AI Governance Senior Manager

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy. Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best. Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs. Position Summary The IT Manager II is responsible for leading a team in end-to-end lifecycle management of an assigned strategic IT Portfolio capability. Accountable for strategic planning, delivery and operation of services, products and processes, as well as people leadership, vendor and contract management. They continuously innovate the product or service, and contribute to achieving IT and Enterprise Strategies and KPIs. Essential Responsibilities Leadership: Lead and manage the performance and development of staff. Lead priorities and manage work performance of staff, vendors and contractors. Provide leadership as needed across multiple sites, and in alignment with Union or other contracts. Relationship Management: Understand the customers' needs, and partner to deliver innovative solutions. Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, Enterprise Security, Audit/Compliance and other internal groups to drive results. Product Management: Ensure products and services operate in a lean, stable, and adaptable manner. Ensure product delivery and operation are cost effective and within budget. Strategy and Planning: Develop, propose and manage long and mid-term strategic technology plans and roadmaps for assigned products and services Operations Management: Drive continuous improvement in IT performance. Proactively prevent and support prompt restoration of service disruptions. Minimum Requirements Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position. Five years of prior people leadership experience. Ten years of experience with end-to-end service lifecycle, business process, project or product management. Five years of experience with strategic planning, portfolio prioritization, delivery execution, and operations. Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets. Excellent Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results. Experience working within a highly regulated industry. Ability to deliver value in compliance with policies and regulations. Demonstrated ability to apply a customer focus, problem solve, and drive continuous improvement to solutions, systems and processes. Demonstrated ability to drive, adopt, and lead others through change in a diverse and dynamic environment. Experience with Sourcing and Contract Management. Proven ability to attain and hold in-depth acumen in business process, technical knowledge, and architectural topology. Preferred Requirements Deep AI governance expertise: Established and led AI governance frameworks, boards, and risk management programs aligned with standards like NIST and EU AI Act, enabling responsible, scalable AI adoption across diverse organiz…

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