Chief AI Security & Data Governance Leader

UMB Bank; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 221,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health savings account

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Wellbeing program

Adoption assistance

Job summary

UMB Bank seeks an expert to lead AI security, governance and data protection across the enterprise. You will set standards, assess risks, review controls, and partner with Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, and business leaders to close gaps and ensure responsible AI use.

You will balance threat mitigation with practical enablement, building security into designs, guiding tool selection, and supporting audits and regulatory examinations while communicating risk to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSP, or AIGP are helpful.
• 10+ years of experience across cybersecurity, data protection, security architecture, technology risk, or governance.
• 4+ years of leadership or people management.
• Experience in financial services or another regulated industry, with understanding of audit and regulatory expectations.
• Practical experience assessing AI security risks, including generative AI, AI agents, and third-party AI services.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security, governance and data security strategy with clear priorities and reporting.
• Develop practical policies and standards for AI use and data protection.
• Review new AI tools, use cases and significant changes for security risks and safeguards.
• Cover AI developed internally, employee tools, and AI capabilities in third-party products.
• Set data access, encryption, sharing, retention and data loss prevention requirements.
• Work with engineering to build security into designs and verify controls.
• Coordinate with Legal, Privacy and vendor management on AI access and protection.
• Track findings, remediate, and escalate unresolved risks.

Skills

Security leadership

AI security

Governance

Data protection

Risk assessment

Stakeholder comms

Regulatory familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

UMB Bank seeks an expert to lead AI security, governance and data protection across the enterprise. You will set standards, assess risks, review controls, and partner with Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, and business leaders to close gaps and ensure responsible AI use.

You will balance threat mitigation with practical enablement, building security into designs, guiding tool selection, and supporting audits and regulatory examinations while communicating risk to senior stakeholders.