The Head of Data & AI Governance and Risk is accountable for ensuring that all enterprise Data, AI, and Agentic AI capabilities are well ‑ governed, high ‑ quality, trusted, and regulator ‑ ready , while enabling innovation to scale safely across all lines of business.
This role defines and maintains the enterprise policies, standards, and governance operating model for Data and AI and serves as the single global point of accountability for Data and AI–related regulatory, audit, and supervisory engagement.
The role operates proactively , anticipating regulatory direction and strengthening the firm’s posture ahead of examinations. It actively engages in all ongoing regulatory efforts related to data, risk, and AI, partnering with appropriate bank owners to ensure coordinated execution and durable remediation.
In partnership with each line of business, this role defines the strategic target state for Data and AI governance , ensuring clarity and consistency across ownership, stewardship, authoritative sourcing, data quality, and approval expectations.
The role is intentionally independent of platform build, model development, and use ‑ case delivery. Success is measured by regulatory confidence, enterprise trust, data quality, and speed enabled through strong governance and streamlined processes .
Establish and operate enterprise-wide governance, risk, and regulatory oversight for Data, AI, and Agentic AI—including authoritative data sourcing—and proactively elevate the firm’s regulatory posture while enabling streamlined, standard approval of AI capabilities across the enterprise.
The Head of Data & AI Governance and Risk is accountable for ensuring that all enterprise Data, AI, and Agentic AI capabilities are well ‑ governed, high ‑ quality, trusted, and regulator ‑ ready , while enabling innovation to scale safely across all lines of business.
This role defines and maintains the enterprise policies, standards, and governance operating model for Data and AI and serves as the single global point of accountability for Data and AI–related regulatory, audit, and supervisory engagement.
The role operates proactively , anticipating regulatory direction and strengthening the firm’s posture ahead of examinations. It actively engages in all ongoing regulatory efforts related to data, risk, and AI, partnering with appropriate bank owners to ensure coordinated execution and durable remediation.
In partnership with each line of business, this role defines the strategic target state for Data and AI governance , ensuring clarity and consistency across ownership, stewardship, authoritative sourcing, data quality, and approval expectations.
The role is intentionally independent of platform build, model development, and use ‑ case delivery. Success is measured by regulatory confidence, enterprise trust, data quality, and speed enabled through strong governance and streamlined processes .
Enterprise Data, AI & Agentic AI Governance
Define, maintain, and evolve enterprise-wide policies, standards, and control frameworks for:
Strategic Governance Target State (LOB Partnership)
Authoritative Data Sources, Ownership & Stewardship
Enterprise Data Competency
AI Inventory, Classification & Streamlined Approvals
Clear routing to required partners (e.g., Model Risk Management, Legal, Privacy, Security)
Model Risk Management Partnership
Data Quality & Data Incident Management
Own enterprise processes for data issues and incidents, including root cause analysis, remediation tracking, and escalation.
Regulatory Leadership & Proactive Engagement
Coordinate and participate in all active regulatory efforts relating to data, technology, and AI, working with appropriate bank owners.
Lead regulatory examinations, findings, and remediation programs (e.g., BCBS 239, MRAs).
Enterprise Partnership & Operating Model Stewardship
Salary Range:
$225,000 - $337,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
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