Enterprise AI and Emerging Technology Risk Oversight Manager

U.S. Bank•Minneapolis, MN

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

U.S. Bank is hiring an Enterprise AI and Emerging Technology Risk Oversight Manager to provide senior second-line risk leadership and oversight for artificial intelligence, generative AI, agentic and autonomous AI, blockchain and distributed ledger technology, and digital assets. The role establishes and evolves the bank’s risk-based approach to emerging technology oversight; anticipates related risks and regulatory developments; provides independent review and credible challenge; and escalates material concerns through appropriate governance channels. The manager will lead second-line oversight of AI governance and digital asset activities, including stablecoins, tokenized deposits and assets, digital asset custody, tokenization, and blockchain-enabled payments and settlement. The role assesses technology-specific, operational, cybersecurity, financial-crime, regulatory, third-party, and ecosystem risks; coordinates with relevant risk partners; and helps maintain an explainable, traceable, and supportable oversight approach. It also advises senior leaders, represents second-line perspectives in regulatory and audit activities, and connects emerging technology concerns with established enterprise risk disciplines. The position leads and develops a team of AI, digital asset, and emerging technology risk professionals, building sustainable organizational capability, technical expertise, and independent risk-management capabilities. The role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
Extensive experience in enterprise risk management, technology risk, operational risk, compliance, cybersecurity, AI risk, financial services, or a related discipline.
Significant leadership experience in a large, highly regulated organization.
Demonstrated experience engaging senior executives, governance committees, regulators, auditors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in business, risk, technology, law, or a related discipline.
Deep understanding of artificial intelligence, generative AI, agentic/autonomous AI, and emerging technology risk.
Working knowledge of blockchain/DLT, digital assets, stablecoins, tokenization, and digital asset custody, including associated operational, cyber, financial-crime, and regulatory risks.
Strong understanding of the three-lines-of-defense model and independent risk oversight.
Experience establishing or transforming enterprise risk/governance programs.
Knowledge of financial services regulatory expectations and emerging AI and digital asset regulatory requirements.
Exceptional executive communication, judgment, influence, and organizational leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Provide senior second-line leadership and oversight for AI, generative AI, agentic/autonomous AI, blockchain/distributed ledger technology, and digital assets.
Establish and evolve the organization’s risk-based approach to emerging technology oversight, anticipating risks and regulatory developments and translating them into oversight priorities.
Provide independent review, credible challenge, and escalation of material technology-risk considerations.
Lead second-line oversight supporting the Artificial Intelligence Technology Policy and associated AI governance processes.
Oversee the AI risk classification and tiering framework; challenge AI governance, methodology application, and material changes; and monitor trends, exceptions, and emerging risks.
Maintain effective escalation and reporting of significant AI risk issues to appropriate governance forums.
Lead second-line oversight of digital asset activities, including stablecoin and tokenized deposit initiatives, custody and safekeeping, tokenization, and blockchain-enabled payment and settlement use cases.
Independently review and challenge new digital asset products, services, and material changes through product and change-risk approval processes, ensuring alignment with approved risk appetite.
Oversee identification and assessment of digital asset risks, including cryptographic key management, smart contract integrity, wallet and custody security, network/protocol and consensus risk, reserve and liquidity management, and DLT platform operational resilience.
Coordinate with BSA/AML, sanctions, fraud, consumer protection, third-party, and cybersecurity risk partners to provide an integrated view of digital asset risks, including blockchain analytics and transaction-monitoring considerations.
Assess third-party and ecosystem risk involving digital asset custodians, sub-custodians, blockchain networks, issuers, and technology providers.
Establish key risk indicators, monitoring, and reporting for digital asset activities, and escalate material risks, control gaps, and exceptions.
Maintain a forward-looking view of emerging technologies and their implications for the bank’s risk profile, including autonomous and agentic AI, tokenization, programmable money, and AI/digital-asset convergence.
Connect emerging technology developments with existing enterprise risk disciplines where established capabilities appropriately address the risks.
Advise senior risk leadership on emerging technology trends requiring increased attention, governance, or oversight.
Represent second-line emerging technology risk perspectives in regulatory, audit, and independent assessment activities, and maintain readiness for evolving digital asset regulatory and supervisory expectations.
Ensure the emerging technology oversight approach is explainable, traceable, and supportable, coordinating across risk disciplines for an integrated view.
Provide emerging technology risk perspectives to senior management and risk governance bodies; translate complex technology developments into clear business and risk implications; and escalate significant issues and methodology concerns.
Partner with enterprise stakeholders on strategic initiatives involving AI, digital assets, and emerging technology.
Lead and develop a team of AI, digital asset, and emerging technology risk professionals; build technical-domain expertise and independent-risk-management capabilities; and establish clear accountability.
Develop talent and succession strategies and a sustainable enterprise capability and talent pipeline.
Manage team staffing, performance, prioritization, guidance, and training.
Oversee the creation, implementation, and maintenance of an effective risk management framework; ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations; identify control gaps and drive solutions; and support effective partnerships between the Line of Business and Lines of Defense.

Benefits

Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation, from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
Pension