Technology Governance & AI Intake Lead

About the role

The Technology Governance & AI Intake Lead owns a single front door for business-unit technology and AI demand, converting requests into scoped, governed, prioritized initiatives. The role runs intake, portfolio prioritization, business-case development, and governance and risk gating, and manages the analyst function that maps business process to technology and AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology and AI intake pipeline — a single front door for business-unit demand.
• Convert business and AI demand into scoped, prioritized, business-cased initiatives with measured baselines.
• Run portfolio prioritization and governance/risk gating in coordination with the Information Manager and Cyber.
• Coordinate vendor and tool evaluation for AI and technology requests.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across business units; set expectations and communicate the pipeline.
• Partner with data governance to ensure initiatives are data-ready before delivery.
• Line-manage and develop the AI Solutions Analyst.
• Functions owned: Technology governance, AI intake & demand management, portfolio prioritization, responsible-AI governance coordination.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology governance, IT demand / portfolio management, or a related discipline, including 2+ years leading or managing.
• Business relationship management with senior business stakeholders.
• AI literacy and familiarity with responsible-AI / AI-governance practice.
• Vendor and tool evaluation.
• Process and change-management capability.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; PMP, ITIL, or an AI-governance credential a plus.

Skills

• Experience standing up an intake or demand-management function from scratch.
• Exposure to Microsoft Copilot, agent platforms, or enterprise AI tooling.
• Media, entertainment, or agency context.

Benefits

The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Pay

Hiring Rate Minimum $142,500 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds) Hiring Rate Maximum $190,000 annually