AI Governance Analyst / Data Governance

AI Governance Analyst (Contract)
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1 year long contract with expected extensionsHybrid onsite 3 days a week in Charlotte NCWe're hiring an AI Governance Analyst to help a large enterprise organization build out its AI governance and compliance program. This role blends data governance and AI governance, hands-on vetting of AI use cases, policy development, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement, rather than a classic business analyst or engineering role.This is a great fit for someone who leads with governance expertise and people skills, negotiation, education, and buy-in, rather than deep technical or programming depth.What You'll Do:Conduct hands-on vetting of every AI use case entering the organization, third-party purchases and internal tools alike, assessing risk, bias, and model behaviorHelp rewrite and implement the AI policy stack and contribute to the broader AI compliance programBuild requirements for a Semantic layer, knowledge graph, or ontology to improve AI outcomes and reduce cost over timePartner cross-functionally with cyber, legal, business units, and data stewards to negotiate and operationalize governanceTranslate technical and policy findings into practical, actionable guidance for business teamsWhat You'll Bring:Strong Data Governance experience, this is the most valued background for this roleAI Governance experience, even around a year, is a strong plusFamiliarity with semantic layers, ontology, or knowledge-graph concepts is a plus, not requiredStrong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and negotiation xzbcwsv skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority6+ years of experience across data governance, AI governance, data management, risk, compliance, enterprise architecture, business transformation, or technology strategyDeep programming or technical specialization is not required, this role is governance and people-skills focusedIf you enjoy translating policy into practical guidance, building trust across business and technical stakeholders, and helping an organization adopt AI responsibly, this is worth a conversation.