Bill Rate: ***/Hr
Nearshore role (e.g., Canada, Mexico, or Latin America)
The Governance Lead is responsible for operating core Enterprise Governance capabilities related to Governance Framework & Policy Management and AI & Emerging Technology Governance. The role serves as a hands-on governance practitioner responsible for coordinating governance processes, facilitating governance forums, maintaining governance artifacts, managing policy and standards lifecycles, supporting governance reviews for AI and emerging technology initiatives and ensuring compliance with established governance requirements, and driving governance adoption across the Digital organization.
Working closely with Digital leaders, Portfolio and Program Management Organization, and Governance Tool Lead, this role translates governance requirements into practical processes, decision frameworks, governance artifacts, training materials, and operational routines that support consistent execution while enabling agility and innovation.
The Governance Lead supports the Manager of Enterprise Governance by operationalizing governance frameworks, standards, policies, and governance processes across Digital. The role helps ensure governance practices are consistently applied, measurable, scalable, and aligned with enterprise governance objectives while enabling efficient delivery and responsible technology adoption.
Key Responsibilities
Governance Framework & Policy Management (40%)
Maintain governance frameworks, policies, standards, and governance artifacts.
Coordinate governance reviews, approvals, publication, and communications.
Maintain governance repositories and governance inventories.
Facilitate governance forums, review boards, and decision-making bodies.
Manage governance decision logs and action follow-up activities.
Develop governance playbooks, templates, and operating procedures.
Monitor governance maturity and adoption across Digital.
Support all delivery methodologies through practical governance processes.
Monitor policy and standard lifecycle compliance and review effectiveness.
Governance Adoption, Training & Continuous Improvement (25%)
Develop governance onboarding materials and governance training content.
Support stakeholder awareness and governance adoption initiatives.
Conduct governance workshops and awareness sessions.
Gather stakeholder feedback and continuously improve governance processes.
Drive simplification initiatives that improve usability without reducing accountability.
Develop and maintain governance intake, review, approval, and escalation workflows.
AI & Emerging Technology Governance (25%)
Coordinate intake and governance review processes for AI and emerging technology initiatives.
Facilitate governance reviews and stakeholder participation for AI and emerging technology initiatives.
Maintain governance decisions, review records, inventories, and approval documentation for AI and emerging technology initiatives.
Support emerging technology governance reviews.
Monitor adherence to governance requirements, approval conditions, and decision frameworks for approved AI and emerging technology initiatives.
Develop governance reporting and decision support materials related to AI and emerging technology initiatives.
Stakeholder Engagement & Governance Coordination (10%)
Build partnerships across the PMO and Digital stakeholders.
Coordinate governance activities across multiple stakeholders and time zones.
Support Enterprise Governance reporting and governance leadership reviews.
Measurable Success Criteria
The Governance Lead will be measured on the ability to operationalize governance frameworks, improve governance adoption, maintain policy and standards compliance, facilitate transparent and traceable decision-making, and ensure Digital initiatives consistently adhere to established governance requirements. Success is demonstrated through measurable governance adoption, stakeholder engagement, policy currency, decision traceability, and continual improvement in governance maturity across the organization.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in governance, PMO, enterprise architecture, business operations, digital transformation, portfolio governance, or related disciplines.
Experience supporting governance frameworks, policy management, standards management, or technology governance processes.
Experience facilitating cross-functional stakeholder discussions and governance reviews.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to translate governance requirements into operational processes and documentation.
Understanding of Agile and traditional delivery methodologies.
Preferred
Manufacturing or global enterprise experience.
AI governance experience.
ITIL, COBIT, PMP, PSM, or equivalent certifications.
Experience with ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, or similar governance tools.
EEO:
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.