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AI Governance Lead jobs across governance, risk, compliance, and AI governance.
Open AI Governance Lead jobs (6)
Security & AI Governance Lead
Senior Data Governance & Responsible AI Lead
Senior Data Governance & Responsible AI Lead
Head of AI Governance
Governance & Responsible AI Leader
Data and AI Governance Lead, Computing Services
About the AI Governance Lead job
The AI Governance Lead owns how an organization builds, validates, and monitors its AI and machine-learning systems in production. The role sets the Responsible AI framework, runs independent model validation, bias and fairness reviews, and AI observability, and partners across engineering, risk, and compliance. It maps to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act, and it is one of the fastest-growing seats in enterprise GRC.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
AI Governance Lead jobs: what the market looks like right now
A snapshot built from the 6 AI Governance Lead roles currently on this page.
Where the work is
- Work mode: 1 remote, 2 hybrid, 3 on-site or unstated.
- Seniority mix: senior (5), executive (1)
Skills these postings ask for
- AI inventory and use-case intake
- model risk and impact assessment
- ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF implementation
- EU AI Act readiness
- AI vendor and third-party assessment
How to get an AI assurance job — the full career guide for this field: entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.
Certifications that come up most
None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in AI Governance Lead postings to be worth knowing: AIGP, CIPP/US, CISA, CRISC. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.
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