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title: 'AI Governance Consultant at Cevo Services'
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# AI Governance Consultant at Cevo Services

- **Company:** Cevo Services
- **Location:** Melbourne, Australia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/cevo-com-au/am9icG9zdDpMjavG4gaBsl2Uo7Yl1ZZD

## Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated AI Governance Consultant who is driven to help clients stand up AI governance that actually works in practice, not just on paper. We want someone who loves untangling the strategy, risk, policy and technical threads of AI adoption into a governance model that enables innovation rather than blocking it. You will have the background in AI risk and governance frameworks, responsible AI practice, and security and privacy controls for AI systems, as well as strong understanding of how AI governance needs to flex across generative AI, agentic AI and third-party AI services.

What you'll do:

- Assess and document client AI strategy, roadmap, vision and transformation plans, including AI objectives, guiding principles and strategic outcomes
- Review current and planned AI initiatives, executive reporting arrangements, and investment, prioritisation and funding governance processes
- Design and document AI Governance Frameworks, including Terms of Reference for governance committees, decision-making and approval processes, and escalation pathways for AI-related risks and issues
- Develop AI risk assessment methodologies, risk registers, treatment plans and risk taxonomies, including criteria for classifying AI solutions as low, medium or high risk
- Assess emerging AI risks including generative AI, agentic AI, third-party AI services, model drift, hallucination, data leakage, privacy and bias/fairness considerations
- Build and maintain AI system inventories and use case registers, including guardrails, version control, agent prompt registers, and business owners and accountable executives for each use case
- Define and embed Responsible AI principles, aligning with OVIC, DPC, Commonwealth or other recognised AI guidance, and establish human oversight and human-in-the-loop controls
- Assess privacy impact requirements, data classification and handling requirements, and AI-specific privacy controls for AI systems and agents
- Review security architecture, model access controls, IAM arrangements and monitoring/logging capabilities relevant to AI environments
- Establish due diligence, contractual controls and assurance requirements for AI vendors and third-party AI/LLM providers
- Define assurance and monitoring arrangements, including metrics, KPIs, compliance monitoring and incident management processes for AI systems
- Support capability uplift through AI training, awareness programs and guidance on acceptable AI usage

As an AI Governance Consultant you will perform:

- AI Strategy & Governance Framework Design
- AI Risk & Responsible AI Assessment
- Privacy, Security & Vendor Assurance
- AI Inventory, Monitoring & Capability Uplift

What you'll bring:

- Deep understanding of AI governance frameworks, committee structures, and decision-making and escalation processes for AI initiatives
- Strong experience developing AI risk assessment methodologies, risk registers and risk taxonomies, including for generative AI and agentic AI
- Ability to assess AI use cases against risk and business criticality, and maintain AI system and use case inventories

Responsible AI & Privacy

- Experience embedding Responsible AI principles covering fairness, explainability, transparency and accountability
- Working knowledge of OVIC, DPC, Commonwealth or equivalent AI governance guidance
- Understanding of privacy impact assessment requirements, data classification and handling requirements for AI systems and agents

Security & Vendor Assurance

- Understanding of security architecture for AI environments, including model access controls, IAM and data loss prevention considerations
- Experience defining due diligence and contractual assurance requirements for AI vendors and LLM providers
- Ability to assess AI supply-chain risks and third-party AI service arrangements

Leadership & Communication

- Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work across executive, risk, security and technical audiences
- Able to produce clear governance documentation, reports and presentations for senior and executive stakeholders
- Experience delivering training and awareness programs to uplift AI capability and acceptable-use understanding across an organisation

Tools & Practices

- Familiarity with AI platforms and architectures, including LLM gateways, development platforms and cloud AI services (e.g. AWS AI/ML services such as Bedrock and SageMaker)
- Understanding of monitoring, logging and audit capabilities relevant to AI platforms
- Experience developing metrics and KPIs to monitor AI effectiveness, compliance and risk

## Preferred Qualifications

- Relevant certifications or qualifications in AI governance, risk management, privacy or information security (e.g. AI governance/ethics certifications, CIPP/CIPM, ISO/IEC 42001 or ISO/IEC 27001 familiarity)

## About Cevo Services

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cevo is an Australian-owned AWS Premier Consulting Partner that helps organizations design and deliver modern cloud platforms, unlock data for insight, and apply AI where it creates real value.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/Profit-funded)
- **Headquarters**: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (with offices in City and Haymarket)
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: IT Services and IT Consulting, with deep specialization in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure, data intelligence, and AI/agentic systems.
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily mid-market to enterprise organizations across financial services, retail, energy & utilities, independent software vendors (ISVs), government, and education sectors.
- **Mission/purpose statement**: "Turn transformation from a one-off program into a lasting capability to adapt, innovate and deliver better outcomes." The company believes technology, businesses, and careers "should never stand still."

