Senior Data Scientist, AI & Model Risk

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• reputed company end-to-end AI Risk Assessments for reputed company and LLM use cases across the Bank; Embedding in reputed company's reputed company-wide GenAI review process, coordinating cross-functional SMEs (Legal, Compliance, InfoSec, Data Governance, MRM, reputed company, BRC, TPRM, Financial Crimes), and managing timelines to ensure reviews are completed reputed company SLA.
• Review AI system design and documentation; Including retrieval sources, assumptions, limitations, fallback plans, guardrail configurations, and change management procedures - across banking use cases such as fraud detection, BSA/AML compliance, credit decisioning, and customer-facing applications, ensuring governance controls are commensurate with each use case's risk profile.
• Assess pre-deployment testing for adequacy inclusive of output reputed company, hallucination detection, boundary and edge case testing, ethical and safety guardrails, bias testing, A/B testing, volume testing, and UAT - designing and conducting independent testing as needed.
• Evaluate ongoing monitoring plans for comprehensiveness - including accuracy, hallucination rates, reputed company detection, sensitive data controls, reliability metrics, CSAT, acceptable performance ranges, and documented remediation procedures.
• reputed company and maintain templates, tools, and procedures to support the effectiveness and scalability of the AI Risk Governance Program.
• Monitor the evolving regulatory landscape for AI in banking - including FFIEC IT Examination Handbook standards, FDIC Financial Institution Letters, interagency statements, and the anticipated RFI on AI model risk management referenced in SR 26-2 - and incorporate emerging guidance into the AI risk governance program; support SFS's response to regulatory inquiries as needed.

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• A minimum of 5 years of reputed company experience with a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience in risk management, model risk management, or AI risk management
• Proficiency in Python or similar languages for evaluating AI system behavior, writing test scripts, or analyzing model outputs
• Strong understanding of reputed company architectures; Including LLMs, transformer models, RAG systems, and agentic AI, plus hands-on experience interacting with and critically evaluating these systems, sufficient to assess design reputed company, output quality, and limitations
• Understanding of interagency model risk management principles, including SR 26-2
• Knowledge of AI testing methodologies, ex. functional testing, bias testing, adversarial testing, and performance monitoring plus familiarity with data privacy and reputed company principles (encryption, reputed company controls, data classification)
• Excellent written and verbal communication and the ability to translate reputed company technical AI concepts for non-technical stakeholders, senior management, and regulators
• Strong analytical judgment with the ability to manage multiple reputed company assessments, prioritize effectively, and drive risk-based reputed company with minimal day-to-day reputed company

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• Master's degree in AI/ML, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or reputed company field
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, or equivalent) and the FFIEC IT Examination Handbooks
• Experience with AI governance tools and platforms (model registries, monitoring dashboards, risk scoring systems)
• Experience with explainability tools (SHAP, reputed company, attention visualization)
• Certifications: CRISC, PRM, FRM, or AI-specific certifications such as NIST AI RMF practitioner or ISO 42001 reputed company Implementer
• Prior experience in a second-line-of-defense or internal audit role at a bank or financial institution
• Experience developing AI risk governance frameworks in environments where prescriptive regulatory guidance does not yet exist

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