Senior Executive Director of Data & AI

Join JPMorganChase as a senior leader shaping the future of responsible data and AI governance at enterprise scale — where your expertise directly influences how one of the world's largest financial institutions innovates with integrity. In this high-visibility role, you will have the opportunity to build and lead a function that sits at the intersection of technology, risk, and regulatory strategy, with direct access to executive leadership and firm-wide impact.

As a Senior Executive Director of Data & AI at JPMorganChase within Employee Platforms, you will be responsible for establishing and overseeing the enterprise framework governing data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, and emerging AI technologies. You will lead the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of governance, risk management, compliance, and control practices that ensure responsible, secure, transparent, and regulatory-compliant use of data and AI across the organization.

This role serves as the senior liaison between Technology, Data Management, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Audit, and business stakeholders — enabling innovation while maintaining a robust risk and control environment.

• Define and execute the firm's Data and AI Governance strategy and operating

model, establishing policies, standards, procedures, and controls across data, analytics, AI, generative AI, machine learning, and agentic solutions

• Lead governance for AI and generative AI initiatives throughout their full

lifecycle, ensuring alignment with internal policies, model risk requirements, regulatory expectations, and responsible AI principles

• Design and maintain an effective control environment across data and AI

platforms, identifying, assessing, and mitigating operational, regulatory, privacy, cyber, model, and technology risks

• Partner with technology teams to embed controls into data pipelines, AI

platforms, and development lifecycles, and drive remediation of audit findings, regulatory observations, and control weaknesses

• Monitor evolving global regulatory requirements impacting data and AI,

coordinating regulatory examinations and internal audit reviews while serving as the senior escalation point for governance and compliance matters

• Establish enterprise standards for data quality, lineage, metadata,

classification, and access management, overseeing data quality monitoring, issue management, and exception reporting

• Define governance practices for data access, entitlement management, and

least-privilege principles, partnering with cybersecurity and platform teams to establish secure, scalable, and auditable access models

• Chair or participate in governance forums responsible for AI and data

oversight, presenting risk, control, and compliance metrics to executive committees

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of governance, risk, controls, data

management, and AI policy professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and responsible AI adoption

• Formal training or certification on technology risk and controls concepts and

• Advanced degree in Technology, Data Science, Business, Law, or Risk

• 5+ years of senior leadership experience managing large-scale enterprise

• Demonstrated expertise in data governance, AI and machine learning risk

• Proven experience designing and implementing governance frameworks for

• Deep knowledge of data privacy, regulatory compliance, and audit and

• Experience developing controls supporting AI explainability, transparency,

• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the

ability to influence senior leaders across technology, risk, compliance, and business functions

• Industry certifications such as Certified Data Management Professional

(CDMP), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• Experience with cloud and AI platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Databricks,

• Prior experience in a highly regulated financial services organization with

• Familiarity with enterprise AI governance frameworks, responsible AI

principles, and emerging global AI regulatory standards

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility.

These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.