Senior Manager–AI Governance and Strategy
Lenovo · North Carolina, United States · 2 days ago
Business Development$150k–$190k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Operate and evolve the AI Control Tower as the central coordination point for enterprise agentic AI initiatives.
- Establish and manage governance frameworks for AI agent intake, prioritization, risk assessment, lifecycle management, and change control.
- Capture and manage the enterprise portfolio of AI agents, including status, dependencies, reuse opportunities, and value realization.
Business Engagement Enablement
- Engage business units, segments, and functions to support AI agent design, development, piloting, testing, and adoption.
- Define training and enablement needs for AI agent deployment.
- Ensure clear business ownership, success metrics, adoption readiness, and ongoing stakeholder alignment.
- Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders and DTIT for agentic AI initiatives.
Data Knowledge Base Strategy
- Lead engagement with business teams on data sourcing strategy for new AI agents.
- Own intake and governance for new product or domain-specific knowledge bases, as well as changes, enhancements, and retirement of existing knowledge bases.
- Coordinate with DTIT on knowledge base setup, seeding, chunking, curation, validation, maintenance, updates, and version control.
- Serve as the business-facing owner for knowledge asset quality, relevance, and fitness for AI use.
Legacy Data Rationalization
- Lead structured efforts to inventory and rationalize legacy unstructured data stores.
- Consolidate content into domain-specific product knowledge bases.
- Eliminate duplication, stale content, and unmanaged repositories.
- Drive standards for content ownership, stewardship, and ongoing governance.
Key Interfaces
- DTIT teams, including architecture, AI platforms, security, data, and change management.
- Business unit and segment leadership.
- Product, sales, services, and operations teams.
- AI platform, knowledge management, and governance functions.
Required Qualifications
- Business degree with MIS or Computer Science background.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise transformation, digital platforms, data/AI governance, and product operations.
- Strong background in governance, operating models, and portfolio management.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into structured AI, data, and knowledge requirements.
- Prominent track record of managing AI projects through the AI solution lifecycle.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Computer Science, MIS, Business Analytics, or AI/ML certification.
- 3+ years of experience with agentic AI, AI platforms, or AI-enabled workflows.
- Familiarity with knowledge bases, unstructured data management, and content lifecycle governance.
- Familiarity with change management frameworks in large, global organizations.
- Experience rationalizing fragmented data or content ecosystems.