AVP, Model & AI Governance — Remote Risk Leader

Humana; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 189,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Humana, Inc. invites an Associate Vice President, Model & AI Governance, to lead the enterprise framework for model governance and AI risk management.

The role oversees risk, governance, validation and monitoring of models and AI technologies, partnering with executives across technology, data, clinical and compliance functions. Located in a national footprint, the leader will champion responsible AI, ensure independent oversight, and report on risk exposure to leadership and Board committees.

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 other disciplines.
• Significant experience leading enterprise-wide model governance, AI governance, responsible AI, or technology risk programs.
• Demonstrated experience operating at an executive level within a complex, highly regulated organization.
• Healthcare experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, generative AI, model development and validation, data governance, and technology risk.
• Knowledge of emerging AI regulatory and governance frameworks and applicable healthcare regulatory requirements.
• Strong understanding of enterprise risk management, internal controls, issue management, and risk appetite frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience presenting complex risk, technology, analytics, and AI governance topics to executive leadership and Board-level audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance the enterprise model governance framework, including model inventory, classification, risk tiering, development, validation, approval, 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 ownership, accountability, documentation, and risk classification.
• Establish standards for model validation, including conceptual soundness, performance, stability, data quality, bias, explainability and ongoing monitoring.
• Ensure governance over third-party and externally developed models.
• Develop and oversee the Responsible AI framework and principles.
• Establish governance standards addressing fairness, bias, transparency, explainability, accountability, privacy, human oversight, safety, security, and appropriate AI use.
• Establish processes for AI risk intake, assessment, approval, monitoring, and oversight with other governance functions.
• Develop standards for responsible use of generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, automated decision-making and emerging tech.
• Establish governance to address model drift, hallucination, discrimination, explainability limitations and other AI risks.
• Own the enterprise AI risk management framework and governance processes.
• Establish oversight for the AI inventory, risk-rated and monitored lifecycle.
• Develop AI risk assessments and approval requirements proportionate to potential impact.
• Ongoing monitoring of AI performance, risk indicators, incidents and threats.
• Partner with cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Data Governance, and Technology Risk.
• Governance for external AI providers, foundation models, APIs, platforms and third-party AI solutions.
• Policies, standards, procedures, control requirements and governance committees for model and AI risk.
• Define first-line ownership and second-line oversight responsibilities.
• Develop and monitor risk appetite metrics and KPIs for reporting and decision-making.
• Lead Model Risk and AI Risk Governance committees and report to executives, risk committees and boards.
• Lead a hybrid team responsible for model validation, governance, AI risk assessments and assurance.
• Promote a culture of responsible AI and governance through training and engagement.

Skills

Executive leadership

AI governance

Model risk management

Healthcare knowledge

Regulatory awareness

Risk reporting

Board communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Humana, Inc. invites an Associate Vice President, Model & AI Governance, to lead the enterprise framework for model governance and AI risk management.

The role oversees risk, governance, validation and monitoring of models and AI technologies, partnering with executives across technology, data, clinical and compliance functions. Located in a national footprint, the leader will champion responsible AI, ensure independent oversight, and report on risk exposure to leadership and Board committees.