AI & Innovative Tech Governance Manager

AI & Innovative Tech Governance Manager

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Zurich

As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

As an AI & Innovative Product Manager
, you will be responsible for establishing and enforcing governance frameworks that ensure secure, compliant, and standardized adoption of emerging technologies. This role will oversee lifecycle management, risk controls, and operational standards for AI models and agents, and blockchain platforms. You will enable innovation while safeguarding compliance, security, and transparency across all initiatives.

Join the team and support us on our mission.

• Define and maintain governance policies, standards, and procedures for AI, and blockchain.
• Accelerate AI-driven innovation by shaping a clear long-term vision, roadmap, and strategy for AI related products and emerging technologies in collaboration with executives, business stakeholders, and key partners.
• Establish and maintain trusted relationships with business stakeholders, foster cross-organizational alignment, and build internal and external ecosystems across AI products, vendors, research institutes, regulators, and industry bodies.
• Establish a world-class AI products strategy aligned with enterprise objectives, including product awareness, cross-product roadmap coordination, goal setting, and performance measurement.
• Define operating models and delivery capabilities to engineer, deliver, operate, and plan releases for AI initiatives and products, ensuring scalable and seamless integration across the organization.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements across all platforms (together with the data protection team).
• Oversee lifecycle management for AI models, AI agents, blockchain applications, and products in scope, including backlog prioritization, delivery, release planning, deployment, updates, operations, and retirement.
• Establish standardized frameworks for risk assessment and mitigation, identify product and emerging technology risks, and propose appropriate treatment strategies.
• Monitor and report on governance KPIs, compliance status, AI product performance, budget utilization, and technology adoption metrics.
• Facilitate governance forums, decision-making bodies, and the engagement of IT and non-IT capabilities involved throughout the AI products lifecycle, including architecture, security, legal, procurement, branding, and business teams.
• Lead AI training and governance ensuring continuous business engagement and acceptance throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Collaborate with IT security, legal, procurement, architecture, branding, and business units to understand requirements, propose innovative solutions, and ensure a high-quality user experience aligned with organizational objectives and regulatory obligations.
• Chair the AI Governance Board and support the definition and efficient management of product budgets while evolving responsible AI policies to address regulatory and ethical requirements such as data usage, model explainability, fairness, and privacy.
• Cultivate organization-wide literacy, change management, and transformation capabilities to support the adoption, governance, and long‑term success of AI‑enabled products and emerging technologies.

We work hard  are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

We respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

Specific competencies we require for this position are:

• University degree or similar higher education in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Technology Product manager.
• Minimum of 3 year of experience in Technology governance.
• Strong understanding, experience and knowledge of AI technologies and blockchain platforms.
• Expertise in governance frameworks, risk management, and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, ISO, NIST, EU AI Act, etc).
• Experience in defining policies and operational…