Vice President II, AI Risk and Governance at LPL Financial in Fort Mill

Job description

Lead with Purpose, Unlock Your Team’s Passion At LPL, people leaders hold the key to the employee experience — shaping culture, driving performance, and guiding individuals to new heights. Because when that happens, we all win – clients, LPL, and most importantly our, employees. If you're ready to lead with intention and discover what’s possible, LPL Financial invites you to apply today. The Vice President II, AI Risk and Governance leads the firm’s enterprise artificial intelligence risk and governance function. This role is accountable for establishing and executing the firm’s multi-year AI risk strategy, governance framework, and operating model across business, technology, and control functions. The VPII oversees enterprise capabilities including AI governance, risk assessment, model risk management, ongoing monitoring, control testing, and governance programs supporting the firm’s business functions, financial professionals, and institutional partners. The role establishes priorities, decision rights, risk standards, and control expectations governing the development, acquisition, deployment, and ongoing use of AI. Serving as a senior advisor and credible challenge partner to executive leadership, the Vice President II translates complex technical, regulatory, and operational risks into clear business decisions. The role balances responsible AI adoption with regulatory expectations, customer protection, operational resilience, and the firm’s strategic objectives. This is an enterprise leadership role requiring significant autonomy, technical and regulatory expertise, and the ability to build and lead a complex risk function in a rapidly evolving environment. Responsibilities: Establish and execute the firm’s multi-year AI risk and governance strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives, technology strategy, risk appetite, and regulatory obligations. Lead an integrated enterprise function spanning AI governance, models and monitoring, model risk management, control testing, and governance partnership programs. Develop and maintain the enterprise AI governance framework, including policies, standards, risk-classification methodologies, approval requirements, control expectations, and governance forums. Advise executive leadership and shape firm-wide decisions regarding AI risk, adoption, deployment readiness, investment, prioritization, and risk acceptance. Lead executive-level AI risk and governance forums, elevate material decisions, and ensure clear accountability for resulting actions. Establish enterprise requirements for AI risk assessment, due diligence, model risk management, monitoring, control testing, issue management, and executive reporting, and ensure all relevant documentation is model ready. Establish and enforce governance frameworks supporting the use of AI across the firm’s business functions, financial professionals, institutional partners, and other applicable business models. Partner with Technology, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Procurement, Third-Party Risk, Data Governance, Transformation, Operational Risk, and Internal Audit to align requirements and clarify accountability across the AI lifecycle. Define AI-specific risk requirements for third-party products, services, models, data, and technology. Represent AI Risk and Governance during regulatory examinations, internal audits, and other independent reviews. Build sustainable organizational capability by attracting, developing, and retaining senior leaders and specialized AI risk talent. Adapt the function’s strategy, operating model, and capabilities in response to changes in AI technology, business adoption, regulatory expectations, and the firm’s risk profile. What we’re looking for? We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity , and are driven to help our clients succeed .