AI Governance Profession Report 2025

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Published by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), this report is useful for understanding how AI governance is being operationalized in organizations and what roles are emerging to manage AI risk at an institutional level.

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Summary

The IAPP's 2025 AI Governance Profession Report surveys the emerging field of AI governance as a professional discipline, examining workforce trends, organizational roles, required competencies, and the maturity of AI governance functions across industries. It provides data-driven insights into how organizations are structuring AI oversight and the skills demanded of AI governance professionals.

Key Points

•Maps the growing demand for dedicated AI governance roles across sectors, reflecting increasing regulatory and ethical pressure on organizations deploying AI.
•Identifies core competencies required for AI governance professionals, including risk assessment, policy development, and cross-functional collaboration.
•Assesses organizational maturity in AI governance, highlighting gaps between stated AI policies and actual implementation practices.
•Provides workforce and salary benchmarking data useful for understanding the professionalization of AI oversight as a career field.
•Reflects the broader trend of institutionalizing AI accountability functions alongside existing privacy and compliance programs.

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Published16 April 2025

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### Contributors:

Richard Sentinella

Former AI Governance Research Fellow

IAPP

Evi Fuelle

Director, Global Policy

Credo AI

Ashley Casovan

Managing Director, AI Governance Center

IAPP

Joe Jones

Research and Insights Director

IAPP

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This year’s survey looks at privacy governance, compliance strategies, AI governance and broader digital governance. It spans industries and geographies, explores technological trends and innovations, and weighs the effects of economic headwinds.

[Complete the IAPP Governance Survey](https://ca1.voxco.com/S2/80/iappgov2026/?mod=0&dlang=en)

#### **AI governance is proving its value to organizations.**

The promulgation of artificial intelligence governance legislation, regulations and standards combined with increasingly complex and demanding sociotechnical pressures have organizations prioritizing the building and implementation of AI governance programs.

This report, and the data within it, profiles the extent to which organizations are implementing AI governance programs, and how they are doing so. Indeed, survey data shows how the development and deployment of AI by organizations very often goes hand in hand with AI governance.

Of surveyed organizations, 77% are currently working on AI governance, with a jump to near 90% for those organizations already using AI. Importantly, 30% of organizations not yet using AI reported working on AI governance, perhaps revealing a prevailing "governance first" prioritization of ensuring good governance is in place before AI use. This is supported by some of the case studies, which indicate organizations are implementing formal AI governance programs after using AI for smaller use cases but before embracing AI as a strategic imperative.

Starting an AI governance program involves hiring new or dedicating existing employees to an AI governance team. Companies are building these teams incrementally, starting with tasking the existing workforce and then hiring and empowering senior managers and executives, which the data suggests leads to fewer issues using AI and reporting on AI governance, among other positive outcomes. Many of the case studies illustrate how newer AI governance programs hire managers with prior experience in a digital governance discipline, like privacy.

**Is your organization currently working on AI governance?**

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