VP, AI Risk & Governance — Strategic Risk Leader

LPL Financial; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

health benefits

employee stock options

paid time off

volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a Senior Vice President to lead AI risk governance, integrating regulatory understanding with enterprise AI oversight. You will shape risk culture, drive governance maturity, and partner across functions to enable responsible AI adoption at pace.

This builder-operator role demands strong leadership, bold collaboration, and the ability to translate complex AI risk into actionable decisions for executives and business partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Risk Management, Economics, Finance, or related discipline. Advanced degree preferred.
• 7-10+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, governance or a related control function, preferably within a regulated financial institution
• 2+ years in AI risk management, governance or compliance-related roles
• Prior leadership experience with a proven ability to lead and mentor teams

Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve the AI governance framework, polices and standards in alignment with current and emerging regulatory landscape and frameworks
• Oversee, conduct and challenge risk assessments and gap analyses on AI solutions to identify and evaluate risks and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations
• Define and challenge control expectations for AI development and deployment, including cybersecurity and broader technology governance processes
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure AI models align with AI risk frameworks and requirements
• Assist in establishing and overseeing AI risk governance frameworks, including control frameworks, governance standards, policy development and committee governance
• Ensure adherence to industry’s best practices, such as NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO AI standards as well as emerging AI regulations
• Serve as the subject matter expert and lead production of materials for executive-level risk and governance committees
• Drive clear, well-reasoned risk decisions and ensure risks are documented and presented to executives in an effective manner
• Communicate AI risk clearly to non-technical executives, translating technical and regulatory nuance into actional decisions
• Coordinate across risk and business stakeholders to ensure framework consistency
• Partner with Cybersecurity, third-party risk, privacy, legal and compliance on integrated reviews, defined clear decision rights across functions
• Help mature AI risk and governance operating model and track/escalation key risk and performance indicators
• Adapt to the evolving needs of business partners and changes within the Risk & Compliance organization.

Skills

Risk governance

AI risk management

Regulatory compliance

Executive communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

NIST AI RMF

ISO AI standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Risk Management, Economics, Finance, or related discipline

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

NIST AI RMF

ISO AI standards

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a Senior Vice President to lead AI risk governance, integrating regulatory understanding with enterprise AI oversight. You will shape risk culture, drive governance maturity, and partner across functions to enable responsible AI adoption at pace.

This builder-operator role demands strong leadership, bold collaboration, and the ability to translate complex AI risk into actionable decisions for executives and business partners.