Strategic VP Enterprise AI Governance & Risk

The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health seeks a Staff Vice President, Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Operational Excellence to lead the transformation of technology governance into a scalable operating model that supports speed, trust, and regulatory compliance. The role connects Legal, Compliance, Risk, Security, Data, Technology, and Business to resolve complex issues quickly and embed governance into enterprise workflows.

The leader will build mechanisms across Responsible AI, enterprise governance, regulatory

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously advance the enterprise operating model for Responsible AI, including decision rights, risk‑tiering, review pathways, escalation mechanisms, human oversight, and ongoing monitoring.
• Translate Responsible AI principles into enforceable standards, repeatable controls, evidence requirements, and practical guidance for technology and business teams.
• Establish governance across the AI lifecycle, from intake and use‑case assessment through development, deployment, monitoring, change management, and retirement.
• Ensure AI governance addresses traditional, generative, agentic, and emerging AI capabilities without creating unnecessary barriers to responsible innovation.
• Anticipate, assess, and operationalize evolving federal and state requirements affecting AI, data, privacy, technology, and healthcare operations.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Risk, Government Affairs, and Internal Audit to convert regulatory interpretation into clear enterprise requirements, controls, ownership, and evidence.
• Maintain a traceable view of obligations, policy decisions, risk acceptances, exceptions, control performance, and remediation actions.
• Prepare the organization for regulatory inquiries, audits, examinations, and executive or board‑level oversight with reliable documentation and transparent reporting.
• Chair or lead decision forums that bring together Legal, Compliance, Risk, Security, Data, Technology, Operations, and Business leaders to resolve issues at the right level and pace.
• Create clear decision rights, escalation paths, service‑level commitments, and accountability so issues do not stall across organizational boundaries.
• Frame complex tradeoffs in business terms, clarify residual risk, and drive documented decisions that leaders can execute.
• Build trusted relationships while maintaining the independence and judgment required to challenge plans that create unacceptable enterprise

Job description

Elevance Health seeks a Staff Vice President, Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Operational Excellence to lead the transformation of technology governance into a scalable operating model that supports speed, trust, and regulatory compliance. The role connects Legal, Compliance, Risk, Security, Data, Technology, and Business to resolve complex issues quickly and embed governance into enterprise workflows.

The leader will build mechanisms across Responsible AI, enterprise governance, regulatory