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Lincoln Financial

Insurance, retirement, and financial services provider

Vice President – IT AI Strategy & Programs

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • A four-year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required.
  • At least 12 years of experience in enterprise and/or technology strategy and program delivery within a highly regulated industry, including at least 4 years of managerial, supervisory, and/or demonstrated leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute enterprise-wide strategic roadmaps, operating models, and transformation initiatives within complex technology organizations.
  • Ability to build alignment, gain commitment, and drive decisions across senior leadership teams and diverse stakeholder groups through executive presence and influencing skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify emerging opportunities, assess business and technology impacts, and provide strategic thought leadership regarding industry and market developments.

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead the AI strategy for the IT organization, aligning it with enterprise objectives, technology priorities, and business outcomes.
  • Partner with the IT Senior Leadership Team and AI & Data Analytics leadership to establish strategic AI-for-IT priorities, roadmaps, and investment recommendations.
  • Translate AI opportunities into actionable programs and guide implementation strategies that balance innovation, risk, and operational needs.
  • Provide strategic thought leadership and advisory support to senior executives regarding AI trends, capabilities, risks, and business implications.
  • Identify strategic gaps, emerging opportunities, and organizational barriers to AI adoption in IT, and develop actionable plans to accelerate progress.
  • Direct complex, multidisciplinary IT AI programs with enterprise visibility, managing dependencies, risks, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Lead development of the strategy and coordinate execution of an integrated AI operating framework for IT, including execution oversight, success measures, and reporting mechanisms.
  • Influence decision-making across multiple technology and business functions through collaboration, negotiation, and executive-level communication.
  • Develop executive presentations and strategic updates for the IT Senior Leadership Team, firm-wide Strategic Management Committee, and Board of Directors on IT's AI strategy, program progress, and value realization.
  • Monitor regulatory, industry, and market developments affecting AI adoption in financial services and incorporate insights into strategic planning.
  • Serve as an AI strategy and execution thought leader within IT, fostering innovation and advancing organizational capabilities through knowledge sharing, strategic partnerships, and continuous learning.
  • Maintain knowledge of current and emerging developments and trends, assess their impact, and collaborate with executive and senior management to incorporate them into current and future strategies.
  • Lead the identification, development, and implementation of strategic process improvements that improve quality across the team, business unit, and/or organization.
  • Lead and enhance organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and departmental and/or enterprise initiatives.
  • Provide highly specialized expertise and thought leadership to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Contribute to business unit, operational, and enterprise strategy creation.
  • Build organizational capability and lead and execute approved strategy.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of generative AI, large language models, AI agent frameworks, and enterprise AI platforms.
  • Familiarity with AI operating models, AI product delivery frameworks, and AI portfolio management practices.

About the Company

Lincoln Financial

Insurance, retirement, and financial services provider

Lincoln Financial Group offers life insurance, annuities, and retirement income products through its network of affiliated companies, and also provides securities and investment advisory services via affiliated broker-dealers. Its products combine insurance coverage or retirement-focused contracts with investment options, where customers fund premiums, choose subaccounts or riders, and receive benefits such as death benefits, living benefits, or guaranteed income in retirement. The company differentiates itself with a family of affiliated brands and distributors that coordinate life, annuity, and advisory products under one umbrella. Its goal is to help individuals and families protect loved ones, plan for retirement, and achieve financial security through integrated protection and investment solutions.

Company size
Not listed
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$128.8M
Headquarters
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1905

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