Vice President, Data & AI

About the role

The Vice President of Data & AI is accountable for establishing, governing, and advancing Virginia Farm Bureau’s enterprise data and analytics capabilities through a federated data strategy, while developing responsible artificial intelligence capabilities over time. This role owns data as a strategic enterprise asset—setting standards, governance, platforms, and guardrails—while enabling business domains to retain ownership and accountability for their data through defined Data Domain Councils and stewardship models.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a federated enterprise data and AI strategy that balances centralized standards and platforms with distributed domain ownership.
• Establish clear enterprise data principles that empower business domains while ensuring enterprise-level trust, security, and interoperability.
• Act as the executive accountable for data and AI outcomes across the enterprise, regardless of organizational placement.
• Own enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and oversight mechanisms.
• Lead Data Governance Councils and domain-based stewardship models that assign clear data ownership within business areas.
• Ensure consistent data definition, quality, classification, lineage, and lifecycle management across federated data domains.
• Partner with Audit, Compliance, and Cybersecurity to ensure data practices meet regulatory and legal obligations.
• Lead enterprise data engineering and platform teams responsible for shared data infrastructure, integration, analytics tooling, and enablement.
• Establish enterprise AI governance, standards, and guardrails to support responsible and compliant AI use.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on data, analytics, and AI opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Build, lead, and develop high-performing teams across Data Governance, Data Engineering, and AI functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in data, analytics, or technology roles with enterprise-scale responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience delivering data platforms and governance in a federated or hybrid operating model.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, analytics platforms, integration patterns, and data security/privacy requirements.
• Experience operating in regulated environments such as insurance, financial services, or healthcare.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience leading multiple teams or functions across governance, engineering, analytics, or AI.
• Experience implementing federated data ownership models using councils, stewards, or domain-based accountability structures.
• Experience establishing or scaling AI capabilities in an enterprise environment.
• Familiarity with modern data cataloging, lineage, and governance tools used to support federated data strategies.

Skills

• Executive leadership and enterprise stewardship
• Strong governance mindset balanced with enablement
• Systems-level and platform-oriented thinking
• Ability to influence and align federated teams
• Translation of data and AI complexity into business value

Benefits

At VA Farm Bureau, we provide an exceptional benefits package, including ongoing job development and support in all roles, paid training and continuing education reimbursement, medical and dental insurance available on your first day, generous employee 401K contribution, excellent Paid Time off (PTO) plan and more!

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $228,000 - $240,000 Annually.

Location and Schedule

This position is based out of our West Creek Office, located at 12580 West Creek Pkwy, Richmond, VA 23238, and reports to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).