Principal, Engineering Ops and App Governance Lead

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# 21449

Remote? No

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work‑life balance and diversity and inclusion.

From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Join Ally Technology as a Principal owning the modernization of application governance, compliance, and NFR (non‑functional requirements) adherence—with a mission to reduce burden on engineers and app managers while raising operational excellence. You’ll lead initiatives that use agentic AI to automate compliance, orchestrate governance forums and standards assessments, and strengthen resiliency and disaster recovery across enterprise platforms and 3rd party SaaS application.

This is a high‑visibility role with regular senior leadership interaction across Business Units (BUs)--e.g. Consumer Banking Technology, Auto, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, etc. This is an individual contributor role that will own outcomes and a cross‑BU book of work spanning engineering operations and app compliance.

Charlotte, NC or Detroit, MI
· Hybrid (3 days in office / 2 days remote)

Program/Portfolio Ownership

• Maintain a unified book of work across governance, compliance automation, resiliency, training, and standards; set cadence, dashboards, and reporting.
• Track outcomes and measure what matters (compliance coverage, NFR readiness, SIEM onboarding, DR test results, adoption of automation, cycle‑time improvements).

Governance & Compliance Orchestration

• Application Governance Forum:
  Administer intake and triage; ensure complete data from requestors; manage agenda and scheduling aligned to decision needs.
• Standards Assessment Program:
  Transition the App Governance Standards Assessment from a manual, standalone process into an automated checkpoint within the application development lifecycle; drive evidence collection, exceptions, and attestations.
• Compliance Automation (Agentic AI):
  Design and drive AI‑powered checks/evidence pipelines to reduce manual effort for app teams; integrate semantic knowledge and automated control verification.

Operational Resiliency & Risk Management

• DR Readiness:
  Coordinate and drive improvements for disaster recovery planning/testing and 3rd party resiliency planning; facilitate tabletop exercises and follow‑through on corrective actions.
• High‑Risk Application Reviews:
  Conduct targeted assessments of high risk applications to determine production and audit readiness; align remediation with enterprise standards; elevate decisions and trade‑offs to leadership succinctly.

Leadership Engagement & Engineering Excellence

• Engineering Excellence Escalations:
  Build concise, executive‑ready decks that frame problems, options, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• App Management Operating Model:
  Coordinate the transition of business‑managed applications to Ally Tech oversight, including cost modeling and governance strategy (partnering with relationship managers to close resiliency gaps in third‑party SaaS).
• Knowledge Transfer & Enablement:
  Develop and execute training and App Manager enablement programs; establish continuity plans; assist in curating and optimizing knowledge (Confluence, CKH) for AI consumption.

Required

• 5+ years in a project/program management, IT operations leadership, or scrum master role.
• Strong organization and attention to detail; proven ability to run forums, agendas, and multi‑stream execution.
• Passion for automation and AI/ML to simplify engineering workflows (agentic AI, semantic knowledge, controls automation).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable presenting to senior leadership…