AI lab, snapshot September 28, 2026
xAI AI governance jobs: 10 open roles
How many AI governance jobs is xAI hiring for?
10 of xAI's 276 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 28, 2026 (3.6 percent of the board). By family: legal 6, governance, risk and compliance 3, safety and evaluation 1. Read weekly from xAI's own job board. Every row links to xAI's own posting and to the seat on our map it matches.
Regulations these postings name
The seats on our map
Matched by the titles postings use for each seat. The role page lists what the seat asks for and carries the readiness check.
The programs that teach what xAI asks for
Counted from the graded topics that teach the competencies these postings name. Your own path is shorter: it skips what you can already prove.
- Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)59 graded topics, first module free
- Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)43 graded topics, first module free
- Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations38 graded topics, first module free
The 10 open roles
Questions
- How many AI governance jobs is xAI hiring for?
- 10 of xAI's 276 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 28, 2026 (3.6 percent of the board). By family: legal 6, governance, risk and compliance 3, safety and evaluation 1. Read weekly from xAI's own job board.
- Which regulations do xAI's governance postings name?
- EU AI Act (2), GDPR (1), US state AI laws (1), NIS2 (1), DORA (1), ISO/IEC 42001 (1), SOC 2 (1).
- What would I need to be ready for a governance role at xAI?
- The postings call for contract terms that allocate ai risk, evidence collection and audit-ready documentation, how models work, at a governance depth, regulatory change management, ai audit and independent assurance. Paste the posting you want into the readiness check to see which of these you can already prove and the graded path that closes the rest.
Part of the AI Governance Hiring Index, 216 roles at 14 employers, measured weekly. GAGE is not affiliated with xAI; the postings are theirs.