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Principal, AI Governance

OCC
AI GovernanceOn-siteFull-timeChicago, IL

OCC is hiring for the role of Principal, AI Governance, Chicago, IL (On-site). This is an AI Governance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with OCC.

Organization: OCCLocation: Chicago, ILWorkplace: On-siteFocus: AI GovernancePosted: Jul 27, 2026
OCC is hiring for this AI Governance role in Chicago, one of the metros GRC Careers tracks for governance, risk, and compliance hiring. See other GRC roles in Chicago →

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We do not accept unsolicited resumes or sales solicitations from staffing agencies. Any OCC employee wishing to submit a referral must do so through their Workday account. Any resume submitted outside of an active job posting will not be considered for employment. What You'll Do: The Principal, AI Governance is a senior individual contributor responsible for establishing and driving the enterprise AI governance framework across the organization. This role serves as the internal authority on responsible AI practices, policy, risk, and data governance, partnering closely with Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Data, and business leaders to ensure AI systems are developed and deployed in a transparent, ethical, and compliant manner. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. Design, own, and continuously evolve the enterprise AI governance framework, including policies, standards, and controls for AI development, deployment, and monitoring. Serve as the subject matter expert on AI risk, ethics, explainability, and regulatory compliance, providing guidance across business and technology teams. Extend and align existing data governance practices to cover AI-specific requirements, ensuring data quality, lineage, classification, and usage controls are embedded into AI workflows and model development processes. Establish and maintain a centralized AI use case inventory, ensuring appropriate risk classification, approval workflows, and oversight across all AI initiatives. Define and enforce guardrails to ensure responsible and compliant use of AI and data across the organization. Partner with Security, IT, and Compliance teams to implement monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, including detection and remediation of policy violations. Incorporate AI risk into the enterprise risk taxonomy and maintain an AI risk register, ensuring visibility into AI-related risk exposure across the organization. Conduct risk assessments for new and existing AI solutions, including pre-implementation reviews of vendor AI tools in partnership with Third-Party Risk Management. Coordinate with the AI Product Management and AI Engineering groups on employee awareness initiatives, training programs, and development of practical guidance and templates for safe and responsible AI use across the organization. Coordinate cross-functional governance bodies and working groups, driving alignment on AI policy, use case decisions, and governance priorities. Monitor the external landscape — regulatory changes, industry frameworks, and peer practices — and proactively incorporate relevant developments into the internal program. Supervisory Responsibilities: None Qualifications: The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions. 10+ years of experience across data, data governance, risk management, technology

Location and market context

This role is based in Chicago on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to OCC's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About AI governance roles

AI governance sits at the intersection of policy, risk, and engineering. Teams are standing up model inventories, use-case intake and review, risk classification, and control monitoring as regulation and board scrutiny of AI intensify. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and internal model-risk and privacy practices.

How to position yourself for this AI governance role

Strong candidates emphasize experience translating policy into operational controls, working across legal, compliance, security, product, and data teams, documenting AI system risks, and supporting governance processes. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how OCC would apply NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and internal model-risk and privacy practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.

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