Chief AI Officer

The Pakistan Digital Authority is Pakistan's apex statutory body for national digital transformation, established under the Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025. PDA is responsible for the country's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), AI and data governance frameworks, national digital standards, and the Digital Nation Masterplan — a cross-government programme covering all provinces, the whole of government, and 240 million citizens.

This is not a typical government role. PDA operates with the mandate of a regulator, the ambition of a national transformation programme, and the urgency of a startup.

The Role

The Chief AI Officer is a founding executive appointment at PDA and the senior-most AI leadership role in Pakistan's public sector.

You will carry two distinct but deeply connected mandates: AI supervision — building the regulatory, governance, and oversight architecture that governs how AI is developed and deployed across Pakistan; and AI use-ca...