AI Portfolio, Governance & Value Realization Lead

T. Rowe Price; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Annual bonus eligibility

Competitive compensation

Job summary

T. Rowe Price is seeking an AI Portfolio, Governance & Value Realization Lead in Baltimore, MD to manage the Global Distribution AI portfolio. You will ensure prioritization, governance, and value realization across AI initiatives, coordinating with AI Product Managers, delivery pods, and business functions.

Reporting to the Director, AI Enablement & Ecosystem, you will establish standards for KPIs, conduct portfolio reviews, and drive measurable business outcomes in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, finance, strategy, analytics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, portfolio management, or related roles.
• Strong analytical skills with evidence-based decision-making; excellent written communication.

Responsibilities

• AI Intake & Portfolio Management: manage a transparent GD AI backlog and triage opportunities.
• Prioritization & Resource Allocation: sequence opportunities using value, readiness, and sponsorship criteria.
• Governance & Executive Reporting: prepare materials for governance forums and leadership updates.
• Value Realization & Performance Measurement: define baselines, KPIs, adoption, and value realization.
• Operating Discipline & Continuous Improvement: develop templates and improve portfolio governance.
• Mindset: analytical, clear communication with senior stakeholders, evidence-driven.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Executive communication

AI literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

## AI Portfolio, Governance & Value Realization LeadApply: Baltimore, MD: Full time: Posted Today: 83419At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity.Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you.**Role Summary**The AI Portfolio, Governance & Value Realization Lead will operate the management system for the Global Distribution AI portfolio - helping ensure GD identifies the highest-value AI opportunities, makes deliberate resource-allocation decisions, removes blockers, and measures realized business impact.Reporting to the Director, AI Enablement & Ecosystem, this role will serve as the central point of coordination for AI intake, portfolio visibility, prioritization, governance, executive reporting, and value realization across Global Distribution.The role will work across transformational AI products, targeted workflow interventions, Associate-built solutions, and scaled enablement initiatives. It will not own delivery of the initiatives; instead, it will establish the common discipline and transparency required to drive prioritization, assess level of effort required, and measure impact and outcomes.**Responsibilities****AI Intake & Portfolio Management:*** Own and continuously improve the GD AI intake process, making it easy for Associates and leaders to surface AI opportunities.* Structure incoming opportunities to clarify the business problem, potential value, sponsorship, readiness, feasibility, and intended outcomes.* Maintain a single, transparent view of the GD AI opportunity backlog and active portfolio across delivery models.* Coordinate initial triage and routing of opportunities to the appropriate path, including self-service enablement, Associate-built reusable solutions, targeted workflow interventions, transformational AI products, or future consideration.**Prioritization & Resource Allocation:*** Develop fact-based recommendations for sequencing AI opportunities using agreed criteria such as potential business value, speed to impact, readiness, feasibility, reuse, sponsorship, and learning value.* Facilitate recurring portfolio reviews with AI leaders and senior business stakeholders.* Track capacity and dependencies across the portfolio and identify areas where resources are constrained or misaligned.* Maintain clear records of major portfolio decisions, changes in priority, and rationale.**Governance & Executive Reporting:*** Develop materials and insights for GD AI governance forums, including Steering Committee and other senior leadership discussions.* Maintain an active view of key blockers, dependencies, decisions, accountable owners, and target resolution dates.* Produce concise recurring portfolio updates that communicate progress, shipped capabilities, business outcomes, risks, and near-term priorities.* Partner with the Head of GD AI Strategy & Transformation and broader team to communicate the GD AI story with evidence, clarity, and consistency.**Value Realization & Performance Measurement:*** Establish common standards for defining business outcomes, baselines, KPIs, adoption measures, and value-realization expectations across the AI portfolio.* Partner with delivery owners and business sponsors to ensure appropriate success measures are established before implementation.* Coordinate post-launch value reviews, including agreed 30- and 60-day checks where appropriate.* Maintain an aggregated view of expected and realized value, including productivity, capacity, cost, quality, revenue/client outcomes, adoption, and other relevant measures.* Identify initiatives where realized value is diverging from expectations and surface recommendations for intervention, refinement, scaling, or retirement.**Operating Discipline & Continuous Improvement:*** Develop practical templates, tools, routines, and reporting mechanisms that improve portfolio transparency without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.* Identify recurring delivery blockers or patterns across initiatives and escalate opportunities for systemic resolution.* Continuously improve portfolio governance as GD's AI maturity and volume of activity increase.* Build strong working relationships across AI Product Managers, Implementation Pods, business functions, Technology, Data, Risk, and Finance.**Mindset*** Analytical, structured, and comfortable creating clarity from incomplete information.* High standards for evidence and business value without allowing measurement to become bureaucracy.* Strong judgment and ability to distinguish important signals from noise.* Trusted operator who follows through consistently and communicates clearly with senior stakeholders.**Qualifications****Required:*** Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, finance, strategy, analytics, information systems, or a related field and 8+ years of related experience.* Experience in strategy, transformation, management consulting, product operations, portfolio management, business analysis, or related roles.* Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous business problems and translate them into clear decisions and actions.* Strong analytical skills, including experience developing business cases, KPIs, performance reporting, or value-realization frameworks.* Excellent written communication and executive-material development skills.* Strong stakeholder-management skills across complex, matrixed organizations.* Working knowledge of generative AI and AI-enabled business transformation.**Preferred:*** Experience in financial services or asset management.* Experience supporting executive governance or senior portfolio decision-making.* Familiarity with AI product delivery and responsible AI practices.* Experience measuring productivity, capacity creation, cost savings, adoption, or other transformation outcomes.**FINRA Requirements**FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.**Work Flexibility**This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to one day per week from home.**Base Salary Ranges**Please review the job posting for the location of this specific opportunity.$122,000.00 - $209,000.00 for the location of: Maryland, Colorado, Washington and remote workers $135,000.00 - $230,000.00 for the location of: Washington, D.C. $153,000.00 - $261,000.00 for the location of: New York, CaliforniaPlacement within the range provided above is based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills for the role. Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.**Commitment to Diversity, Equity,** **and** **Inclusion**At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all. **Benefits**We value your goals and needs, at work and in life. As an associate, you’ll be supported with resources, benefits, and work-life balance so you can thrive in ways that matter to you.Featured employee benefits to enrich your life:* Competitive compensation* Annual bonus eligibility* A generous retirement plan* Hybrid work schedule* Health and wellness benefits, including online therapy* Paid time off for vacation, illness, medical appointments, and volunteering days* Family care resources, including fertility and adoption benefitsLearn more about our benefits.## T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.