VP, Model & AI Governance

Humana, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 189,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Humana, Inc. seeks an Associate Vice President to lead Model & AI Governance, establishing an enterprise-wide framework for AI risk management, responsible AI, and governance.

You will partner with executives across technology, data, clinical, compliance, legal, privacy and security to ensure safe, ethical, and compliant AI deployment. You will drive standards for model validation, bias mitigation, explainability, and ongoing monitoring while reporting to the Chief Audit & Risk Officer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in risk management, AI governance, or related fields.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide model or AI governance programs.
• Experience operating at executive level within a regulated healthcare organization.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies and governance frameworks.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulatory requirements and risk management.
• Ability to present complex risk and governance topics to executives and boards.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance the enterprise model governance framework, including identification, inventory, classification, risk tiering, development, validation, approval, implementation and monitoring.
• Define model risk appetite, taxonomy, control standards, governance requirements and escalation thresholds.
• Provide effective challenge over model development, validation, implementation, monitoring and performance.
• Oversee the enterprise model inventory and ensure ownership, documentation, and risk classification.
• Establish standards for model validation, including bias, explainability and ongoing monitoring.
• Ensure governance over third-party and externally developed models.
• Develop and oversee the organization’s Responsible AI framework and principles.
• Establish governance standards addressing fairness, bias, transparency, explainability, privacy, and human oversight.
• Develop AI risk assessments and approval requirements proportionate to impact.
• Lead governance committees and report risk exposure to management and boards.

Skills

Executive leadership

AI governance

Risk management

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Humana, Inc. seeks an Associate Vice President to lead Model & AI Governance, establishing an enterprise-wide framework for AI risk management, responsible AI, and governance.

You will partner with executives across technology, data, clinical, compliance, legal, privacy and security to ensure safe, ethical, and compliant AI deployment. You will drive standards for model validation, bias mitigation, explainability, and ongoing monitoring while reporting to the Chief Audit & Risk Officer.