What companies actually pay AI governance consultants for: 6 services in demand
Comfortable_Gene5180 · reddit · 2026-09-27
An AI governance practitioner lists the six services companies are actually hiring consultants for, in rough order of demand:
- AI/agent inventories — most large firms lack a full account of AI systems/agents in use, their owners, and the data they touch.
- Internal AI policies — which tools employees may use, what data can go in, approval processes.
- Custom governance frameworks — decision ownership, committees, pre-deployment requirements; highly company-specific.
- AI risk/impact assessments — surfacing failure modes before they become headlines.
- EU AI Act readiness — many companies still don't know if or how it applies to them.
- ISO/IEC 42001 readiness — building toward a formal AI management system standard.
The author advises aspiring consultants to pick a specialty from this list based on interest rather than chasing trendy certifications.
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