Vice President, AI Risk

BNY; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY Mellon is seeking a Vice President, AI Risk, to join our Technology Risk Management team in Pittsburgh, PA. This strategic role will help build and sustain the AI Risk program across the organization, ensuring robust governance and risk oversight for AI initiatives.

You will liaise with Risk & Compliance, translate regulatory standards into practical AI risk requirements, and lead cross-functional efforts to embed risk controls across the AI lifecycle.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of AI risk/technology risk experience in regulated environments.
• Strong AI, risk, and technology subject matter expertise with practical on-the-job experience.
• Foundational knowledge of how banks implement risk management frameworks.
• Experience across risk management lifecycle: identification, assessment, measurement, monitoring, governance.
• Proven negotiation and leadership to build a sustainable, adaptable framework.
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Ability to translate complex AI and risk topics into clear requirements and decisions.
• Collaborative mindset and passion for safe, high-impact innovation.

Responsibilities

• Help build, implement, and sustain the AI Risk program and operating model.
• Liaise across Risk & Compliance to close gaps in AI oversight.
• Address and support risk management lifecycle activities across identification to governance.
• Translate risk standards into practical AI risk requirements, processes, governance routines.
• Apply banking risk management framework knowledge to AI risk program.
• Create a sustainable yet flexible framework for future business factors.
• Partner with first and second line stakeholders to implement AI risk requirements.
• Negotiate and influence stakeholders to align on AI risk changes.
• Prepare reporting for senior management and governance forums on progress.

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a future team member for the role of

Vice President, AI Risk, to join our Technology Risk Management team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA. This strategic role will help build and sustain the newly established second line of defense AI Risk team. The Vice President will combine strong AI and risk subject matter expertise with practical experience working within a highly regulated industry to effectively implement the AI Risk program. The role will liaise across Risk & Compliance to close gaps on AI as a transversal risk in line with enterprise risk management and regulatory standards.

This exciting role entails one thing: helping build and sustain the AI Risk program across BNY. Activities include, but are not limited to:

• Help build, implement, and sustain the newly established AI Risk program and supporting operating model.
• Liaise across Risk & Compliance to identify and close gaps in the oversight of AI as a transversal risk.
• Address and support sustained execution across the risk management lifecycle, including risk identification, assessment, measurement, monitoring, and governance.
• Translate enterprise risk management principles and regulatory standards into practical AI risk requirements, processes, and governance routines.
• Apply practical knowledge of how banks implement risk management frameworks to support the successful build of the AI Risk program.
• Help create a framework that is sustainable while remaining flexible enough to adjust to future business environment factors.
• Partner with first and second line stakeholders to implement AI risk requirements and resolve cross-functional gaps.
• Use negotiation, leadership, and influence to align stakeholders and drive execution of new or changing AI risk requirements.
• Prepare clear reporting and materials for senior management and governance forums on program development, risk gaps, and execution progress.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• At least 6 years of relevant experience in AI risk, technology risk, cyber risk, data risk, model risk, or enterprise risk management, including practical experience within a highly regulated industry.
• Strong AI, risk, and technology subject matter expertise supported by practical on-the-job experience.
• Foundational knowledge and experience related to how banks implement and sustain risk management frameworks.
• Experience working across the risk management lifecycle, including risk identification, assessment, measurement, monitoring, and governance.
• Proven negotiation and leadership skills, with the ability to build a sustainable framework that can adjust to future business environment factors.
• Ability to influence technology, business, and Risk & Compliance stakeholders without direct authority.
• Ability to translate complex AI and risk topics into clear requirements, decisions, and senior-management communications.
• A collaborative mindset and a passion for enabling safe, high-impact innovation.

About Us

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments & safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart.

About The Team

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• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits And Rewards

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an “at will” position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.