[Hiring] Model Risk Associate @Nationwide

Role Description

As a team member in Finance at Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, the opportunities are endless! Let Nationwide help create your career journey! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This position is part of the AI Risk Governance team — a dedicated advisory function within Enterprise Risk Management.

• Provide technical depth to assess AI/ML and generative AI systems, and translate technical realities into clear risk language for both practitioners and risk partners.
• Advise first-line teams on risk management throughout the AI lifecycle, tailoring guidance to each use case's context.
• Keep risk controls current with rapidly evolving AI technology, anticipating emerging risks and updating guidance and control expectations.
• Serve as a trusted, credible advisor who connects and aligns risk partners across all three lines on AI risk matters.
• Support the operationalization of AI risk management through agentic AI.
• Contribute to shared legal and compliance support, assembling audit-ready evidence and helping produce credible, timely responses to regulator and examiner inquiries.
• Communicate complex technical and risk concepts in plain language, building practitioner fluency and confidence in managing AI risk through training and education.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate studies in statistics, actuarial science, engineering or related quantitative field, business science or MBA preferred.
• Typically, eight or more years of related work experience.
• Proven understanding of advanced analytics theory and experience with application in a key project and/or program.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of associates, senior management and vendors.
• Proficient in working with cross-functional teams to drive project execution.

Requirements

• Leads advanced analytics projects and consults with business partners to define and structure analytic projects.
• Analyzes trends and patterns in structured and unstructured data and synthesizes and communicates relevant insights.
• Builds, packages and communicates analytic work using appropriate medium for relevant insights and applicable data visualizations.
• Synthesizes project work and the work of team members.
• Collaborates with leadership to develop analytics strategies for the business unit.
• Designs analytics solutions aligned to business needs using statistical, database and/or general programming languages and tools.
• Reviews analytic solution design and provides relevant feedback and coaching to project team associates.
• Builds and manages relationships and serves as a trusted business advisor to clients.
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of department processes through ongoing initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short and long term disability coverage.
• Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date.
• Nine paid holidays.
• 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off.
• 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company-paid pension plan.
• Business casual attire.