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Head, Responsible AI & Governance

BMO Financial Group

Role at a glance

Category: AI Governance
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted: Jul 20, 2026

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BMO Financial Group is hiring a Head, Responsible AI & Governance in Chicago, IL. This is a AI Governance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with BMO Financial Group.

Leads the enterprise-wide development, implementation, and oversight of BMO's Responsible AI governance framework. Establishes policies and operating controls to evaluate AI model safety, transparency, fairness, and regulatory compliance. Provides second-line credible challenge to business units deploying advanced machine learning models and generative AI

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Location and market context

This role is based in Chicago, IL on a hybrid schedule. Local candidates benefit from being close to BMO Financial Group's teams and regional hiring market, while the hybrid arrangement offers some flexibility. 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 BMO Financial Group 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.