Senior AI Risk & Governance Lead

Fifth Third Bank; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fifth Third Bank is seeking a senior AI governance professional to lead and advance governance structures for AI, Generative AI, and related technologies. You will collaborate with business, technology, operations, data, Legal, Compliance, and Audit to design controls, monitor risk, and ensure regulatory alignment across AI-enabled initiatives.

You will translate business needs into governance deliverables, support proof-of-concept to deployment, and provide actionable risk insights and

Responsibilities

• Assists Business Controls leadership with the development and implementation of complex AI governance strategies, controls, policies, standards, and procedures that improve effectiveness and efficiency across the respective business or functional area.
• Provides expertise and analysis related to the identification, assessment, control, monitoring, testing, and reporting of risks associated with AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, and emerging technologies.
• Supports AI use case intake, classification, risk tiering, approval, inventory, and governance processes in accordance with enterprise requirements.
• Evaluates AI-enabled solutions for risks involving fairness, bias, explainability, transparency, privacy, security, data quality, intellectual property, resilience, human oversight, customer impact, and regulatory compliance.
• Conducts AI-focused RCSA facilitated sessions in which applicable processes, risks, controls, and residual risk ratings are evaluated and documented.
• Identifies applicable governance requirements and supports the design, implementation, documentation, and ongoing effectiveness of AI-related controls.
• Coordinates updates to AI governance, risk, control, issue, indicator, and inventory records in designated systems of record, including applicable GRC and portfolio management tools.

Job description

Fifth Third Bank is seeking a senior AI governance professional to lead and advance governance structures for AI, Generative AI, and related technologies. You will collaborate with business, technology, operations, data, Legal, Compliance, and Audit to design controls, monitor risk, and ensure regulatory alignment across AI-enabled initiatives.

You will translate business needs into governance deliverables, support proof-of-concept to deployment, and provide actionable risk insights and