Director of Responsible AI

The Hartford

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Hartford, CTChicago, IL
Salary
$144,000–$216,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $248k
This role $180k
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This role pays less than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $208,800–$287,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $180k versus about $248k for comparable roles.

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About The Hartford

The Hartford is a leading provider of property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and mutual funds, serving businesses and individuals across the United States. Industry: Insurance & Financial Services

The Hartford currently has 44 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $127,600–$191,400 across 36 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director of Responsible AI

Director of Responsible AI The Director of Responsible AI joins the AI Governance function to lead the responsible development, implementation, and use of artificial intelligence across the enterprise. This role serves as a key partner to business leaders, data scientists, engineers, Legal, Compliance, and Risk Management teams to ensure AI solutions align with risk appetite and regulatory obligations. Daily responsibilities include facilitating governance reviews for Generative AI use cases, interpreting fairness testing results, and developing scalable oversight frameworks. The position involves evaluating advanced capabilities like foundation models and agentic AI systems while designing controls for autonomous systems. Candidates must possess expertise in quantitative science, statistics, data science, or actuarial science, along with experience in model risk management and fairness testing methodologies. This role addresses the critical challenge of balancing innovative technology adoption with rigorous risk mitigation within a highly regulated insurance environment.

What you'll do

  • Facilitate governance reviews of AI and Generative AI use cases to identify and communicate inherent and residual risks.
  • Evaluate risk assessments, fairness testing results, and model monitoring outcomes to determine solution readiness.
  • Develop and enhance governance frameworks, standards, and procedures to enable scalable AI oversight across the enterprise.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders on Responsible AI development and regulatory considerations.
  • Balance risk management with innovation to promote practical governance for high-value AI technologies.
  • Evaluate the governance implications of advanced capabilities like foundation models and agentic AI systems.
  • Influence control strategies for autonomous systems, including monitoring, intervention, and shutoff mechanisms.
  • Lead the development and review of enterprise controls to mitigate risks associated with emerging AI technologies.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in quantitative science, statistics, data science, AI/ML development, actuarial science, or a related discipline.
  • 2+ years of experience developing, deploying, or governing Generative AI solutions.
  • 1+ years of experience providing consultation, training, teaching, coaching, or advisory services.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business, risk, and executive stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, Responsible AI principles, and associated governance challenges.
  • Experience in governance, risk management, controls, compliance, model risk management, or internal audit (preferred).
  • Experience designing or supporting reusable AI, analytics, or machine learning components and platforms (preferred).
  • Experience governing agentic AI systems and familiarity with emerging control approaches like MCP and human oversight (preferred).

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