AI Governance Analyst (IT Program Analyst)

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 130 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org ITS Vice Presidency Context: The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9 v=VTFGffa1Y7w Unit Context: The ITSIG (Information Governance) Unit is the strategic driver of trust, agility, and responsible innovation in the organization’s data, information, and AI landscape. The unit develops and oversees governance frameworks, policies, and stewardship models that enable the Group, and the public, to maximize the value of its data and information. By embedding governance into product and service delivery, platform design, and business engagement, the unit positions governance as a catalyst for AI transformation and business impact. The unit also fosters partnerships and thought leadership, ensuring the Group remains at the forefront of global best practices in data, information, and AI governance. Duties and accountabilities: Role Purpose: •Operationalize practical AI governance processes that enable responsible, trusted, and impact-focused AI adoption. •Translate AI governance expectations into clear workflows, tools, guidance, and decision materials. •Conduct intake analysis, triage, and lifecycle tracking for AI use cases and AI-enabled solutions. •Maintain visibility on AI initiatives, risks, safeguards, decisions, and follow-up actions. •Contribute to monitoring, reporting, and audit readiness of AI governance. •Develop practical enablement materials that help staff understand and apply responsible AI expectations. •Monitor AI trends, emerging risks, regulatory developments, and peer practices to generate insights for governance, strategy, and value realization. Key Responsibilities: •Review AI intake requests and support assessment of scope, risk indicators, required information, and governance pathway. •Manage AI governance records, including inventory entries, risk classifications, safeguards, decisions, and open actions. •Coordinate with business, technology, legal, risk, security, data, and other expert teams to progress governance reviews and related deliverables. •Support monitoring of higher-risk AI solutions, including outputs, issues, control evidence, remediation actions, and status updates. •Contribute to the development of staff enablement materials on responsible AI use, including guidance notes, FAQs, checklists, examples, playbooks, and training content. •Track AI trends, regulatory developments, emerging opportunities and risk themes, as well as peer practices; synthesize implications for the institution’s approach to AI strategy, governance, and value realization. •Prepare concise briefs, trackers, dashboards, talking points, and decision materials for governance discussions.