Head of AI Governance  -Vice President

J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan

Software Engineering, Data Science

London, UK

Posted on Apr 23, 2026
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The Head of AI Governance (Vice President) will lead governance for AI solutions across HR + Employee Experience (EX), reporting into the HR/EX Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO). This role owns the end-to-end governance “funnel”—from intake and triage of data/AI use cases, through cross-functional review forums, to final disposition and ongoing tracking / audit —ensuring solutions are fit-for-purpose, compliant, scalable, and aligned to business value. The role will operate a broader AI Governance Forum, partnering closely with CDAO AI & Data Science, CDAO AI Evaluation & Testing, Finance Business Management, Compliance/ Risk/ Controls/ Legal, and HR/EX Product Management.

Job Responsibilities

  • Stand up and run an AI Governance Forum

  • Create and operationalize a broader AI governance cadence covering new and evolving AI solutions (build/buy/partner).

  • Orchestrate cross-functional governance execution

  • Act as the “quarterback” across stakeholders to shepherd reviews to completion and prevent stalled decisions.

  • Establish expectations on roles & responsibilities, SLAs, escalation paths, and required review checkpoints.

  • Build governance transparency and workflow tooling (“pizza tracker”)

  • Implement a governance “pizza tracker” to provide product managers and stakeholders clear visibility into:

  • Align AI solutions to job architecture and workforce impact lens

  • During governance reviews, map solutions and the tasks they perform to the job architecture matrix.

  • Identify which existing job families/roles may be impacted (task substitution, augmentation, or workflow redesign) and ensure relevant stakeholders are engaged as needed.

  • Support clear documentation of operating model impacts, change management considerations, and adoption readiness.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

  • 7+ years of experience in one or more of: data governance, AI governance, risk management, compliance, controls, product governance, or technology governance within a large, regulated organization.

  • Demonstrated success building and running cross-functional governance forums and managing complex approval workflows.

  • Working knowledge of AI/ML lifecycle concepts (model development, evaluation/testing, deployment, monitoring) and associated governance considerations.

  • Strong understanding of data use risk domains (e.g., privacy, security, third-party risk, data classification, retention, access controls), and ability to translate into pragmatic governance processes.

  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills—able to influence without authority, drive closure, and handle competing priorities.

  • Strong program management discipline: structured thinking, documentation rigor, operational cadence, and metrics-driven execution.

  • Experience designing workflow tooling / automation (e.g., intake portals, trackers, structured templates) strongly preferred.

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The Head of AI Governance (Vice President) will lead governance for AI solutions across HR + Employee Experience (EX)
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