This isn’t a traditional job listing. It’s a forward-looking executive function.
The VP of Intelligence Resources™ is the leader responsible for ensuring that an organization is
structurally ready for AI — and that human–AI teams and intelligent systems stay aligned with governance, risk, and human oversight.
Position Summary
The Vice President of Intelligence Resources™ (VP IR) is a founder-defined executive role that owns the
Intelligence Resources™ function inside the enterprise. Where HR manages people and IT manages technology,
the VP IR is accountable for managing AI readiness, governance structures, and the integrity and performance of human–AI teams and intelligent systems.
This leader stewards a cross-functional portfolio spanning Legal, Risk, Compliance, Data, and Engineering.
The VP IR introduces consistent readiness standards, decision frameworks, and oversight routines so AI initiatives
— and the human–AI teams that run them — do not outpace the organization’s capacity to manage them responsibly.
Key Responsibilities
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Own the Intelligence Resources™ function. Define and maintain the structures, standards, and routines
that govern AI readiness, oversight, and integrity across the enterprise.
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Establish AI readiness as a measurable practice. Lead the deployment and ongoing refinement of readiness diagnostics
such as the Fit Filter Rubric™ to assess whether the organization is prepared for AI adoption and human–AI teaming.
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Align governance, risk, and transformation. Serve as a central point of coordination across Legal, Risk, Compliance,
Strategy, and Technology to ensure AI initiatives proceed under shared guardrails and expectations.
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Embed human oversight into AI workflows. Define where human judgment is required in AI-assisted decisions and ensure
those checkpoints are operationalized in systems and processes.
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Clarify decision rights for AI initiatives. Ensure there is a clear, repeatable process for determining when to advance,
pause, or stop AI projects based on readiness and governance criteria.
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Design and steward human–AI teams. Define how people and AI systems work together as a single unit — roles, handoffs,
and accountability — and ensure human–AI teams have a clear home inside the Intelligence Resources™ function.
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Translate complexity for senior leadership. Provide executives with clear narratives, dashboards, and decision memos
that explain AI risk, readiness, and alignment in accessible terms.
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Develop and lead a multidisciplinary IR team. Oversee a team that may include governance specialists, risk analysts,
AI operations partners, and transformation leads dedicated to Intelligence Resources™.
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Maintain alignment with regulations and standards. Track emerging AI regulations, ethical guidelines, and industry standards
and integrate them into the enterprise’s Intelligence Resources™ practices.
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Partner on product and vendor selection. Work closely with CIO/CDO, Procurement, and Security teams to ensure new AI tools
and platforms align with the organization’s readiness and governance criteria.
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Champion a culture of responsible AI. Lead internal communication, training, and education efforts that embed responsible
AI principles into the way teams work and make decisions.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in legal operations, compliance, AI governance, enterprise risk, or adjacent transformation roles.
- Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives that span Legal, Technology, and Business stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of AI, machine learning, and data-driven systems at the level required to assess risk and readiness (technical depth is a plus, but systems thinking is essential).
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex regulatory, ethical, or technical topics into practical guidance for senior leadership.
- Experience working in or alongside highly regulated environments (e.g., financial services, healthcare, public sector, or large-scale technology organizations).
- Comfort operating in ambiguity while creating structure—designing frameworks, policies, and processes where none previously existed.
- Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to influence executive stakeholders and guide organizational change.
- Familiarity with AI risk management frameworks, data protection principles, and emerging AI regulations is strongly preferred.
Reporting Structure
The VP of Intelligence Resources™ leads a dedicated enterprise function that operates alongside IT, HR, and Risk.
Depending on organizational design, this role may report directly to the CEO, Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel, or
another executive charged with enterprise-wide oversight.
As human–AI teams become a normalized way of working, the VP IR anchors their design and oversight at the enterprise level.
Regardless of reporting line, the VP IR is expected to have cross-functional authority and direct access to senior leadership
to ensure that AI readiness, governance, and oversight are treated as strategic priorities rather than downstream concerns.
Founder’s Note
The VP of Intelligence Resources™ is a founder-originated executive role conceived by Ciph Lab™ as part of the broader
Intelligence Resources™ discipline. It is intended as a mirror for what forward-thinking enterprises will eventually formalize:
a dedicated function for managing AI readiness, governance, human–AI teams, and integrity.
This page is not a job posting. It is a blueprint for a role that organizations can reference, adapt, and eventually instantiate as their
AI maturity evolves. Ciph Lab™ partners with enterprises that are ready to explore Intelligence Resources™ as a formal function.