Roles

The roles

• Executive sponsor

  Senior executive accountable for AI across the organisation. Often held by the chief executive, chief operating officer or another member of the executive committee.

• AI governance lead

  Runs AI governance day to day: policy, register, forum secretariat. Often held by a head of AI governance or chief AI officer, or a governance, digital or data lead given the role.

• Business owner

  Owns the business outcome a given AI use serves. Often held by the head of the service, product or function that the AI use supports.

• Data owner

  Accountable for the data an AI use depends on. Often held by a chief data officer, head of data or the information asset owner for the data concerned.

• Security lead

  Accountable for information and cyber security. Often held by a chief information security officer or head of cyber security.

• People lead

  Accountable for workforce, skills and learning. Often held by an HR director or chief people officer, with learning and development.

• Delivery lead

  Accountable for building, buying and running AI services. Often held by a chief information officer, chief technology officer or head of digital.

• Risk lead

  Accountable for corporate risk, compliance and legal advice. Often held by a chief risk officer, general counsel, head of compliance or data protection officer.