AI Governance Review Consultant

About the role

This role supports the day to day execution of AI governance reviews-from intake and triage through risk assessment and final approval-coordinating closely with technology, security, data privacy, legal, and business stakeholders. The contractor ensures timely, high quality assessments, clears backlog by following up on incomplete submissions, and looks for technology enabled ways to make the intake & review process more efficient and effective.

Responsibilities

• Support Communications: Prepare stakeholder readouts and meeting materials; capture decisions and next steps.
• Support Process Management: Maintain a clean pipeline with SLAs, aging, and status tags; escalate blockers with context; Review submissions for completeness; request missing evidence (security, privacy, architecture, business); Draft/maintain risk assessment summaries & mitigation plans; track owner and due date.
• Support Reporting Efforts for example preparing pipeline velocity reports
• Support Intake Inventory Management: Lead intake/triage huddles, maintain action logs, and send concise follow‑ups

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in technology, governance, compliance, risk management, security, business process analysis or related fields
• Hands on experience in risk reviews or governance workflows (technology, security, or data governance contexts preferred)
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; effective working with both business and technical teams
• Experience building trackers/dashboards (e.g., Excel/SharePoint lists, Power BI) to visualize pipeline and cycle times
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Copilot) for analysis, communication, documentation and reporting
• Demonstrated curiosity for AI and commitment to its responsible use
• Working knowledge of AI principles and governance frameworks; awareness of ethical considerations and emerging practices (plus)

Pay

• $60 - 70 per hour

Schedule

• 9am to 5pm

location: Chicago, Illinois • job type: Contract • education: Bachelors