Fellow - Data and Ai Governance

**About Providence**

Providence, one of the US’s largest not-for-profit healthcare systems, is committed to high quality, compassionate healthcare for all. Driven by the belief that health is a human right and the vision, ‘Health for a better world’, Providence and its 121,000 caregivers strive to provide everyone access to affordable quality care and services.

Providence has a network of 51 hospitals, 1,000+ care clinics, senior services, supportive housing, and other health and educational services in the US.

Providence India is bringing to fruition the transformational shift of the healthcare ecosystem to Health 2.0. The India center will have focused efforts around healthcare technology and innovation, and play a vital role in driving digital transformation of health systems for improved patient outcomes and experiences, caregiver efficiency, and running the business of Providence at scale.

**Why Us?**
- Best In-class Benefits
- Inclusive Leadership
- Reimagining Healthcare
- Competitive Pay
- Supportive Reporting Relation
- The Data and AI Governance Leader, will play an integral role in orchestrating the governance council and ensuring compliance with governance policies in data, analytics, and AI. Their participation will be instrumental in defining a robust Data and AI Governance Framework, codifying organizational and industry policies into standards, procedures and technical controls ensuring effective, ethical, and legal use of Data & AI technologies. This leadership position is critical in providing strategic and thought leadership across our company's policies, standards, and procedures as they relate to Data preparation, Data management, Model development, Evaluation, Deployment, Monitoring, and Corrections. This is an individual contributor role requiring close collaboration with legal, ethical, security, branding, IS, and administrative teams, as well as acting as a bridge between the policy defining teams and the execution teams in defining compliance frameworks, risk assessment frameworks and foster collaboration to implement repeatable, consistent, and efficient practices.
- They will also facilitate data literacy and training about key information assets across the organization. They will be expected to have a deep industry understanding and expert practitioner experience with governance including successfully running executive-level governance councils. They will also be accountable for strengthening Data and AI governance capabilities in the region to cater to Providence and other partnering health systems.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Strategic**:

- Provide thought leadership in the development and implementation of data and AI governance strategies aligned with the company’s vision and goals.
- Stay current on existing and evolving Data & AI governance laws and regulations to revise existing policies and procedures and drive alignment with the Organization’s Governing Principles.
- Continuously work with Providence’s AI Council and internal / external policy teams and industry associations to stay current with, existing and new, laws and regulations.
- Collaborate with compliance, legal, cyber and other cross-functional teams as needed to ensure Data and AI initiatives comply with relevant laws and regulations.
- Establish a working model that includes data engineering, science, products teams, research, and genomics teams to identify and address concerns related to data collection, modeling, and consumption.
- Establish technical guidelines and frameworks for the development, deployment, and operations teams to assess and manage AI risks.
- Collaborate with executive leadership to define and prioritize governance initiatives.
- Act as a liaison between technology teams and legal, ethical, security, branding, IS, and administrative teams to ensure alignment and effective communication.
- Facilitate collaboration on guardrail processes and ensure their implementation and continuous improvement.

**Leadership**:

- Collaborate with stakeholders from different pillars to lead the setup and structuring of Data & AI governance framework for the Org.
- Lead cross-disciplinary teams to ensure alignment and effective implementation of Data & AI governance policies and procedures.
- Oversee the implementation and maintenance of governance processes for data preparation, management, model development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and correction.
- Ensure the integrity, quality, and security of data and AI models across all stages.
- Work with the Business, Ethics, and Compliance teams to establish auditable controls and monitor compliance to governing principles.
- Establish and maintain clear lines of accountability to ensure compliance with governance standards.
- Create and maintain auditable artifacts to document adherence to governance policies and procedures.
- Identify areas for improvement within the governance framework and drive initiatives to enhance efficiency and effec