AI Governance Lead
Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. With more than 20 years in FinTech, we’ve grown from start-up to industry leader by innovating, simplifying, and valuing people. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), a FinTech holding company with three business segments: Progressive Leasing , Purchasing Power (a leading employee purchase program for consumer products and services using payroll deduction), and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform.
We are currently hiring an AI Governance Lead to help grow our company and ensure our mission is achieved!
This role is a work from home position and can be performed remotely anywhere in the continental US or in our corporate office in Draper, Utah.
Employee Value Proposition (EVP) : PROG is dedicated to providing people with opportunity; opportunity for inclusive collaboration, opportunity for innovation, and opportunity for development.
WE ARE: A FinTech organization committed to delivering responsible innovation while protecting our customers, employees, partners, and business. We empower teams to leverage emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, in ways that drive business value while maintaining strong governance, accountability, and trust. We provide our employees with challenging opportunities where curiosity, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning are rewarded.
YOU ARE: An AI Governance Lead who will own the day-to-day operation of Progressive Leasing 's AI governance program. In this position, you will be responsible for establishing, operationalizing, and continuously improving the processes, controls, policies, and reporting that enable responsible AI adoption across the organization. You will partner closely with Legal, Compliance, Information Security, Technology, Data Governance, People, and business stakeholders to ensure AI solutions are deployed in a safe, compliant, and well-governed manner.
YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:
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Maintain the cadences, workflows, and hand-offs that keep AI governance running as a repeatable process and track in-flight items through to closure.
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Draft andmaintainthe company's AI policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
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Help implement andoperatethe platform used as the system of record for AI intake, risk tracking, control documentation, and issue management.
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Work with other stakeholders to design and run the AI controls testing and monitoring program to verify controls areoperatingas intended and to surface gaps before they become issues
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Keep the inventory of AI systems and models in use, along with technical and transparency documentation, assessment records, and retention schedules.
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Develop the metrics, dashboards, and reporting cadences that give the broader AI Governance team and leadership a clear view of program health, key risks, and strategic priorities.
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Coordinate the company’s responses to AI-related due diligence requests from customers, vendors, and retail partners.
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MonitorU.S. legaldevelopmentsand changes in best practicesandstandardssuch as the NIST AI RMF and translate them into operationaland governancerequirements.
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Maintain a current, hands-on understanding of how AI capabilities, tools, deployment patterns, and risks are evolving, and surface gaps or opportunities in the program proactively.
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Build out the AI governance programwhileembeddinga culture of practical,efficient, andwell-evidenced compliance across the company.
YOU'LL BRING:
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5+ years in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), information security compliance, legal operations, privacy program management, internal audit, or a closely related operational field, including at least 3 years owning or leading a program, workstream, or function.
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Track recordofoperationalizing a governance or compliance program end-to-end — translating policy and requirements into repeatable processes covering intake, risk assessment, control