Senior Director: AI Strategy & Data Foundations

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank seeks a Senior Director of AI Strategy, Data Foundations & Governance to lead enterprise data and AI enablement initiatives in Columbia, SC. You will define strategy, governance, and adoption frameworks influencing risk management and regulatory readiness.

The role partners with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Security, and product teams to deliver measurable outcomes and scalable patterns, while guiding enterprise-wide change and talent development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Data/Analytics/Engineering or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 10+ years leading enterprise data strategy, governance, or analytics initiatives in regulated environments.
• Ability to align business strategy, AI capabilities, data readiness, and risk into an enterprise vision.
• Knowledge of governance, metadata, lineage, classification, and data quality practices.
• Experience designing operating models and governance frameworks across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to influence executives and stakeholders in a matrixed environment; strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise AI strategy, data foundations, governance, and enablement.
• Establish frameworks to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and sequence enterprise AI and data opportunities.
• Align priorities, capabilities, data readiness, and risk for decision-making.
• Define and monitor adoption, value realization, governance effectiveness, and organizational maturity.
• Lead enablement efforts and develop reusable frameworks, guardrails, and playbooks.
• Communicate strategy and results to executives, regulatory bodies, and technical audiences.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data/Analytics, Engineering, or a related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank seeks a Senior Director of AI Strategy, Data Foundations & Governance to lead enterprise data and AI enablement initiatives in Columbia, SC. You will define strategy, governance, and adoption frameworks influencing risk management and regulatory readiness.

The role partners with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Security, and product teams to deliver measurable outcomes and scalable patterns, while guiding enterprise-wide change and talent development.