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# Director, AI & Agent Governance

- **Company:** Western Power Products Inc
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000 - $230,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Model Validation, Agentic-AI, AI Platforms, Gsuite, Google Gemini, Model Context Protocol
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/director-ai-agent-governance-chicago-il--1c586547-f7c3-4acf-b35b-f15f717988b1

## About the Role

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Marketing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Testing, Ecosystems, Establish Priorities, Application Programming Interface (API), Process Management, Follow Through, Traceability, * Bachelor''s degree or equivalent professional experience in business, technology, communications, project management, product management, or a related discipline.

 * 5-8 years of relevant experience in product management, project management, program management, product operations, technology transformation, or comparable complex operational work.
 * Experience managing a product, program, portfolio, roadmap, backlog, or complex cross-functional workstream from planning through delivery.
 * Ability to bring structure, prioritization, and accountability to ambiguous environments where processes and operating models are still developing.
 * Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior leaders, technical teams, subject matter experts, and cross-functional partners.
 * Experience managing competing requests, assessing strategic priorities, and recommending which initiatives should progress.
 * Ability to understand artificial intelligence, AI agents, data sources, workflows, application programming interfaces, and related emerging technology concepts.
 * Knowledge of governance, responsible AI, quality assurance, model evaluation, data traceability, or operational risk management preferred.
 * Experience with enterprise AI platforms, workflow automation, digital transformation, product operations, or technology ecosystems preferred.
 * Familiarity with Google Workspace, Gemini, comparable AI platforms, application programming interfaces, or model context protocol connections a plus. Proprietary WPP Media platforms can be learned in the role.

## Description

* Own and maintain the agent roadmap for Google''s global account, prioritizing initiatives based on strategic value, user need, business impact, and available resources.
 * Establish and manage the end-to-end agent lifecycle, from initial intake and development through approval, launch, testing, maintenance, optimization, and retirement.
 * Monitor the agent ecosystem across relevant enterprise AI and workspace environments to understand newly created agents, their purposes, usage, dependencies, and position within broader workflows.
 * Inventory, categorize, and rationalize the agent portfolio, identifying duplicate or overlapping solutions and coordinating consolidation, optimization, or retirement where appropriate.
 * Manage intake and prioritization processes for new agent requests, ensuring competing needs are assessed consistently and progressed through clear decision points.
 * Coordinate approval processes for agents that use new data sources, application programming interfaces, or comparable system connections, maintaining communication and follow-through across required stakeholders.
 * Establish ongoing testing and monitoring practices that assess agent safety, accuracy, reliability, data traceability, and performance after launch.
 * Coordinate the dedicated agent-building team''s roadmap, ensuring its capacity is focused on high-value work and that development priorities remain aligned with business needs.
 * Partner with the agentic design forum or council and product teams to capture user experience issues, product feedback, platform enhancements, and workflow improvement opportunities.
 * Build strong working relationships across Google, Data and Technology Services, WPP Media, subject matter expert, and agency teams to drive decisions, accountability, and progress.