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The SVP, Data Governance & AI Responsibility leader will establish and lead enterprise governance for data and AI, ensuring compliance, quality, and responsible innovation across strategic platforms and domains.
Key Responsibilities
Data governance tools: Catalog, Quality, Lineage, Recon, Retention
External domain enablement: Risk, Ops, Finance
Legacy data documentation and retention risk management
DataOps and QE testing for strategic migrations
Regulatory compliance: Reg SP, CCPA, FINRA, SEC
AI governance and MLOps frameworks
Lead change forums: SteerCOs, readouts
Strategic Objectives
Strengthen core data governance capabilities
Enable DPO adoption in external domains (Risk, Operations, Finance etc)
Mitigate legacy data risks during integrations
Operationalize DataOps and testing
Ensure regulatory compliance and remediation
Build AI governance, Lead AI governance forums, Change mgmt and MLOps foundations
Success Metrics
Tool adoption and automation impact
DPO coverage and satisfaction
Lineage documentation and retention closure
Migration test pass rate and defect reduction
Compliance scorecard and audit closure
AI governance coverage and risk mitigation
Forum participation and decision velocity
Requirements
A bachelor's or master's degree in business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 15 or more years of experience in product management, including a proven track record of leading significant successful data transformation initiatives in complex environments.
Minimum 5 or more years of experience in data platform and services build-out in partnership with engineering teams and data product ownership in a mid to large scale enterprise.
Proven experience in a senior leadership role over enterprise Data governance initiatives: Catalog, Quality, Lineage, Recon, and Retention.
Experience leading teams through significant transformations, particularly in migrating from legacy systems to modern cloud architectures.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
Demonstrated ability to foster a collaborative and innovative team culture.
Experience with DataZone from AWS a plus.
Pay Range:
$179,775-$299,625/yearCompany Overview:
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace. LPL supports over 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth-management practices of 1,100 financial institution, servicing and custodying approximately $1.9 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 7 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.
At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.
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Information on Interviews:
LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.
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