Manager, AI Governance
About The Position
Canada Life believes AI must be deployed responsibly, securely, and in alignment with regulatory, risk, privacy, security, and business expectations. Effective governance is critical to scaling AI safely while maintaining trust and ensuring that AI initiatives are appropriately assessed, approved, monitored, and controlled across their lifecycle. The Manager, AI Governance is accountable for helping operationalize enterprise AI governance processes. This role partners with business, technology, risk, legal, privacy, compliance, security, and audit stakeholders to ensure AI initiatives follow governance requirements from intake through delivery and ongoing operation. This role is focused on governance operations, lifecycle discipline, stakeholder coordination, and practical implementation of AI controls. The role may lead direct reports over time and will help establish scalable governance practices as enterprise AI adoption grows.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Risk Management, Business, Law, Public Policy, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 or more years of experience in technology governance, risk management, compliance, privacy, security, data governance, model governance, or AI governance.
- Understanding of AI lifecycle management, responsible AI principles, and technology risk management concepts.
- Experience developing, implementing, or operating governance processes, controls, assessments, or assurance practices.
- Ability to translate policy, regulatory, privacy, risk, and security expectations into practical operating processes.
- Experience working with cross functional stakeholders in a large, matrixed organization.
- Strong communication, facilitation, documentation, and organizational skills.
- Ability to balance governance discipline with practical delivery needs.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with AI inventory management, model governance, risk tiering, monitoring, and control evidence is preferred.
- Experience in financial services or another regulated industry is an asset.
Responsibilities
- Support the implementation and ongoing operation of enterprise AI governance frameworks, standards, and lifecycle processes.
- Coordinate AI intake, triage, risk classification, governance review, approval, and ongoing monitoring activities.
- Facilitate governance assessments and help solution teams identify risks, required controls, and remediation actions.
- Partner with AI delivery, platform, architecture, privacy, security, legal, compliance, risk, and audit teams to support responsible AI deployment.
- Maintain AI inventories, governance records, decision logs, lifecycle documentation, and evidence required for oversight.
- Support the definition and operationalization of controls related to transparency, human oversight, data use, monitoring, model performance, security, and accountability.
- Develop governance reporting, metrics, dashboards, and status updates for leadership and governance forums.
- Monitor evolving regulatory, industry, and internal expectations related to AI governance and responsible AI.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and scale governance processes.
- Promote awareness and practical adoption of AI governance requirements across business and technology teams.
Benefits
- Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.
- Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being.
- Time Off: In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.
- Financial Security: Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
- Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
- Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
