AVP, AI Governance & Model Risk Strategy

Humana Inc; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 189,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive

Remote position

Job summary

Humana Inc. seeks an Associate Vice President, Model & AI Governance, to lead the enterprise framework for model governance and AI risk management, driving responsible AI practices and governance across the organization.

The role partners with executives across technology, data, compliance, legal and privacy to ensure AI systems are safe, compliant, transparent and ethically deployed, with strong board-level reporting and oversight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in risk management, model risk management, AI governance, technology risk, data governance, analytics, compliance, internal audit or related disciplines.
• Significant experience leading enterprise-wide model governance, AI governance, responsible AI, or technology risk programs.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously enhance the enterprise model governance framework, including model identification, inventory, classification, risk tiering, development, validation, approval, implementation, monitoring, change management, retirement and documentation.
• Define model risk appetite, risk taxonomy, minimum control standards, governance requirements and escalation thresholds.
• Provide effective challenge over model development, validation, implementation, monitoring and performance.
• Oversee the enterprise model inventory and ensure appropriate ownership, accountability, documentation, and risk classification.
• Establish standards for model validation, including conceptual soundness, performance, stability, data quality, bias, explainability and ongoing monitoring.
• Ensure appropriate governance over third-party and externally developed models.
• Develop and oversee the organization’s Responsible AI framework and principles.
• Establish governance standards addressing fairness, bias, transparency, explainability, accountability, privacy, human oversight, safety, security, and appropriate use of AI.
• Establish processes for AI use-case risk intake, risk assessment, approval, monitoring, and ongoing oversight, working with AI governance functions to streamline processes.
• Develop standards for responsible use of generative AI, large language models, AI agents, automated decision-making and other emerging technologies.
• Establish governance mechanisms to identify and address unintended consequences, model drift, hallucination, discrimination, explainability limitations, and other AI-specific risks.
• Own the enterprise AI risk management framework and governance processes.
• Establish governance requirements and oversight for the enterprise AI inventory, ensuring AI applications are inventoried, classified, risk-rated, owned, and monitored.
• Develop AI risk assessments and approval requirements proportional to potential impact.
• Establish ongoing monitoring of AI performance, risk indicators, incidents and threats.
• Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, legal, compliance, data governance, and technology risk on AI-specific risks.
• Establish governance for external AI providers, foundation models, APIs, AI platforms, and third-party AI solutions.
• Establish policies, standards, procedures, control requirements, and governance committees for model and AI risk.

Skills

Model governance

AI governance

Risk management

Executive leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Humana Inc. seeks an Associate Vice President, Model & AI Governance, to lead the enterprise framework for model governance and AI risk management, driving responsible AI practices and governance across the organization.

The role partners with executives across technology, data, compliance, legal and privacy to ensure AI systems are safe, compliant, transparent and ethically deployed, with strong board-level reporting and oversight.