VP, AI Risk & Governance
About The Position
The Vice President, AI Risk & Governance is a strategic second-line risk leadership role within MetLife’s Global Risk Management Group. The role maintains and evolves the enterprise AI risk and governance framework, identifies novel and emerging risks associated with AI, translates risk appetite and regulatory expectations into governance requirements and practical controls, and ensures AI activities align with enterprise risk frameworks and regulatory expectations. The position collaborates across Global Risk Management, Data & Analytics, Technology, Legal, Privacy, Information Security, Ethical AI, Data Governance, Model Risk, and business stakeholders. It helps shape the strategic vision for AI risk management, supports risk-based decisions in the AI approval process, and strengthens the consistency, transparency, and scalability of governance for AI initiatives. The role enables responsible AI development and innovation through disciplined risk oversight, escalation of material and emerging issues, and ongoing monitoring of AI risk themes, control effectiveness, and regulatory developments. This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. The posting lists New York, New York as the location, with Bridgewater, New Jersey also identified as an alternative posting location. Travel required is 10%.
Requirements
- 12 or more years of risk management experience within financial services or a regulated industry.
- Deep understanding of AI technologies and associated risks, including machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, model risk, and data risk, and their application to business processes and systems.
- Proven experience designing, implementing, and enhancing enterprise governance frameworks, policies, standards, and approval processes.
- Demonstrated success working in complex, highly matrixed organizations and influencing senior stakeholders across functions.
- Exceptional strategic thinking, judgment, problem-solving, and executive communication skills, including the ability to identify emerging and regulatory issues and translate them into practical governance actions.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory, governance, and control expectations related to AI, models, data, and responsible AI practices.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in data science, applied mathematics, AI/ML, actuarial science, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day execution of the AI governance approval process, including risk-based review, challenge, escalation, and alignment with enterprise risk appetite and responsible AI principles.
- Provide second-line challenge and thought leadership to senior stakeholders on acceptable AI use, control requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Translate risk appetite and regulatory expectations into actionable governance requirements and control expectations.
- Identify and assess novel, emerging, and cross-cutting risks arising from AI.
- Drive strategic improvements to financial and non-financial AI risk and governance processes, including transparency, efficiency, operating model design, and reporting.
- Help implement the strategic vision for AI risk management, including scalable governance, stronger risk identification, and monitoring capabilities.
- Partner with control functions and business teams to embed effective controls across the AI lifecycle.
- Operationalize risk-based integration across governance processes at the workflow and control level.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health plan including medical/prescription drug and vision coverage.
- Dental insurance.
- No-cost short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Legal services.
- Retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife.
- 401(k) with employer matching.
- Group discounts on voluntary insurance products, including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs.
- Parental leave.
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays.
- Volunteer time off.
- Tuition assistance.
- Annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives may be available, subject to applicable plan terms.
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
Executive
