Vice President, Generative AI Risk Oversight

Vice President, Generative AI Risk Oversight

Founded1932Employees10,001+Categories Financial Services Consumer Lending FinanceB2BConsulting & Professional ServicesB2CBankingCare Credit CarecreditCooling and Heating Credit Cards & Transaction Processing DaytonGeneral Electric Healthcare Financing Medical Financing My Synchrony MysynchronyPersonal Finance Pet Care Financing Private Security Retail Credit Card SynchronyVeterinary Financing Information Technology & Services TechnologyRetail Credit Cards SavingsSynchrony Financial InsuranceVenture Capital Consumer Financing Specialtiesfinancial servicesconsumer financepaymentspromotional financinginstallment lendingsavings productsbankingand online banking Business ClassificationsSAASB2BAbout the RoleThe Company is seeking a Vice President to oversee risks associated with AI, generative AI, and agentic AI across their design, development, deployment, and operation. Responsibilities include conducting risk assessments, designing controls and guardrails, monitoring risk indicators, and coordinating with security, privacy, model validation, and other stakeholders. The role will also oversee incident response, vendor due diligence, audit readiness, and regulatory alignment, while providing risk guidance and training to product and engineering teams. The successful candidate will independently assess business risk-taking and contribute to enterprise risk and control processes. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience, at least six years of experience in technology risk, model risk, information security, compliance, operational risk, or assurance, and at least one year of exposure to AI/ML or data-driven systems. Required knowledge includes machine learning concepts, AI failure modes, retrieval-augmented generation, and controls for autonomous agents. Applicants should demonstrate experience developing risk assessments, control frameworks, metrics, and remediation plans, along with strong governance writing and communication skills. Experience in regulated financial services and ongoing learning in AI risk, security, privacy, or compliance are also valued. Hiring Manager TitleVP, Information Technology Oversight FunctionsInformation Technology Operations