AI Governance at East West Sierra Madre, California

AI Governance Professional

Since 1973, East West Bank has served as a pathway to success. With over 110 locations across the U.S. and Asia, we are the premier financial bridge between the East and West. Our teams of experienced, multi-cultural professionals help guide businesses and community members on both sides of the Pacific looking to explore new markets and create new opportunities, and our sustained growth and expertise in industries like real estate, entertainment and media, private equity and venture capital, and high-tech help build sustainable businesses and expand our associates' potential for career advancement.Headquartered in California, East West Bank (Nasdaq: EWBC) is a top-performing commercial bank with a strong foundation, an enterprising spirit and a commitment to absolute integrity. East West Bank gives people the confidence to reach further.

AI Governance professional establishes frameworks, policies, and controls to ensure artificial intelligence is used ethically, safely, and legally. Key duties include conducting AI risk assessments, monitoring bias/fairness, ensuring regulatory compliance (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF), and managing AI inventories.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating policies and standards addressing fairness, transparency, accountability, and safety for AI, including generative AI (GenAI) and agentic systems.
• Conducting risk assessments to identify threats such as prompt injection, model drift, algorithmic bias, and data privacy issues.
• Ensuring compliance with emerging AI regulations, such as the EU AI Act, and implementing frameworks like ISO/IEC 42001 or NIST AI RMF.
• Building and maintaining AI inventories, documenting "intended use," and integrating governance checkpoints into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Partnering with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Engineering, and Data Science teams to embed guardrails into AI deployment.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Understanding of LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and data dependencies.
• Background in AI governance, data privacy, model risk management, or technology risk.
• Ability to convert abstract AI principles into technical controls, documentation, and operational workflows.
• Knowledge of AI lifecycles, Python/SQL (for analysis), and IT governance tooling.
• Ability to communicate AI risks and regulatory requirements to both technical teams and executive leadership.

Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the United States. We do not offer visa sponsorship at this time.

The base pay range for this position is USD $110,000.00/Yr. - USD $175,000.00/Yr. Exact offers will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.