The Principal, Enterprise Trust &amp; AI Governance is a senior technical leader responsible for architecting the guardrails that protect our organization’s internal operations. This role blends advanced IT Governance with emerging AI risk management to engineer "compliance by design" across our global system landscape.While initially focused on partnering with internal enterprise technology to automate financial controls and internal AI adoption, this role has a broad mandate to scale Trust initiatives across the entire enterprise. You will move the organization away from manual, reactive audits and toward a continuous, automated monitoring environment that supports business velocity.<h1>What You’ll Do</h1><ul><li>Strategic Trust Architecture: Architect and lead the implementation of automated control frameworks across all critical enterprise systems. You will move beyond "checking boxes" to building the technical hooks required for real-time evidence collection and risk monitoring.</li><li>Internal AI Governance Leader: Act as the enterprise authority on internal AI risk. Develop and operationalize the governance framework for internal AI usage and third-party AI integrations, ensuring data integrity, security, and ethical alignment without stifling innovation.</li><li>Control Modernization &amp; CCF Alignment: Transition fractured, manual ITGCs into the centralized Common Control Framework. Work with the GRC Operations team to ensure that a single automated "test" satisfies multiple compliance requirements (SOX, SOC2, ISO), maximizing evidence reuse.</li><li>Audit Engineering &amp; Defense: Serve as the technical lead for internal and external audits. By providing high-fidelity, automated evidence, you will act as a "shield" for engineering and operations teams, minimizing the time they spend on audit-related tasks.</li><li>Cross-Functional Executive Advisor: Act as a trusted partner to the CIO, CISO, and other senior leaders. You will translate complex regulatory requirements into technical roadmaps that allow departmental leaders to own their risk without the manual burden.</li><li>Metrics-Driven Governance: Define and report on key risk indicators (KRIs) that provide a real-time view of the company’s compliance and AI risk posture. Use these insights to influence the enterprise-wide technology roadmap.</li></ul><h1>What You’ll Need</h1>Minimum Qualifications <ul><li>Experience: 10+ years in GRC, IT Audit, or Trust Engineering, with a proven track record of scaling compliance programs in high-growth, tech-centric environments.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications: <ul><li>Technical Breadth: Deep understanding of modern SaaS architectures and the ability to leverage automation tools (APIs, Python, SQL, or iPaaS) to replace manual processes.</li><li>AI Risk Fluency: Practical experience implementing AI governance frameworks (NIST, ISO 42001) in an internal corporate context.</li><li>Communication Mastery: Proven experience influencing VP-level stakeholders and navigating complex organizational dynamics to drive technical change.</li></ul>Travel<ul><li>Up to 20% travel for customer, partner, and internal meetings</li><li>Reliable internet access for periods of remote working</li></ul>How You’ll Be Rewarded✅ Salary range in the US: $190,000.00 - $306,000.00✅ A discretionary bonus typically paid annually✅ Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire✅ 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits packageThe salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation—ensuring data is trusted, traceable, and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output, leaders gain confidence in their numbers, visibility into current and emerging risks, and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world.At Workiva, you’ll bring technology to market that executives, boards, and regulators depend on. The work you do here helps organizations navigate uncertainty, maintain trust, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny. If you’re energized by meaningful challenges, inspired by collaborative teams, and motivated to help organizations turn uncertainty into advantage, we’d love to meet you.Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email <a href="mailto:talentacquisition@workiva.com">talentacquisition@workiva.com</a>.  Workiva employees are required to undergo comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to their roles, ensuring adherence to company policies and regulatory standards.Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.#LI-KP1

Workiva is on a mission to power transparent reporting for a better world. We build and deliver the world&rsquo;s leading cloud platform for assured integrated reporting to meet stakeholder demands for action, transparency, and disclosure of financial and non-financial data. Workiva offers the only unified SaaS platform that brings customers&rsquo; financial reporting, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) together in a controlled, secure, audit-ready platform. Our platform simplifies the most complex reporting and disclosure challenges by streamlining processes, connecting data and teams, and ensuring consistency. Learn more at workiva.com.

Principal, Enterprise Trust & AI Governance

The Principal, Enterprise Trust &amp; AI Governance is a senior technical leader responsible for architecting the guardrails that protect our organization’s internal operations. This role blends advanced IT Governance with emerging AI risk management to engineer "compliance by design" across our global system landscape.While initially focused on partnering with internal enterprise technology to automate financial controls and internal AI adoption, this role has a broad mandate to scale Trust initiatives across the entire enterprise. You will move the organization away from manual, reactive audits and toward a continuous, automated monitoring environment that supports business velocity.<h1>What You’ll Do</h1><ul><li>Strategic Trust Architecture: Architect and lead the implementation of automated control frameworks across all critical enterprise systems. You will move beyond "checking boxes" to building the technical hooks required for real-time evidence collection and risk monitoring.</li><li>Internal AI Governance Leader: Act as the enterprise authority on internal AI risk. Develop and operationalize the governance framework for internal AI usage and third-party AI integrations, ensuring data integrity, security, and ethical alignment without stifling innovation.</li><li>Control Modernization &amp; CCF Alignment: Transition fractured, manual ITGCs into the centralized Common Control Framework. Work with the GRC Operations team to ensure that a single automated "test" satisfies multiple compliance requirements (SOX, SOC2, ISO), maximizing evidence reuse.</li><li>Audit Engineering &amp; Defense: Serve as the technical lead for internal and external audits. By providing high-fidelity, automated evidence, you will act as a "shield" for engineering and operations teams, minimizing the time they spend on audit-related tasks.</li><li>Cross-Functional Executive Advisor: Act as a trusted partner to the CIO, CISO, and other senior leaders. You will translate complex regulatory requirements into technical roadmaps that allow departmental leaders to own their risk without the manual burden.</li><li>Metrics-Driven Governance: Define and report on key risk indicators (KRIs) that provide a real-time view of the company’s compliance and AI risk posture. Use these insights to influence the enterprise-wide technology roadmap.</li></ul><h1>What You’ll Need</h1>Minimum Qualifications <ul><li>Experience: 10+ years in GRC, IT Audit, or Trust Engineering, with a proven track record of scaling compliance programs in high-growth, tech-centric environments.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications: <ul><li>Technical Breadth: Deep understanding of modern SaaS architectures and the ability to leverage automation tools (APIs, Python, SQL, or iPaaS) to replace manual processes.</li><li>AI Risk Fluency: Practical experience implementing AI governance frameworks (NIST, ISO 42001) in an internal corporate context.</li><li>Communication Mastery: Proven experience influencing VP-level stakeholders and navigating complex organizational dynamics to drive technical change.</li></ul>Travel<ul><li>Up to 20% travel for customer, partner, and internal meetings</li><li>Reliable internet access for periods of remote working</li></ul>How You’ll Be Rewarded✅ Salary range in the US: $190,000.00 - $306,000.00✅ A discretionary bonus typically paid annually✅ Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire✅ 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits packageThe salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation—ensuring data is trusted, traceable, and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output, leaders gain confidence in their numbers, visibility into current and emerging risks, and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world.At Workiva, you’ll bring technology to market that executives, boards, and regulators depend on. The work you do here helps organizations navigate uncertainty, maintain trust, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny. If you’re energized by meaningful challenges, inspired by collaborative teams, and motivated to help organizations turn uncertainty into advantage, we’d love to meet you.Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email <a href="mailto:talentacquisition@workiva.com">talentacquisition@workiva.com</a>.  Workiva employees are required to undergo comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to their roles, ensuring adherence to company policies and regulatory standards.Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.#LI-KP1

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