Expert EU AI Act and AI Governance

Project overview

For our client, we are looking for a Project Lead EU AI Act & AI Governance.

Project Goal: Establishment of an auditable, practical AI governance for the implementation of the EU AI Act. Development of a target state, closing identified governance gaps, and creation of a robust decision basis for a permanent operating model.

Responsibilities

• Structuring the implementation project including methodology, milestone planning, work packages, and quality assurance.
• Analysis of existing AI guidelines, processes, and evidence based on the relevant requirements of the EU AI Act.
• Creation of a prioritized gap analysis including an action plan.
• Conception of a group-wide target state for AI governance.
• Definition of roles, responsibilities, authorities, decision paths, and escalation mechanisms.
• Design of the role of AI officers and relevant governance bodies.
• Revision of existing AI guidelines and creation of supplementary standards and procedural instructions.
• Conception of binding reporting, auditing, approval, and change processes for AI applications.
• Development of a methodology for AI risk classification and risk assessment.
• Definition of control points, documentation requirements, review cycles, and measures for deviations.
• Conception of an incident process for AI-related risks and events.
• Development of a methodology for collecting existing and planned AI applications.
• Initial setup of an AI register with information on purpose, risk class, approval status, conditions, and audit dates.
• Evaluation of representative AI use cases.
• Integration of regulatory requirements into concrete organizational and technical measures.
• Coordination of governance with data protection, information security, legal, procurement, IT, employee representation, and business units.
• Preparation and moderation of workshops and decision-making meetings.
• Creation of target-audience-specific decision documents, risk representations, and status information for committees and the board.
• Development of a role-based qualification and awareness concept.
• Enabling relevant functions for independent application of the developed methods and processes.
• Examination of a permanent operating model for AI governance and AI expertise.
• Comparison of internal, hybrid, and external operating models considering roles, capacities, costs, independence, liability, service levels, and substitution arrangements.
• Creation of a decision paper for regular operations.

Requirements

Project Language: German

Remote Share: 85%

Utilization: 4-5 days/week

Industry: Energy Supply

• Several years of project experience in implementing regulatory governance or compliance projects.
• Profound and current knowledge of the EU AI Act and the requirements for operators and users of AI systems.
• Demonstrable experience in establishing AI governance structures.
• Practical knowledge in AI risk classification, risk assessment, control systems, approval processes, and AI registers.
• Experience in operationalizing guidelines, standards, and procedural descriptions.
• Knowledge in data protection, information security, legal, organization, and compliance.
• Experience in regulated companies, KRITIS environments, energy supply, or comparable infrastructure operators.
• Experience in organization-wide transformation and implementation projects.
• Ability to moderate interdisciplinary stakeholders and to achieve structured decisions.
• Experience with decision papers and management communication at board and committee level.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical processes and controls.
• Demonstrable reference projects with details on the initial situation, scope of services, role, results, and project duration.
• Very good German language skills, written and spoken.

Project details

• Start: 2026-11
• Duration: 9 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German