Director of AI Governance - Virtual

Overview

Our story:
At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Director of AI Governance

We are seeking an experienced and versatile AI Governance Lead to build, operationalize, and continuously improve our enterprise AI Governance program. This role is responsible for defining and implementing the policies, controls, processes, and education necessary to ensure responsible, safe, and compliant use of AI across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in governance, risk, compliance, technical controls, and enablement, with the ability to collaborate across business, technical, and legal teams.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and embody the meaning of Be Alight.

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• Establishing and managing the AI governance framework, operating model, and roadmap. Drive the creation and rollout of Responsible AI policies, standards, and training programs.
• Defining and maintaining policies for Responsible AI, acceptable use, and risk assessment frameworks. Partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and Data Governance to ensure regulatory alignment (NIST RMF, ISO, SOC2, EU AI Act, etc.).
• Maintaining an inventory of all AI systems, tools, and vendors. Conduct periodic audits and compliance reviews. Track remediation and risk mitigation activities.
• Automating inventory collection, monitoring, and risk scoring. Integrate governance controls into SDLC and engineering workflows. Build and maintain tools for auditing, scanning, and model evaluation.
• Designing and delivering AI training programs, including an AI Champions Program. Develop learning content, run workshops, and track adoption and competency metrics.
• Leading cross-functional committees and manage relationships with key stakeholders. Drive adoption of governance processes and ensure effective change management.
• Monitoring industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging risks. Continuously enhance governance practices, tools, and education.

• 7+ years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, platform engineering, or technical enablement roles.
• Strong program management and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Experience with regulatory frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, SOC2, EU AI Act) and AI safety/fairness concepts.
• Technical proficiency in Python, APIs, automation, and integrating controls into engineering pipelines (Dev Ops/MLOps experience a plus).
• Excellent communication, policy writing, and curriculum development skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear policies and training.
• Experience building and running training or enablement programs is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with LLM architectures and AI model evaluation (bias, fairness, interpretability, drift, hallucinations).
• Experience with audit, evidence collection, and compliance testing.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and dashboarding skills.

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check,…