Executive Director, Responsible AI & Enterprise Governance

Build our future together:

At Regeneron we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. Were looking for an Executive Director Responsible AI & Enterprise Governance to join our fast-moving Enterprise Data & AI organization. Youll build and run our enterprise AI governance framework setting the policies standards and controls that let Regeneron move fast with confidence auditability and trust. Youll partner closely with Legal Compliance and the CISO to keep AI use safe compliant and aligned with our values. This role reports to the SVP Chief AI Officer and offers the chance to shape governance as an accelerant for AI adoption not a barrier to it.

• Location: This role is open to any of our Tri-State locations: Sleepy Hollow NY Tarrytown NY Armonk NY Warren NJ or Cambridge MA

Discover your role:

• Drive the enterprise AI governance program with senior business stakeholders across all Regeneron functions - AI governance forums use case intake and enterprise wide accountability
• Lead the citizen development governance program - safe auditable enterprise-approved boundaries for non-technical builders
• Define and own Regenerons enterprise AI governance strategy across all model types risk tiers and deployment contexts
• Build and lead a team of specialists across model validation guardrails engineering regulatory compliance and citizen development governance
• Establish the enterprise AI risk framework - taxonomy classification standards and control requirements across classical ML foundation models LLMs fine-tuned models and agentic systems
• Set the technical assurance that includes validation frameworks red-teaming production monitoring and pre-production sign-off gates
• Own the end-end AI model lifecycle governance standard from ideation to deployment and monitoring
• Drive LLM and agentic AI governance - grounding standards retrieval integrity tool use controls autonomous action limits and human-in-the-loop enforcement
• Own GxP AI validation strategy and audit readiness across all regulated environments
• Lead AI regulatory intelligence e.g. FDA EMA EU AI Actand emerging global frameworks coordinated with Legal and business units to get ahead of compliance obligations
• Partner at the executive level with Legal Compliance Regulatory Affairs and CISO on regulatory interpretation risk posture and technical standards

This role might be for you if you:

• Have led AI governance or technical risk functions in a complex regulated industry and built the teams that execute them
• Bring technical depth to set strategy and leadership range to hire and hold accountable the experts who implement it
• Understand the distinct risk profiles of predictive generative and agentic systems and have governed them in production
• Have driven GxP AI validation strategy in a life sciences or biopharma setting
• Stay ahead of FDA AI/ML guidance EU AI Act and emerging frameworks and convert them into enterprise action
• Operate with credibility at the engineering level and the board level
• See AI governance as a strategic capability that accelerates the business and build it that way

• A Bachelors degree in a related field (advanced degree required for certain scientific or clinical positions)
• 17 years of experience in AI governance risk management regulatory affairs or compliance

Does this sound like you Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We are committed to building a workplace with an inclusive culture. Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or belief (or lack thereof) sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression gender reassignment marital or civil partnership status civil status pregnancy or parental status age disability nationality citizenship status ethnic or national origin membership of the Traveler community familial status genetic information military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

Where necessary we disclose salary ranges for roles in all countries in which we operate. The final offer will be determined within the relevant range based on the country of employment specific role level and your skills and some countries collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) may apply and influence certain elements of pay or benefits. Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans equity awards pension or retirement benefits 401(k) company match health and wellness programs fitness centers insurance benefits (e.g. medical dental vision life and disability) paid time off and family support benefits. For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the U.S. please visit For other locations additional information will be provided during the recruitment process. If you have any questions please speak with your recruiter.

Please be advised that at Regeneron we believe we do our best work when we are together. For that reason many roles are required to be performed onsite. Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about onsite expectations for your role and location.

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For jobs in Canada: this posting is for an existing position.

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