Security Leader
Security leaders at AI companies design and operate comprehensive security programs spanning cloud infrastructure, identity systems, threat detection, and compliance frameworks. They balance hands-on technical depth—from architecting zero-trust models and securing AI/LLM pipelines to investigating incidents directly—with executive-level strategy and customer-facing credibility. Unlike pure compliance officers, these leaders embed security throughout engineering organizations and product development, treating it as an enabler of velocity rather than a brake, while typically reporting to the CISO and managing growing teams across security operations, architecture, and engineering disciplines.
Measured across 17 of 17 open postings.
“Experience working with AI/ML-specific security risks (model security, data pipeline protection”
“Cloud & Platform Security through AI: Oversee the security of our cloud infrastructure and platform leveraging AI and agentic workflows”
“Lead our AI strategy — enabling secure use in our platform products as well as for our internal engineering usage, and scaling AI security governance and controls.”
Skills
What companies are looking for in this role.
Security program strategy
Cloud and infrastructure security
Security engineering
Identity and access management
Threat modeling and architecture review
Detection engineering
Incident response and forensics
Security operations management
Security risk management
Security policy and standards
Incident response and reliability
Physical security programs
Application and product security
AI governance and security controls
AI/ML infrastructure security
AI safety and guardrails
AI governance and trust advisory
Technical team leadership and mentoring
Security communication and reporting
Technology
The tools and technologies that define this role.
Open Jobs
17 open Security Leader jobs across 15 companies.
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