Artificial Intelligence Senior Associate

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a Technology Research & Innovation AI Governance Senior Associate to shape and execute the enterprise AI governance framework. You will partner with AI Enablement, risk, compliance, and product teams to ensure responsible AI and auditable artifacts across the lifecycle.

You will drive governance metrics, attestation processes, and executive reporting, enabling innovation with strong control and regulatory alignment in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in technology, risk management, governance, or related disciplines.
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred) or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Shape and implement DTCC’s enterprise AI governance framework and controls.
• Guide AI use cases through governance pathways and risk assessment.
• Define governance metrics, reporting, and executive dashboards.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, risk, compliance, and legal teams to ensure accountable AI.

Skills

AI governance

Risk management

Policy development

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

The Technology Research & Innovation AI Governance Senior Associate is a senior individual-contributor role responsible for shaping, executing, and continuously improving DTCC’s enterprise AI governance framework. This role partners closely with the AI Enablement Team (AET), AI Council, Technology Risk, Compliance, Legal, Model Risk, Privacy, Cyber, and product and engineering teams to ensure AI use cases are identified, assessed, governed, monitored, and reported in accordance with DTCC AI Policy, enterprise standards, and regulatory and audit expectations. In addition, the Senior Associate will strengthen DTCC’s first line of defense for AI by providing review, challenge, guidance, and oversight across the AI lifecycle, while enabling responsible innovation at scale.

Your Primary Responsibilities

AI Governance, Controls & Audit Readiness

• Support the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of DTCC’s AI governance framework, policies, standards, and procedures
• Review, challenge, and provide guidance on AI use cases to ensure risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, accepted, or remediated in alignment with DTCC’s risk appetite
• Ensure AI governance activities produce clear, consistent, and auditable artifacts to support internal audit, regulatory reviews, and management assurance
• Align AI governance practices with DTCC’s broader risk, control, issue management, and compliance frameworks
• Monitor emerging AI-related regulatory, industry, and supervisory developments and assess impacts to DTCC governance and controls

AI Use Case Lifecycle Management

• Partner with the AI Enablement Team to guide AI use case submissions through appropriate review and governance pathways, including AET Review, AI Registry, and additional Portfolio Management/ARB/SDP processes
• Ensure AI use cases are evaluated for consistency, duplication, risk exposure, and alignment with enterprise standards
• Support maintenance and quality assurance of enterprise AI inventories, registries, and attestations for production AI solutions

Metrics, Reporting & Executive Communication

• Define, review, and enhance AI governance metrics, KPIs, and KRIs to provide transparent, defensible insight into AI adoption, risk posture, and control effectiveness
• Prepare materials for leadership, governance forums, and regulatory stakeholders, including dashboards, summaries, and presentations
• Support consistent enterprise reporting on AI initiatives, risks, and governance effectiveness

Stakeholder Partnership & Enablement

• Act as a trusted advisor to product, engineering, data, risk, compliance, and legal partners on responsible AI governance and control expectations
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the lines of defense to ensure cohesive execution of AI governance, risk, and audit objectives
• Contribute to education sessions, working groups, and forums to reinforce AI governance, control discipline, and audit-ready practices across DTCC

NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in technology, risk management, governance, or related disciplines, ideally within financial services.
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred) or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

• Strong understanding of AI concepts, model lifecycles, and associated risk domains (e.g., model risk, data risk, privacy, cyber, operational risk)
• Proven ability to review, challenge, and influence complex initiatives while balancing innovation with risk and control requirements
• Experience working across enterprise governance processes, including issue management, policy development, and executive reporting
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to synthesize complex topics for non-experts, audit, and regulatory audiences
• Direct experience supporting or partnering with AI governance, model risk management, data governance, or emerging technology oversight functions
• Familiarity with enterprise portfolio governance, metrics, and board-level reporting
• Experience operating in fast-paced, lean teams with high visibility and accountability

We offer top class training and development for you to be an asset in our organization! The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.