Senior Artificial Intelligence Specialist (Financial Services Specialist 2 (Policy Analysis), SG-23)

The New York State Department of Financial Services is hiring a Senior Artificial Intelligence Specialist in its Research & Innovation Division. The role supports responsible AI adoption and governance within the Department and contributes to policy development, supervisory evaluation, and assessment of regulated entities’ use of AI.

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Responsibilities

• Supports implementation of the Department’s AI governance framework, policies, procedures, standards, and related guidance
• Supports the Department’s policy development, supervisory analysis and testing, and tasks related to regulated entities’ use of AI. Assists in drafting policy recommendations and contributes extensively to the analysis of policy proposals
• Researches, identifies, and assesses current and emerging risks related to AI, and presents recommendations for action. Maintains a thorough understanding of AI technologies, industry developments, and government policies
• Reviews proposed AI use cases and works with business teams to document business problems, workflows, data sources, intended outputs and operational requirements
• Supports the review and implementation of AI use cases for potential governance, operational, data and technology risks and assists with documenting appropriate safeguards and human oversight requirements
• Coordinates AI requests and reviews with relevant stakeholders and supports the AI Governance Committee. Maintains documentation, records, and inventories of AI systems, pilots, use cases
• Evaluates and helps assess regulated entities’ use of AI
• Supports the development and maintenance of partnerships with internal and external persons and entities and meets with outside stakeholders to discuss programs and projects; and
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred

• At least two years of professional experience working with artificial intelligence, AI governance, technology risk or artificial intelligence policy
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, data science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, cybersecurity, or a related field preferred, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating comparable technical knowledge

Benefits

• Positions located within the New York City metropolitan area, as well as Suffolk, Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, are also eligible to receive an additional $4,150 annual downstate adjustment.
• Telecommuting allowed.
• Employment with New York State qualifies an individual for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). This program forgives the remaining balance on any Direct Student Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments while working full-time for a U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government or not-for-profit organization.
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Qualifications

• Seven (7) years of specialized experience in one (1) of the following:
• Research, planning, administration, and/or analysis of the policies and procedures affecting regulated entities and how they conduct business activities with the public and/or other regulated entities
• Research and analysis of State and federal statutes and regulations and their effects upon the business activities of financial services entities with regard to the public and/or other financial services entities
• An associate degree may substitute for two years of specialized experience
• bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of specialized experience
• master's degree may substitute for five years of specialized experience
• J.D. may substitute for six years of specialized experience
• Bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of specialized experience
• Master's degree may substitute for five years of specialized experience
• At least two years of professional experience working with artificial intelligence, AI governance, technology risk or artificial intelligence policy
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, data science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, cybersecurity, or a related field preferred, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating comparable technical knowledge

Required skills

• AI Governance, AI Policy, Financial Services Regulation, Regulatory Policy Analysis, Technology Risk

Experience

• 7+ years