Technical Program Director, Governance Lead

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Technical Program Director, Governance Lead

Chicago, IL (Office in Chicago: 3 days per week in‑office. Hybrid policy allows remote work for candidates within commuting distance. If commuting distance cannot be met, not considered unless a legally required accommodation is provided.)

• Manage and prioritize governance requests to improve turnaround time, reduce backlog, and ensure timely support for rapidly evolving AI and technology initiatives.
• Establish consistent intake, review, tracking, escalation, and reporting processes across business governance requests.
• Shift governance left by engaging earlier in the product, use case, and development lifecycle to help teams understand requirements and apply controls proactively.
• Partner with Responsible AI, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Product, and Technology teams to align governance requirements and support timely decision‑making.
• Translate governance expectations, control requirements, and review outcomes into clear guidance for product and business teams.
• Identify recurring governance themes, bottlenecks, and process improvement opportunities to improve scalability and responsiveness.
• Support operating rhythms with product development teams to improve planning, transparency, and governance readiness.
• Prepare status updates, metrics, executive summaries, and decision materials to communicate demand, backlog, risks, and progress.

Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field, and a minimum of 15 years of enterprise project management experience in broad‑based information systems managing increasingly large and complex transformational projects with full life‑cycle application development and/or building enterprise applications; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience with data and AI governance is strongly preferred.
• Experience leading governance, risk, compliance, Responsible AI, technology oversight, or technical program management functions strongly preferred.
• Experience working with product, engineering, business, legal, risk, compliance, and governance stakeholders in a complex enterprise environment preferred.
• Strong understanding of governance intake, triage, prioritization, control application, issue tracking, and operational reporting preferred.
• Experience supporting AI, data, digital, or technology initiatives through governance, risk, or compliance review processes preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to reduce backlog, improve turnaround time, and create scalable operating processes preferred.
• Experience shifting governance or risk processes earlier into product, delivery, or software development life cycles preferred.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex governance requirements into practical guidance for business and technical teams preferred.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, influence without direct authority, and drive execution across cross‑functional teams preferred.
• Project management certification (PMP) strongly preferred.

Salary range for this position is $170,104 to $255,156.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.