Hybrid VP, AI Governance & Risk Leader

EastWest Bank; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Career development opportunities

Job summary

EastWest Banking Corporation seeks an AI Governance Head to lead the bank's end-to-end AI governance framework, spanning RPA, ML, LLMs, and third-party AI solutions, ensuring ethical, secure, and compliant use of AI in line with BSP regulations.

The role will drive risk assessment, lifecycle governance, and documentation standards, collaborating with risk, compliance, IT, data, and legal teams to enable scalable adoption across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technology, data, risk management, or related field; advanced degree is an advantage.
• Certifications in risk management, compliance, data privacy, cybersecurity, or AI ethics are a plus.
• Extensive experience in banking, risk management, IT governance, data governance, or model risk management.
• Strong understanding of AI technologies (RPA, ML, LLMs) and risk controls.
• Deep knowledge of BSP regulations, Data Privacy Act, outsourcing, and model risk principles.
• Proven track record engaging regulators, auditors, and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Bank's AI governance framework, policies, standards, and controls covering RPA, ML, LLMs, and third-party AI solutions.
• Establish AI risk assessment and mitigation frameworks addressing model risk, bias, explainability, data privacy, cybersecurity, 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 for 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 and responsible AI adoption.

Skills

AI governance

Risk management

Data governance

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Model risk mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology/risk

Job description

EastWest Banking Corporation seeks an AI Governance Head to lead the bank's end-to-end AI governance framework, spanning RPA, ML, LLMs, and third-party AI solutions, ensuring ethical, secure, and compliant use of AI in line with BSP regulations.

The role will drive risk assessment, lifecycle governance, and documentation standards, collaborating with risk, compliance, IT, data, and legal teams to enable scalable adoption across the organization.