Required skills
- Project Management
- AI Governance
- EU AI Act
- Compliance
- Data Protection
- Information Security
- Risk Management
- Process Development
- Stakeholder Management
- Change Management
- IT Governance
- Regulatory Compliance
Languages: German
Job description
A municipal energy supplier and infrastructure operator is seeking an external technical project lead to establish AI governance and implement the EU AI Act. The role involves structuring the project, conducting gap analyses, defining processes, and coordinating with various stakeholders.
Project overview
Client
Municipal energy supplier / infrastructure operator, Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region (KRITIS environment)
Role
External technical project lead, client-side responsibility
Project details
November 2026 at the latest
Phase 1: 6–9 months (option for permanent follow-up contract)
Hybrid – on-site appointments (workshops, committees, board meetings) + remote
Language
Fluent German, including German-language result documentation
Initial situation: The client has a group-wide AI policy and has designated responsibilities. In the course of addressing the AI Act, it was determined that regulations, processes, and evidence need to be transferred into a robust, auditable governance structure. The required specialized knowledge is not available internally in sufficient depth.
Module 1 – Technical Project Lead & Setup of AI Governance
Module 2 – Examination of the permanent operating model
Open-ended evaluation of three models (internal / hybrid / permanently externally supported specialist function, analogous to the external data protection officer) including admissibility and limitations of external task execution, non-delegable responsibility, service levels, cost/risk/benefit comparison, and decision proposal for the board.
Mandatory Requirements
Desirable / Plus
ISO/IEC 42001, NIS2/KRITIS Act, ISO 27001/ISMS, works council interface, experience as or with an external DPO model, certifications (e.g., IAPP AIGP, ISO-42001 Lead Implementer)
- Technical leadership of the implementation project: structuring, work planning, results control, quality assurance
- Gap analysis of the existing AI policy, target governance model, roles/RACI, committee and escalation model
- Design of the roles of "AI Officer" (focus on organization and technology)
- Revision of the AI policy, including supplementary standards and procedural instructions
- Reporting, auditing, approval, change, monitoring, and incident processes for AI applications
- Risk assessment and classification methodology, including practical templates
- Conception and initial setup of an AI register (purpose, risk class, approval status, conditions, audit dates)
- Coordination with data protection, information security, legal, works council, purchasing, IT, and business departments
- Reporting/KPI concept for management and board
- Role-based training and enablement concept, structured knowledge transfer
- Demonstrable project responsibility as technical project/program lead in comparable governance or compliance projects
- Demonstrable EU AI Act implementation projects and setup of AI governance structures (min. 1–2 references)
- Experience at the interfaces of governance, compliance, data protection, information security, legal, organization
- Experience in regulated companies, KRITIS environment, energy supply, or comparable infrastructure
- Operationalization of policies, risk models, registers, approval processes, control systems
- Confident communication at management and board level
- Start: 2026-11
- Duration: 6 Monate
- Remote: hybrid
- Location: Ludwigshafen, Deutschland, DE
- Languages: German
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