Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Lead
Company:The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company is currently seeking an
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Lead to join the Boeing AI Operations & Governance organization. This team ensures compliance, accountability, and efficiency of Boeing AI capabilities & platforms. The AI Governance Lead will be based in one of the following locations
: Everett, WA, El Segundo, CA, Long Beach, CA, St. Louis, MO, Huntsville, AL, or Cambridge, MA. This position will focus on driving compliance, risk management, and operational governance of AI-enabled systems across Boeing engineering programs.
At Boeing, we are accelerating the adoption of AI across our product and service offerings. With that acceleration comes the need for an AI governance leader to help manage the governance lifecycle for AI-enabled engineering systems, establish and maintain AI compliance frameworks, and embed AI governance in program teams. As part of the role, you will partner with engineering, legal, cybersecurity, product security, privacy, and information technology to ensure AI-enabled solutions are designed, validated, deployed, and monitored in alignment with Boeing policies and applicable standards and regulations.
Position Responsibilities: - Lead the governance lifecycle for AI-enabled engineering systems, including policy interpretation, control design, implementation oversight, and continuous monitoring.
- Translate regulatory and industry standards (e.g., NIST, ISO, FAA/EASA, DoD) into actionable controls and engineering requirements.
- Establish and maintain AI compliance frameworks: risk registers, control catalogs, model documentation (model cards, data lineage), traceability, and configuration management.
- Oversee AI testing, validation, and verification protocols, including robustness, safety, reliability, fairness/bias, privacy, security, explainability, and human-in-the-loop considerations.
- Implement governance for MLOps pipelines, datasets, and tooling: access controls, change management, versioning, approvals, audit trails, and monitoring/alerting.
- Drive audit readiness and evidence collection; manage internal/external assessments and corrective action plans.
- Participate in AI risk review boards; facilitate risk acceptance, mitigation plans, and executive reporting.
- Collaborate with program teams to embed AI governance in engineering development gates and safety/quality processes.
- Develop training, guidance, and playbooks to uplift AI governance capabilities across engineering teams.
- Track metrics and KPIs for AI risk posture, compliance status, incident trends, and control effectiveness; report to senior leadership.
- Engage subsidiaries, suppliers and partners to ensure AI governance requirements are cascaded and verified.
- Lead incident and change management for AI-enabled systems, including post-incident reviews and lessons learned integration.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience): - 5+ years of experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance, data governance, or related governance / compliance roles
- 5+ years of experience working with or developing standards and regulations
- 10+ years of experience getting cross-functional alignment
- 5+ years of experience developing scalable compliance frameworks
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): - Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, computer science, computer engineering, software engineering or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance
- 3+ years of experience leading Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Programs
- 5+ years of experience working in safety-critical or highly regulated industries
Travel: Ability to travel 10-20% of the time
Drug Free Workplace: Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Relocation:This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.
Pay & Benefits: At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range for Senior Level: $132,600 - $192,050
Language Requirements:Not Applicable
Education:Not Applicable
Relocation:This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Export Control Requirement:This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Safety Sensitive:This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
Security Clearance:This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance post-start. See job description for details.
Visa Sponsorship:Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award ProgramThis position is not contingent upon program award
Shift:Shift 1 (United States of America)
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