Director

General information

Career area

Technology

Work Location(s)

601 S. Tryon Street, NC

Remote?

No

Ref #

21865

Posted Date

03-06-26

Working time

Full time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

As a leader in digital financial services, our customer and employee experiences are powered by data and AI. Our cloud-based data, analytics, and GenAI platform enables thousands of employees to make data-driven decisions every day. We are seeking a Director, Responsible AI to operationalize and advance AI governance at scale across machine learning, generative AI, and agent-based systems. This leader drives the implementation of RAI standards and oversees governance enablement mechanisms that embed Responsible AI into the AI development lifecycle—translating policy and risk requirements into practical, reusable engineering patterns, tooling, and metrics that accelerate safe adoption. This role also leads direct governance support for Ally’s key AI initiatives.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

• Advance responsible AI practices by integrating AI governance best practices into every stage of model development and deployment.
• Collaborate closely with risk and other partners to evolve enterprise-wide AI governance standards and processes.
• Drive AI adoption at scale and on schedule across the enterprise, within the governance framework.
• Deliver governance support for strategic AI projects and initiatives.
• Drive end-to-end operational excellence in AI governance in predictive models, GenAI and agentic systems, from model development, evaluation, deployment to operational performance monitoring.

The Skills You Bring

Minimum qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field(s) of study or equivalent.

Preferred qualifications:

• Highly preferred: Demonstrated expertise in model risk areas and mitigations (e.g., bias/fairness, explainability, PII handling, monitoring) and in supporting full model lifecycle.
• Highly preferred: Exceptional ability to translate Risk Management and Model Risk expectations into practical development standards for AI systems in banking or regulated environments.
• Highly preferred: Strong communication skills and executive influence. Drive alignment across diverse stakeholders, create clarity and build consensus.
• 7+ years of experience in applied machine learning / data science delivering measurable business impact in real-world systems.
• 3+ years of experience in risk management, regulatory compliance or similar functions.
• Master's degree.
• Third-party/vendor AI governance experience.
• Governance experience in state-of-the-art ML/GenAI topics such as agents, RAG, LLM observability, etc.
• People management experience.

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How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link:

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [email protected]. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range : $135000 - $235000 USD

An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.