Director Data Quality Governance and Strategy

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?  

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets.  We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact.  We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits
• Pension 
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee). 

The impact you will have in this role:

We are seeking a highly experienced Director, Lead AI Governance to establish and oversee the governance framework that ensures the safe, responsible, and scalable adoption of artificial intelligence across the organization. In this role, you will define the policies, standards, and oversight mechanisms required to manage AI risks while enabling innovation and responsible experimentation.

You will work closely with technology leadership, model risk management, data governance, and product teams to ensure AI systems align with regulatory expectations, enterprise risk frameworks, and industry best practices. The role will also help shape how AI capabilities are deployed across the organization by developing practical governance approaches that balance oversight with the need for rapid innovation.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• AI Governance Strategy & Framework Development Ability to define enterprise governance frameworks that guide the responsible development, deployment, and monitoring of AI systems across the organization.
• Model Risk & Responsible AI Oversight Experience designing governance structures that align AI development with model risk management, fairness, transparency, and accountability principles.
• AI Risk Assessment & Control Design Strong ability to evaluate AI systems and define appropriate controls related to data usage, model behavior, monitoring, and operational risks.
• Regulatory & Compliance Alignment Understanding of emerging regulatory expectations related to AI, including frameworks governing transparency, accountability, and safe deployment of advanced AI technologies.
• AI Lifecycle Governance Ability to establish governance processes that oversee the entire AI lifecycle, including experimentation, development, deployment, monitoring, and retirement.
• Cross-Functional Risk Collaboration Experience working with technology, legal, compliance, data governance, and model risk teams to ensure AI initiatives align with enterprise risk management practices.
• Enterprise AI Adoption Enablement Ability to design governance processes that support responsible scaling of AI capabilities while minimizing unnecessary barriers to innovation.

**NOTE:  The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field of study
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in technology governance, model risk management, data governance, AI risk management, or related leadership roles.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Deep understanding of AI governance, model risk management, and responsible AI frameworks.
• Experience developing governance structures for machine learning and generative AI technologies.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory expectations and risk frameworks related to AI and advanced analytics.
• Ability to design practical governance frameworks that enable innovation while maintaining strong oversight.
• Experience working across technology, risk, legal, and compliance organizations.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to explain complex AI risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to guide organizations in implementing responsible AI practices, monitoring, and oversight mechanisms.

We offer top class training and development for you to be an asset in our organization!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork.  When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC’s business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC’s mission to support the financial markets.