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BNY · 8 hours ago

Senior Vice President, Data Governance

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$102K/yr - $190K/yr

9+ years exp

BNY is a leading global financial services company that influences nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. They are seeking a Senior Vice President, Data Governance to lead AI Resiliency & Production Governance, ensuring alignment with the enterprise AI Governance strategy and overseeing operational processes.

Financial Services

Responsibilities

Defines, maintains, and executes the roadmap for AI Resiliency & Production Governance in alignment with the broader enterprise AI Governance & Control strategy and scope

Provides technical and organizational leadership across deployment and production AI governance processes/standards/controls, ensuring resiliency, promotion‑to‑production rigor, and transparent change/issue management

Raises organizational awareness of the domain through direct stakeholder engagement, contributions to centralized AI Governance & Control reporting and communications, and active participation in AI Hub events, daily leadership meetings, key cross-disciplinary forums, and weekly reporting

Identifies and positively manages inbound/outbound dependencies with adjacent vertical domains (e.g., Product Management of new features) and coordinates with horizontal domains (Strategy, Training, Policy, Communications) to ensure continuous alignment

Provides oversight and leadership for operational AI Governance processes and the critical promotion to production pipelines

Creates efficiencies in the operational workload through the domain roadmap by leading Specialists to design, test, and implement automation features; and to design, socialize, and codify policy and process changes

Serves as the subject matter expert for AI production governance, resiliency criteria, controls integration, and production readiness including Eliza‑integrated change management procedures

Leads end‑to‑end strategic planning and oversight for AI production controls, including governance checkpoints, exception handling, and continuous improvement across post‑production lifecycle management

Consults with business and technology teams to resolve complex governance issues; evaluates adherence to standards; and produces clear artifacts (process maps, RACI, controls documentation) to satisfy requirements and solutions

Champions development of AI Governance & Control Specialists through functional management and mentoring, stakeholder visibility, and opportunities to lead complex, challenging work within the domain

Qualification

AI GovernanceFinancial ServicesGovernance AutomationProcess EngineeringRisk ManagementStakeholder EngagementLeadershipProblem SolvingCommunication

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., computer science, engineering, data/AI, risk management) or equivalent work experience

9-11 years experience in the securities or financial services industry preferred; familiarity with enterprise governance frameworks and regulatory expectations

Deep subject matter expertise in AI Governance within Financial Services, including production governance, resiliency, controls, and change/issue management

Functional expertise relevant to the domain (e.g., Product Management of AI features, Controls, Regulatory Change, risk/compliance alignment, process engineering and policy codification)

Proven leadership experience influencing executives and cross‑functional stakeholders; able to communicate a compelling vision and drive alignment

Demonstrated ability to solve problems pragmatically and decisively using available evidence; comfortable operating hands‑on while scaling through process and automation

Experience designing and implementing governance automation and integrating controls into AI platforms and tooling

Strong skills in process design, documentation, and measurement (e.g., governance KPIs, resiliency metrics, compliance adherence)