## Products & Services
Cevo organizes its offerings into four core capabilities, delivered as consulting and managed services:

- **AI & Agentic Systems**: Move from pilots to production-ready AI and agentic systems that automate work, support decisions, and integrate safely into everyday operations with security and governance built-in.
- **Data Intelligence**: Build trusted data foundations including strategy, platform, integration, analytics, and governance, enabling dashboards and insights used daily and AI that scales with confidence.
- **Intelligent Modernisation**: Evolve legacy applications and build new digital products using modern architecture, product thinking, and AI-enabled delivery, reducing technical debt and increasing speed, resilience, and security.
- **Cloud Evolution**: Design clear cloud pathways for complex environments, accelerate assessment with AI, and embed secure foundations and automation so performance, cost, and security keep improving long after migration.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately **$8.3 million** (LinkedIn estimate); has partnered with **200+ organizations** across Australia since 2016.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: AWS Premier Tier Consulting Partner (highest tier), with deep specialization in AI, data, and cloud. No external funding rounds are publicly listed; the company appears to be profit-funded/bootstrapped.
- **Growth Signals**: LinkedIn followers grew +11.9% year-over-year to 6,972; actively hiring for senior and principal-level consultant roles across AI, cloud, and data practices. The company is expanding its AI-focused service line ("AI Everywhere" approach).

## Competitive Advantages
- **AWS Premier Partner status**: The highest tier of AWS partnership, signaling deep technical credibility and preferred access to AWS resources, training, and co-selling opportunities.
- **"AI Everywhere" approach**: Cevo embeds AI into every stage of delivery—not just to enhance what they build, but to accelerate how they build (faster discovery, better design, higher-quality delivery, continuous upskilling).
- **Continuous evolution philosophy**: The company’s entire model is built around making modernization a lasting capability, not a one-off project. This differentiates them from traditional consultancies that focus on fixed-scope engagements.
- **Australian-owned, local focus**: Deep understanding of the Australian regulatory and business landscape, particularly in financial services, government, and utilities.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first delivery**: Embedding AI into every stage of consulting delivery, from discovery through to production, as a core differentiator.
- **Building internal capability**: Cevo’s model emphasizes empowering customer teams, not just delivering for them—creating lasting change rather than dependency.
- **Expanding agentic systems**: Moving beyond basic AI pilots into production-ready autonomous systems that can automate complex workflows.
- **People and culture investment**: Heavy focus on learning, development budgets, knowledge sharing (Hive Mind sessions), and creating a community-driven consultancy culture.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Built on knowledge sharing and collaboration. The company hosts "Hive Mind" sessions for employees to share learnings, and emphasizes open-minded feedback as a "cherished gift." Values include insatiable curiosity, freedom to experiment, and a people-first approach.
- **Work model**: Flexible hybrid working environment that respects work-life balance.
- **Learning & development**: Dedicated learning and development budget, days off per year solely for L&D, unlimited access to a learning platform, and POD leadership programs.
- **Community**: Sponsorship of local tech meetups, regular social events, transparent business updates, and a referral bonus program.
- **Wellbeing**: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health support.
- **Recruitment process**: Described as a two-way conversation—30-minute chat with People & Culture, a 1-hour technical interview with a technical leader, and a face-to-face session with a senior leadership team member.
- **Employer rating**: 4.2/5.0 on LinkedIn (19 reviews), with breakdowns: Work-Life 4.4, Compensation 4.2, Culture 4.1, Career 3.8.
- **Notable perks**: Regular social events, transparent communication, and a strong emphasis on celebrating achievements both internally and externally.

## Sources
1. [Cevo Official Website](https://cevo.com.au/)
2. [Cevo Careers Page](https://cevo.com.au/careers/)
3. [Cevo Work at Cevo Page](https://cevo.com.au/work-at-cevo/)
4. [Cevo About Us Page](https://cevo.com.au/about-us/)
5. [Cevo LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/cevoaustralia)

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