What are the responsibilities and job description for the AI Governance Lead - Healthcare / Life Sciences position at Merican Inc?
AI Governance Lead – Healthcare / Life Sciences
Location: HYBRID (Houston, TX )
Employment Type: Full-Time
Healthcare domain is a high priority for this position.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement AI Governance frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures across the organization.
- Establish governance processes for AI, Machine Learning, and Generative AI use cases.
- Evaluate AI solutions for privacy, security, bias, explainability, transparency, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
- Establish controls for AI model development, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing management.
- Support governance of Generative AI and LLM-based applications, including risks associated with prompts, data, model outputs, and third-party AI solutions.
- Develop and maintain AI inventories, risk assessments, governance documentation, and model documentation.
- Define processes for monitoring AI systems and identifying potential compliance, operational, ethical, and data risks.
- Work with stakeholders to ensure appropriate handling of protected health information (PHI), personally identifiable information (PII), and sensitive healthcare data.
Required Qualifications
- 7 years of experience in AI Governance, Data Governance, Model Risk, Technology Risk, Compliance, Responsible AI, or a related field.
- Strong Healthcare / Life Sciences / Pharma domain experience.
- Hands-on understanding of AI/ML and Generative AI governance.
- Strong knowledge of AI risk management, model governance, data privacy, security, and compliance.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including Data Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Business teams.