VP, Data & AI Implementation & Enablement

Job Overview

Vice President, Data & AI Implementation & Enablement – Responsible for operationalizing the organization’s Data & AI governance strategy into scalable processes, tools, and enterprise adoption. The role drives readiness, adoption, and community building for data governance, data cataloging, data quality, and responsible AI across Prudential.

Location: Newark, NJ. Hybrid (minimum 3 days per week in office).

Responsibilities

• Translate Data & AI governance strategy into an enterprise enablement roadmap spanning processes, tooling, playbooks, training, communications, and adoption metrics.
• Build and lead a scalable enablement operating model that supports consistent rollout, onboarding, adoption, and continuous improvement across the enterprise.
• Lead implementation and adoption of governance capabilities, including data catalog, metadata, lineage, stewardship, and data quality tooling.
• Partner with product leadership to define requirements, prioritize user needs, support releases, demonstrate value, and drive ongoing optimization.
• Develop and standardize governance playbooks with stewardship workflows, critical data element definitions, data quality rule patterns, issue management, and approval processes.
• Collaborate with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Model Risk, and AI teams to operationalize Responsible AI requirements into controls, templates, workflows, and documentation.
• Design and deliver enterprise-wide training, communications, and readiness programs for Data & AI governance tools and standards.
• Establish adoption mechanisms such as office hours, onboarding materials, champion networks, communities of practice, and structured feedback loops.
• Track, measure, and report adoption, engagement, and effectiveness metrics, including tool usage, data quality improvement, control maturity, and cycle‑time reduction.
• Create and scale a Data & AI Governance Community of Practice to share reusable assets, implementation patterns, lessons learned, and success measures.
• Act as a senior connector and influencer across data owners, stewards, architects, engineers, and business leaders to embed governance into delivery and operational processes.
• Continuously refine processes, tools, and enablement approaches based on user feedback, audit findings, performance metrics, and evolving regulatory or technology expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, data, AI, computer science, engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience).
• Significant experience in data governance, data management, data platforms, AI enablement, Responsible AI, technology transformation or related fields.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise‑scale implementations with change management, stakeholder engagement, training, and cross‑functional adoption.
• Hands‑on experience implementing or operating data governance and catalog platforms such as Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview, Informatica, or similar.
• Strong working knowledge of metadata management, business glossary, lineage, stewardship workflows, data ownership models, and data quality operating practices.
• Experience translating policy, governance, or control requirements into practical workflows, measurable outcomes, and platform capabilities.
• Strong familiarity with Responsible AI concepts and operationalizing AI governance in regulated environments.
• Proven ability to partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Model Risk, and technology teams to embed controls into AI and data delivery lifecycles.
• Strong program leadership and execution skills, with experience operating in agile or hybrid delivery environments and influencing across complex organizations.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive presence, with the ability to translate complex technical governance concepts into business‑relevant outcomes.

Benefits

• Salary range: $178,600.00 to $267,800.00 (varies by location, experience, skills).
• Yearly bonus potential at every level.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences (parental, military).
• 401(k) plan with company match up to 4%.
• Company‑funded pension plan.
• Wellness program with up to $1,600 per year reimbursement for personal wellbeing items.
• Work/Life Resources covering parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education benefit to finance traditional college enrollment toward an approved degree and accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan – shares at 85% of lower of two prices after one year of service.
• Eligibility for discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and other factors.

Prudential Financial, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or other protected characteristic.

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