governance jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, governance appears in 1,759 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning governance, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is governance in demand in 2026?
Yes. governance appears in 1,759 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning governance (8.8% of all postings mentioning governance).
+What jobs require governance?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning governance are Product Program Manager (21.4% of that role’s postings mention governance), AI Program Manager (17.5% of that role’s postings mention governance), Strategic Program Manager (15.4% of that role’s postings mention governance).
+What skills are commonly paired with governance?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), governance most often appears alongside security, observability, Risk Management, Python, compliance.
+Where is governance most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring governance are London, New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring governance — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require governance
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Product Program Manager | 6 | 21.4% |
| AI Program Manager | 7 | 17.5% |
| Strategic Program Manager | 4 | 15.4% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 4 | 14.8% |
| AI Engineering Manager | 13 | 14.4% |
| AI Business Analyst | 3 | 13.6% |
| AI Engineering Director | 7 | 13.0% |
| Partner Program Manager | 3 | 12.5% |
| Salesforce Solution Architect | 3 | 10.7% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 6 | 10.3% |
Roles with the most governance postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 155 | 8.8% |
| Product Manager | 147 | 8.4% |
| AI Engineer | 120 | 6.8% |
| Solutions Architect | 82 | 4.7% |
| Software Engineer | 46 | 2.6% |
| Technical Program Manager | 36 | 2.0% |
| Solution Architect | 34 | 1.9% |
| Product Owner | 28 | 1.6% |
| Business Analyst | 19 | 1.1% |
| Data Engineer | 19 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for governance
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 79 | 4.5% |
| New York City | 56 | 3.2% |
| San Francisco | 47 | 2.7% |
| Toronto | 31 | 1.8% |
| Bengaluru | 26 | 1.5% |
| Pune | 26 | 1.5% |
| Sydney | 25 | 1.4% |
| Singapore | 20 | 1.1% |
| Amsterdam | 19 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with governance
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning governance by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s governance postings by all governance postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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