SVP, Head of AI

Banc of California
Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Executive communication","Leadership","Coaching","Business judgment","Presentation"]

Define and lead Banc of California’s enterprise AI strategy and execution, moving AI from pilots to a governed capability. Own the AI portfolio and value realization across revenue, credit, risk & compliance, operations, and enterprise efficiency. Build and lead an AI engineering bench, establish delivery and engineering standards for LLM and agentic solutions, and partner with risk, compliance, security, and model risk teams to operationalize responsible AI at scale.

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Banc of California
Banc of California
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SVP, Head of AI

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Job Summary

Define and lead Banc of California’s enterprise AI strategy and execution, moving AI from pilots to a governed capability. Own the AI portfolio and value realization across revenue, credit, risk & compliance, operations, and enterprise efficiency. Build and lead an AI engineering bench, establish delivery and engineering standards for LLM and agentic solutions, and partner with risk, compliance, security, and model risk teams to operationalize responsible AI at scale.
Location: Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define, drive, and oversee the enterprise AI strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities, measurable value, risk appetite, and technology/data strategy.
  • •Lead the AI engineering capability: build and develop the AI engineering bench, set delivery/engineering standards, and partner with business units on decision redesign from discovery through production.
  • •Operate end-to-end AI governance: partner with model risk, risk, compliance, information security, ITGC, legal, and third-party risk teams; ensure controls, monitoring, and incident/fallback procedures.
  • •Own enterprise AI vendor and platform strategy, including platform selection, contract renewals, cost management, concentration risk, and capability assessment.
  • •Drive adoption and workforce enablement through role-based training, AI champions, demonstrations, and usage monitoring; maintain delivery accountability and reporting to CIO and leadership/Board.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:401kHealth InsuranceDentalVisionHsaFsaPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in a technical/quantitative field (advanced degree a plus).
  • •10+ years of progressive experience in technology/data/AI/ML or digital transformation, including leading technical teams and enterprise initiatives.
  • •Proven track record taking AI initiatives from concept or pilot through production deployment, adoption, monitoring, and measurable value realization.
  • •Practical fluency in enterprise AI architectures and delivery patterns including LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, APIs, evaluation, observability, and LLMOps/MLOps.
  • •Experience operating AI in a regulated environment, including model risk management, data governance, information security/privacy, and lifecycle controls.
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Executive communicationLeadershipCoachingBusiness judgmentPresentation
Tech Stack:AIMachine learningLarge language modelsLLMsRetrieval-augmented generation (RAG)Agentic workflowsAPIsLLMOpsMLOpsObservabilityEvaluation

Company Brief

Banc of California
Provides commercial and business banking services including deposits, lending, treasury management, and specialty financing for small and middle-market businesses, entrepreneurs, and real estate clients through its U.S. banking operations.
Industry: Corporate Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1941
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