Remote AVP, AI Governance & Model Risk

Humana, Inc.; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 189,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. seeks an accomplished executive to lead Model & AI Governance, establishing the risk framework for models, AI use and responsible AI across the enterprise.

This role reports to the CRO and collaborates with technology, data, clinical, compliance, legal and privacy teams to ensure safe, ethical and compliant AI deployment. The candidate will drive governance standards for bias, explainability, and risk reporting, while guiding model validation, third-party oversight and

Qualifications

• 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 continuously enhance the enterprise model governance framework across identification, inventory, classification, risk tiering, development, validation, approval, implementation, monitoring, change management 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, documentation and risk classification.
• Establish standards for model validation including bias, explainability and ongoing monitoring.
• Ensure 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, privacy and safety.
• Develop standards for AI use-case risk intake, assessment, approval, monitoring and oversight.
• Lead governance for generative AI, large language models, AI agents and related tech; align with stakeholders.
• Establish mechanisms to identify unintended consequences, model drift and AI-specific risks.
• Own the enterprise AI risk management framework and governance processes.
• Oversee AI inventory governance, risk-rating and lifecycle monitoring.
• Develop AI risk assessments proportionate to impact.
• Monitor AI performance, risk indicators, incidents and threats.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, Compliance and Data Governance.
• Govern external AI provider governance and third-party solutions.
• Define policies, standards and governance committees to manage model and AI risk.

Skills

Model risk management

AI governance

Enterprise risk management

Executive communication

Healthcare knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Humana, Inc. seeks an accomplished executive to lead Model & AI Governance, establishing the risk framework for models, AI use and responsible AI across the enterprise.

This role reports to the CRO and collaborates with technology, data, clinical, compliance, legal and privacy teams to ensure safe, ethical and compliant AI deployment. The candidate will drive governance standards for bias, explainability, and risk reporting, while guiding model validation, third-party oversight and