Senior Vice President, Data Governance

Senior Vice President, Data Governance

At BNY, we empower employees to grow and succeed in a leading global financial services company. This role focuses on establishing and maintaining enterprise AI governance and resilience, ensuring our AI production pipelines meet rigorous standards.

• Define, maintain, and execute the AI Resiliency & Production Governance roadmap aligned with enterprise AI governance strategy.
• Provide technical and organizational leadership over deployment and production AI governance processes, ensuring resiliency, promotion‑to‑production rigor, and transparent change/issue management.
• Raise organizational awareness through stakeholder engagement, reporting, and participation in AI Hub events and cross‑disciplinary forums.
• Identify and manage inbound/outbound dependencies with adjacent domains (e.g., Product Management) and coordinate with horizontal domains (Strategy, Training, Policy, Communications).
• Oversee operational AI governance processes and critical promotion‑to‑production pipelines.
• Lead specialists to design, test and implement automation features, socializing and codifying policy and process changes.
• Serve as the subject‑matter expert for AI production governance, resiliency criteria, control integration, and production readiness, including change‑management procedures.
• Lead end‑to‑end strategic planning and oversight for AI production controls, exceptions, and continuous improvement across post‑production lifecycle.
• Consult with business and technology teams to resolve complex governance issues, evaluate adherence to standards, and produce artifacts such as process maps, RACI matrices, and controls documentation.
• Champion development of AI Governance & Control Specialists through functional management, mentoring, and opportunities to lead complex work.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, data/AI, risk management, or equivalent experience.
• 9–11 years of experience in securities or financial services, with familiarity of enterprise governance frameworks and regulatory expectations.
• Deep subject‑matter expertise in AI governance within financial services, especially production governance, resiliency, controls, and change/issue management.
• Functional expertise in Product Management of AI features, Controls, Regulatory Change, risk/compliance alignment, process engineering, and policy codification.>
• Proven leadership influence over executives and cross‑functional stakeholders, with strong communication skills and vision setting.
• Demonstrated problem‑solving skills, using evidence to make pragmatic, decisive decisions while scaling processes and automation.
• Experience designing and implementing governance automation and integrating controls into AI platforms and tooling.
• Strong process‑design, documentation, and measurement skills (e.g., governance KPIs, resilience metrics, compliance adherence).

BNY offers a highly competitive compensation package, including a base salary in the range of $102,000–$190,000 per year, plus commissions, bonuses, and long‑term incentives. Additional benefits include generous paid leave, paid volunteer time, flexible global resources, and wellness programs.

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• Most Just Companies, Just Capital & CNBC, 2025

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Underrepresented racial & ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans.