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NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Senior Director AI Strategy in MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
JOB REQUIREMENTS: About the Job: The SD, AI Strategy & Architecture leads the design, governance, and implementation of the People Function\'s AI ecosystem. This leader defines the technical architecture, governance models, and enterprise partnerships required to safely and effectively deploy next-generation AI capabilities across HR. The role is responsible for the People function\'s AI platform strategy, ensuring the systems, guardrails, and integrations needed to support a scalable, secure, and high-quality AI assistant ecosystem. This leader partners closely with IT, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Legal, Risk, and other enterprise teams to build an AI foundation that accelerates People transformation while protecting the organization from risk. The role requires strong technical fluency, deep architectural judgment, and the ability to negotiate and shape enterprise-level decisions. What You\'ll Do: AI Platform Strategy & Technical Architecture Lead the People function\'s AI platform strategy, including the architectural design of AI-enabled employee and leader experiences. Own platform selection and evaluation for the People AI assistant ecosystem (orchestration layers or agent communication protocol, RAG, agent frameworks, workflow engines). Define the modular AI architecture required for secure integrations with Workday, ServiceNow, intranet platforms, and other data sources. Establish standards for model usage, retrieval patterns, data access, versioning, logging, and system reliability. Enterprise Alignment & Cross-Functional Leadership Serve as the People function\'s primary partner with IT, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Legal and Risk for all AI-related technology and governance decisions. Negotiate and align on data access patterns, authorization models, and integration pathways. Represent the People function in enterprise-level AI forums, steering groups, and architecture reviews. Ensure the People function\'s AI strategy aligns to enterprise roadmaps while enabling innovative pilot opportunities. AI Governance, Risk, & Safety Maintain the People function\'s AI governance framework, including compliance standards, auditability requirements, safety guardrails, and escalation pathways. Define guardrails for automated actions, system boundaries, fail-safes, and human-in-the-loop patterns. Partner with Legal and Cyber to assess and mitigate risk associated with new use cases and vendor capabilities. Establish monitoring mechanisms for reliability, performance, and ethical deployment. Technical Enablement & Vendor Ecosystem Management Lead technical evaluation of AI vendors and platforms; establish architecture requirements for onboarding and implementation. Partner with Digital Experience and Enablement Architecture teams to ensure platforms adhere to design, workflow, and content standards. Define integration... For full info follow application link. EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/30F738BBA3AD4257 Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.