AI Governance VP: Risk, Compliance & Ethics

EastWest Bank; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

East West Banking Corporation seeks an experienced AI Governance Head in Taguig to lead the end-to-end AI governance framework across RPA, ML, LLMs and third-party AI solutions. You will shape risk assessment, explainability, privacy, and model risk controls, ensuring compliant, secure, and ethical AI usage while enabling scalable adoption bank-wide in a hybrid setting.

Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, IT, Data, Cybersecurity, Legal, and Procurement to align with BSP regulations and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree a plus.
• Certifications in risk, data privacy, cybersecurity, or AI ethics are a plus.
• Extensive experience in banking, risk IT governance, data governance, model risk, or related disciplines with exposure to AI/ML governance preferred.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies including RPA, ML, and LLM governance with ability to assess risks and controls.
• Deep knowledge of BSP regulations, the Data Privacy Act, outsourcing requirements, and model risk principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Bank's AI governance framework, policies, standards, and controls for RPA, ML, LLMs, and third-party AI solutions.
• Establish AI risk assessment and mitigation frameworks addressing model risk, bias, explainability, data privacy, cybersecurity, operational, and third-party risks.
• Oversee AI lifecycle governance from use-case intake and risk classification through validation, deployment approval, and post-implementation monitoring.
• Define standards for model documentation, testing, explainability, human oversight, and control mechanisms to ensure responsible AI deployment.
• Build AI governance capabilities across the organization through training, playbooks, templates, and standardized governance processes.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, IT, Data, Cybersecurity, Legal, Procurement, and business stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance, manage AI-related third-party risks, and support responsible AI adoption.

Skills

AI governance

RPA

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance

Model risk

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

East West Banking Corporation seeks an experienced AI Governance Head in Taguig to lead the end-to-end AI governance framework across RPA, ML, LLMs and third-party AI solutions. You will shape risk assessment, explainability, privacy, and model risk controls, ensuring compliant, secure, and ethical AI usage while enabling scalable adoption bank-wide in a hybrid setting.

Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, IT, Data, Cybersecurity, Legal, and Procurement to align with BSP regulations and data