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Global Head of Data & AI Governance & Oversight, SVP

State Street
AI GovernanceOn-siteFull-timeBoston, MA

State Street is hiring for the role of Global Head of Data & AI Governance & Oversight, SVP, Boston, MA (On-site). This is an AI Governance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with State Street.

Organization: State StreetLocation: Boston, MAWorkplace: On-siteFocus: AI GovernancePosted: Jul 27, 2026
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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 . Role Mandate 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. Role Purpose 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 . Key Responsibilities Enterprise Data, AI & Agentic AI Governance Define, maintain, and evolve enterprise-wide policies, standards, and control frameworks for: Data governance and data management AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI Responsible AI and AI risk classification Third ‑ party and vendor AI usage Ensure governance applies across the full lifecycle of data and AI assets, from design through retirement. Strategic Governance Target State (LOB Partnership) Partner with each line of business to define and maintain the target state for Data and AI governance aligned to enterprise standards and regulatory expectations. Translate enterprise governance principles into domain ‑ specific, actionable models . Provide governance leadership into Data & AI roadmaps without owning delivery or architecture decisions. Authoritative Data Sources, Ownership & Stewardship Establish and operate the enterprise framework for authoritative data sources by data domain and key data element. Partner with data owners and data stewards to: Designate approved and trusted data sources Resolve conflicts between competing sources Ensure lineage, data quality, and fitness for purpose Ensure consistent use of authoritative data sources across analytics, reporting, and AI use cases. Enterprise Data Competency Institutionalize the enterprise data governance operating model, including: Data ownership and accountability Data steward roles and responsibilities Management of key data elements and critical data assets Embed data accountability into business processes across all lines of business. AI Inventory, Classification & Streamlined Approvals Own the enterprise inventory of AI initiatives across AI, GenAI, ML, and Agentic AI. Ensure inventories, classifications, and definitions align with NIST AI Risk Management Framework and applicable regulatory expectations. Design and operate streamlined, tiered approval processes for all AI types, ensuring: Consistent intake and classification Clear routing to required partners (e.g., Model Risk Management, Legal, Privacy, Security) Predictable and efficient approval timelines Monitor adherence to approval processes and continuously improve them to reduce friction and late-stage escalation. Model Risk Management Partnership Partner closely with the Model Risk Management (MRM) function. Ensure AI and ML use cases are appropriately classified and routed to MRM where required. Align governance standards and approval workflows with MRM requirements without duplicating or owning MRM accountabilities. Data Quality & Data Incident Management Define enterprise standards for data quality measurement, monitoring, and control. Own enterprise processes for data issues and incidents, including root cause analysis, remediation tracking, and escalation. Partner with business and platform teams to embed preventive and detective quality controls. Regulatory Leadership & Proactive Engagement Act as the single enterprise point of contact for regulators, audit, and external inquiries related to Data and AI. Proact

Location and market context

This role is based in Boston on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to State Street's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About AI governance roles

AI governance sits at the intersection of policy, risk, and engineering. Teams are standing up model inventories, use-case intake and review, risk classification, and control monitoring as regulation and board scrutiny of AI intensify. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and internal model-risk and privacy practices.

How to position yourself for this AI governance role

Strong candidates emphasize experience translating policy into operational controls, working across legal, compliance, security, product, and data teams, documenting AI system risks, and supporting governance processes. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how State Street would apply NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and internal model-risk and privacy practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.

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