Director, AI Security
Key details
- Location
- United States
- Work style
- Remote
- Level
- Lead / Staff+
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 12–15 yrs
- Function
- Operations & Strategy
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 3h ago
Skills
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, AI Security based in the United States.
This is a senior cybersecurity leadership opportunity focused on building and scaling enterprise-wide AI security capabilities within a highly regulated healthcare environment. You will define and execute strategies that protect AI platforms, models, applications, and autonomous agent ecosystems across the organization. Working at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud technology, and enterprise risk management, you will enable secure AI adoption while protecting sensitive information and critical operations. You will lead global technical teams, establish scalable security frameworks, and drive innovation in AI threat detection and remediation. Collaborating with engineering, security operations, privacy, and risk management leaders, you will embed security throughout the AI lifecycle. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of enterprise AI security while delivering measurable improvements in resilience, compliance, and risk reduction.
Accountabilities:
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Define and lead the enterprise AI security strategy, establishing scalable capabilities covering generative AI, large language models (LLMs), AI agents, AI applications, model lifecycle management, and AI supply chain security.
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Develop and oversee security frameworks, standards, and operational controls to protect AI systems throughout their development, deployment, and ongoing operation.
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Establish enterprise-wide AI discovery and usage management capabilities to identify AI applications, models, agents, and services while enforcing access controls and preventing sensitive data exposure.
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Lead AI agent identity and authorization security, including non-human identities, credentials, service accounts, and least-privilege permissions, in collaboration with Identity and Access Management teams.
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Oversee AI security assessments, threat modeling, vulnerability management, adversarial testing, penetration testing, and red-team activities to identify and mitigate emerging threats such as prompt injection, model poisoning, and unauthorized data access.
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Establish AI onboarding and security assurance processes, defining approval criteria for production deployment and ensuring appropriate safeguards for new and advanced AI capabilities.
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Integrate AI security monitoring, telemetry, and threat detection into enterprise security operations, partnering with cyber defense teams on investigation, incident response, containment, and remediation.
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Leverage advanced AI models to identify cybersecurity exposures, prioritize risks, accelerate investigations, and support remediation through controlled automation and human validation.
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Collaborate with AI governance, privacy, technology architecture, risk management, application security, and vulnerability management teams to embed security controls into enterprise AI standards and processes.
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Manage AI security vendors, budgets, technology investments, and strategic partnerships while ensuring effective resource allocation and capability development.
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Lead and develop high-performing global security teams, establish clear accountability, and provide executive-level reporting on security performance, emerging risks, and strategic priorities.
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Drive continuous improvement through measurable security coverage, control effectiveness, operational efficiency, and demonstrable reductions in enterprise cybersecurity risk.
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience. A master's degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering, or Business Administration is preferred.
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At least 12 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, application security, security engineering, or related disciplines, including leadership of enterprise security
Requirements:
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