Director, AI Security

Who We Are At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities. The Role Why Kyndryl Kyndryl's Security & Resiliency practice helps clients anticipate, protect against, withstand, and recover from cyber threats and operational disruption. We bring together deep technical expertise, modern platforms, and a culture of continuous learning to build secure and resilient environments. At Kyndryl, curiosity, collaboration, and customer focus are central to how we work. We invest in skills and give people opportunities to learn, contribute, and grow. The Role Kyndryl is seeking a Director, AI Security to lead the team responsible for securing Kyndryl internal AI platforms, applications, copilots, agents, model deployments, and frontier AI initiatives. This technical people leader will define the function strategy, build and develop the team, establish a durable operating model, and ensure security controls are implemented across the enterprise AI lifecycle. What You Will Do Build, lead, coach, and develop the AI Security team with clear roles, priorities, delivery expectations, and career paths. Own the team charter, roadmap, intake model, service catalog, operating rhythm, budget priorities, metrics, and executive reporting. Define and execute the technical strategy for enterprise AI security. Direct reusable controls for AI applications, runtimes, gateways, orchestration services, and model platforms. Oversee AI threat modeling, architecture review, adversarial testing, code and agent testing, telemetry, and remediation. Drive material AI risks to remediation, approved exception, or explicit risk acceptance. Partner across Cybersecurity, CIO, AI Platform, AI Governance, Architecture, Engineering, Data, Legal, Privacy, Procurement, and business teams. Brief executives on posture, material risks, investment needs, tradeoffs, and recommended decisions. Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies. Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment. Who You Are Required Qualifications 10 or more years of experience in cybersecurity, product security, application security, cloud security, platform security, software engineering, or a related field. Demonstrated experience leading and developing technical teams. Experience owning an enterprise security capability, technical program, product, or engineering roadmap. Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, APIs, IAM, secure software development, telemetry, and platform engineering. Ability to assess complex architectures and guide practical implementation decisions. Strong executive communication skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience building or securing generative AI applications, agents, copilots, model platforms, or machine learning systems. Experience with AI gateways, RAG, vector databases, model routing, orchestration, MCP, or model-serving platforms. Experience with AI red teaming, adversarial testing, prompt injection defenses, agent testing, or automated control validation. Relevant security, cloud, engineering leadership, or AI certifications. The base compensation range for the position in the U.S. is - $179,760 to $341,520 based on a full-time schedule reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Kyndryl, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. Your actual compensation may vary depending on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable juri…

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