Senior Vice President, Data Governance

Senior Vice President, Data Governance

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We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Data Governance to join our AI Hub team. This role is located in New York, NY.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

* 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, promotiontoproduction 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 Elizaintegrated change management procedures

* Leads endtoend strategic planning and oversight for AI production controls, including governance checkpoints, exception handling, and continuous improvement across postproduction 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.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

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 crossfunctional stakeholders; able to communicate a compelling vision and drive alignment.
* Demonstrated ability to solve problems pragmatically and decisively using available evidence; comfortable operating handson 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).

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Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $102,000 and $190,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.