IT Program Manager
About The Position
Genesis10 is seeking a Delivery Lead for a Model Governance & Validation position with a Global Financial Institution. This role is a 12+ month contract-to-hire opportunity and serves as the primary coordinator for model documentation, validation readiness, evidence quality, and Model Risk Management (MRM) deliverables throughout the model development lifecycle. The Delivery Lead will collaborate with Data Scientists, Model Developers, Validators, Risk, Compliance, and Technology teams to ensure models adhere to enterprise standards for documentation, explainability, testing, and production readiness. A key aspect of this role is proactively identifying documentation gaps, validation risks, and evidence deficiencies to minimize remediation efforts and facilitate timely regulatory and governance approvals.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent 4-year experience
- Minimum 4 years of experience supporting model development, model validation, model governance, AI/ML delivery, or risk management programs
- Proven ability to coordinate complex deliverables across model developers, validators, technology teams, and governance stakeholders
- Experience with model lifecycle documentation including Model Development Documents (MDD), Ongoing Monitoring Plans (OMP), AI Risk Assessments, validation evidence packages, implementation documentation, and monitoring deliverables
- Strong understanding of model validation principles, data quality assessments, testing methodologies, explainability requirements, bias and fairness reviews, monitoring controls, and regulatory expectations
- Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and organizational skills
- Experience working in Agile environments with multiple concurrent initiatives and competing priorities
- Experience with Python, Tableau, and SQL
- This role requires resources that do not require sponsorship now or in the future
Nice To Haves
- Strong understanding of digital platforms, conversational AI, and intelligence virtual assistant technologies
- Good knowledge of Agile Lean Software Delivery Life Cycle and/or iterative development life cycles
- Ability to work in a high-paced work environment
- Proactive mindset
Responsibilities
- Own model documentation readiness, gap analysis, and quality reviews
- Coordinate validation preparation, evidence collection, and findings remediation
- Identify gaps in model documentation, testing, and governance artifacts
- Drive remediation of validation findings and documentation deficiencies
- Partner with Model Developers on explainability, monitoring, and performance testing requirements
- Ensure model submissions are audit, regulator, and MRM ready
- Track model lifecycle milestones, approvals, and governance dependencies
- Support ongoing monitoring, implementation validation, and post-production controls
Benefits
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
