Head of Responsible AI Governance & Engineering

New York Life; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 270,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Adoption assistance

Student loan repayment programmes

Job summary

New York Life is seeking a Head of AI Governance to build a technology-enabled governance function that combines risk, compliance, and AI expertise with hands-on AI capability. You will lead an expert team, drive standards, and coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Audit, and Information Security across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes governance automation via agents, continuous oversight, and practical approaches to enable safe AI adoption at scale in a regulated financial services

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience across technology risk, model risk management, AI/ML governance, compliance, or a closely related discipline, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience building or substantially modernising a governance function — not solely operating an existing one.
• Hands‑on fluency with modern AI technology: foundation models, agentic systems, MLOps, evaluation and monitoring tooling, and AI security concerns such as prompt injection, data leakage, and supply‑chain risk.
• Working command of the AI regulatory and standards landscape relevant to U.S. insurance and financial services, including NIST AI RMF, NAIC model guidance, NYDFS expectations, SR 11‑7 model risk principles, and emerging state and international AI regulation.
• Proven ability to influence and partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Information Security, and Procurement at a senior level.
• Experience governing third‑party and vendor‑embedded AI capabilities.
• Executive communication skills, including the ability to present to board‑level and regulatory audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead a governance function overseeing AI model validation, risk classification, monitoring, and continuous oversight across the SDLC.
• Build and manage an expert governance review team to address complex scenarios and provide practical paths forward.
• Establish service levels, escalation paths, and decision rights to keep governance aligned with delivery pace.
• Represent NYL AI in enterprise governance forums and external AI governance groups to stay aligned with standards.

Skills

AI governance

Leadership

Executive communication

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor governance

Tools

Foundation models

Agentic systems

MLOps

AI security tooling

Job description

New York Life is seeking a Head of AI Governance to build a technology-enabled governance function that combines risk, compliance, and AI expertise with hands-on AI capability. You will lead an expert team, drive standards, and coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Audit, and Information Security across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes governance automation via agents, continuous oversight, and practical approaches to enable safe AI adoption at scale in a regulated financial services