Senior Director - Consumer Banking Data and AI

General information

Career area Consumer Analytics Work Location(s) 601 S. Tryon Street, NC Remote? No Ref # 21817 Posted Date 03-08-26 Working time Full time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?
Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

In office role, Ally work locations Charlotte NC, Detroit MI, or Lewisville TXAt this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The Senior Director of Data & AI is a cross-functional leader who integrates Consumer Banking objectives with enterprise data and AI strategies. This leader will be responsible for the vision and expansion of our data platforms, and establishing governance standards and resilient data architecture needed to accelerate business outcomes. Beyond platform oversight, they will help drive AI enablement by partnering with enterprise teams to deploy practical AI solutions that align with our risk and compliance framework. They are expected to define success through clear metrics, manage complex cross functional dependencies, and communicate effectively to executive leaders. Ultimately, this leader is expected to cultivate a high performing engineering culture that prioritizes technical excellence and innovation.

The Work Itself

• Serve as subject matter expert for Consumer Banking data and AI platforms.
• Lead the platform roadmap for data and AI; oversee configuration, implementation, and optimization of data engineering solutions to meet priority business use-cases.
• Establish and enforce rigorous data reliability, security, backup, and resilience strategies.
• Create technical documentation and low level design to ensure effective operations/support of the infrastructure solution.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, analytics teams, IT, and vendors to select appropriate solutions, integration patterns, and configurations that accelerate delivery of business value.
• Manage documentation and design artifacts (reference architectures, data lineage, configuration files