PS&T
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary Range:
From $123754 to $151566 Annually

Employment Type

:
Full-Time Appointment Type :

Temporary

Internship:
No Jurisdictional Class :

Competitive Class

Travel Percentage : 20%
Schedule Workweek :
Mon-Fri Hours Per Week : 37.5

Workday From : 9 AM To : 5 PM Flextime allowed? :
No Mandatory overtime? :
No Compressed workweek allowed? :
No Telecommuting allowed? :
Yes Location County :
Albany Street Address :
Office of Digital Strategy and Governance (ODSG) :
Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza City :
Albany State: NY Zip Code: 12237

Job Specifics Duties Description :
Reporting to the Artificial Intelligence Governance Lead within the Office of Digital Strategy and Governance, the incumbent will serve as lead for evaluating, monitoring, and governing artificial intelligence models. In this pivotal role, they will oversee the Department’s AI registry, ensure responsible AI usage in the agency and partner with program offices to identify and assess AI opportunities that advance public health goals.

Duties include:

• Intake & Risk-Scoring:
Partner with Security, Privacy, Legal, and Procurement teams to run AI tools through a consistent, standardized intake and risk-scoring process.
• Manage the AI Registry:
Maintain the internal registry of approved, conditionally approved, and rejected AI tools, ensuring all decisions are backed by clear, documented technical rationale.
• Ethical Risks:
Identify and flag ethical risk areas (e.g., disparate impact, automation bias, inappropriate use in clinical or eligibility decisions) and recommend robust mitigations.
• Incident Reviews:
Support and guide incident review processes in the event an AI tool is misused or produces harmful/erroneous outcomes.
• Technical Reviews:
Serve as technical reviewer for internal AI tool requests, evaluating them against architecture, security, data privacy, and interoperability standards.
• Assess Vendor Solutions:
Evaluate third-party AI/ML solutions for model transparency, explainability, training data provenance, and bias/fairness risks.
• Consult on Pilots:
Act as an internal technical consultant to business units scoping and designing AI-enabled pilot programs.
• Translate Frameworks into Action:
Translate federal, state, and industry frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF, HIPAA) into practical intake checklists and approval criteria.
• Develop Policies & SOPs:
Draft and maintain agency-wide acceptable-use policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and review workflows for AI adoption.
• Deliver Training &

Education:

Design and deliver staff training on responsible AI use, prompt literacy, and AI-related risk recognition.
• Represent the Agency:
Track the evolving AI vendor landscape and regulatory developments; brief leadership regularly and represent the agency in interagency and industry AI governance forums.

Minimum Qualifications :
Seven (7) years of experience in artificial intelligence, computer science, data engineering, data analytics, information technology, or a related field demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of various IT disciplines and how they intersect within large-scale organizations. At least two (2) years of experience must be within the discipline of artificial intelligence. Substitutions:
Earned college degrees in computer science, data science, mathematics, information technology or a related field of study may substitute for the specified years of broad IT experience as follows:oBachelor’s degree substitutes for 4…