Head of Finance AI & Data Governance

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive seeks a Director of Finance AI and Data Governance to lead the finance-wide AI transformation by building trusted data foundations, governed semantic layers, and scalable AI capabilities that improve decision-making, productivity, controls, and business partnership.

The role owns Finance data governance, semantic modeling, AI agent development standards, use-case prioritization, and value delivery across financial and operational domains, establishing a central team of AI and data

Responsibilities

• Own the Finance AI and data transformation roadmap in support of the Finance team vision.
• Translate Finance strategy into a prioritized portfolio of AI and data initiatives that accelerate planning and reporting cycles.
• Establish Finance data governance policies to ensure a single source of truth and high-quality data foundations.
• Lead governance forums that approve definitions, business rules, quality standards, lineage expectations, security, and access controls.
• Own the Finance semantic layer and certified metric framework, standardizing definitions and calculation logic across reporting, analytics, planning, and AI agents.
• Establish certification, release, version control, and change-management processes for the Finance semantic layer.
• Define the playbook for Finance agents, including grounding, orchestration, evaluation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Own the operating model for democratized agent development and ensure governed data supports AI scaling within Finance.
• Establish accuracy thresholds, human oversight, risk controls, and production support expectations.
• Lead intake and prioritization across Finance AI and Data initiatives, with capacity allocation and portfolio reviews.
• Lead the operating model for Finance AI and data delivery by setting standards and enabling teams.
• Build, lead, and develop a central Finance AI and Data Governance team with talent strategy and delivery expectations.
• Partner with IT, Enterprise AI and Data, Security, and Finance leadership to align architecture and investment priorities.
• Build a Finance AI community of practice with reusable playbooks to scale AI proficiency across the finance organization.
• Partner with functional leaders to leverage AI to improve day-to-day work and transform processes.
• Measure adoption, productivity, quality, value realization, and risk posture across the AI and data portfolio.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Finance organization and enterprise partners, translating portfolio outcomes and communicating progress and risks.

Job description

Intuitive seeks a Director of Finance AI and Data Governance to lead the finance-wide AI transformation by building trusted data foundations, governed semantic layers, and scalable AI capabilities that improve decision-making, productivity, controls, and business partnership.

The role owns Finance data governance, semantic modeling, AI agent development standards, use-case prioritization, and value delivery across financial and operational domains, establishing a central team of AI and data