AI Governance Lead — Risk, Compliance & Stock Plan

First American; United States; Remote; USD 112,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k plan

PTO / paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

First American is seeking an AI Governance Program Manager to lead the divisional AI governance initiative, applying MISMO FRAME as the core framework. You will define the governance operating model, lifecycle for AI use cases, and risk-tiering, coordinating with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and other control functions to ensure robust governance across mortgage-related AI initiatives.

The role emphasizes governance and risk management, with no responsibility for developing AI solutions, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, risk management, information systems, technology, data science, finance, law, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 8-10 years of program management experience with enterprise governance, technology risk, operational risk, compliance, model risk, IT governance, audit, data governance, responsible AI, or a related control function.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing administration of the divisional AI Governance Program, utilizing MISMO FRAME as the primary governance framework.
• Own and maintain the AI governance operating model, including roles and responsibilities, decision rights, governance forums, approval authorities, escalation paths, exception processes, and required evidence.
• Establish and administer the AI use-case lifecycle, including intake, inventory, risk classification, assessment, review, approval, implementation, monitoring, material-change review, periodic reassessment, and retirement.
• Maintain an inventory of AI systems and use cases, including internally developed solutions, third-party solutions, and AI functionality embedded within vendor products or existing technology platforms.
• Develop and maintain a risk-tiering methodology that evaluates AI use cases based on factors such as consumer impact, regulatory and compliance exposure, decision influence, operational impact, data sensitivity, autonomy, explainability, and third-party dependency.
• Coordinate required review and independent challenge by subject‑matter functions, including Legal, Compliance, Fair Lending, Privacy, Information Security, Data Governance, Enterprise Risk, Model Risk, Vendor Management, and other applicable control functions.
• Establish AI‑specific control requirements and work with control owners to ensure controls are appropriately designed, documented, implemented, evidenced, and monitored in accordance with the risk presented by each use case.
• Lead governance for mortgage related third‑party AI, partnering with Vendor Management, Legal, Security, Compliance, and business owners to establish due‑diligence requirements, contractual expectations, change‑notification requirements, ongoing oversight, and evidence standards.
• Develop, analyze, and report AI governance Key Performance Indicators and Key Risk Indicators, providing governance reporting for senior management and applicable governance committees.
• Monitor changes in regulatory expectations, industry practices, mortgage‑industry standards, and internal risk requirements affecting AI governance and recommend corresponding changes to policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
• Maintain audit, examination, and customer readiness by ensuring governance decisions, approvals, risk assessments, monitoring results, testing evidence, exceptions, and remediation activities are traceable and appropriately documented.
• Provide subject matter expertise regarding AI governance policies, standards, controls, documentation, and risk‑management requirements to business and technology stakeholders.
• Partner effectively with business and technology teams while providing independent challenge and escalating AI use cases that do not meet established governance requirements.

Skills

Governance framework

Regulatory compliance

AI governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

MISMO FRAME

Job description

First American is seeking an AI Governance Program Manager to lead the divisional AI governance initiative, applying MISMO FRAME as the core framework. You will define the governance operating model, lifecycle for AI use cases, and risk-tiering, coordinating with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and other control functions to ensure robust governance across mortgage-related AI initiatives.

The role emphasizes governance and risk management, with no responsibility for developing AI solutions, and