Head of AI Security Architecture

4w1 month ago

State Street

Boston, US · Full-time · $170,000 – $282,500

About this role

The Head of AI Security Architecture is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, governing, and scaling secure-by-design AI architectures across State Street's technology landscape. This position ensures that AI, machine learning, and generative AI capabilities are delivered safely, defensibly, and in alignment with regulatory expectations.

Day-to-day responsibilities include leading AI threat modeling practices, establishing architecture standards and guardrails, and integrating AI security into DevSecOps pipelines. This leader will drive defensible architecture decisions supported by measurable risk reduction and operational outcomes, while partnering with engineering teams to accelerate AI reviews through tooling and policy-as-code approaches.

The role sits within the security organization, collaborating closely with Enterprise Architecture, engineering teams, and the CISO to ensure security accelerates—not constrains—business outcomes. The leader will build and lead a team focused on AI security, embedding secure defaults across cloud-native architectures and regulated environments.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of AI security at a global financial institution, working on emerging capabilities including AI agents, automation frameworks, and post-quantum readiness. The role offers the chance to serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership while continuously evaluating new technologies to strengthen the firm's defensive posture.

Requirements

Deep expertise in product security, cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps, AI risk management, and regulated environments
Proven ability to translate complex technical risks into actionable executive decisions
Experience establishing architecture standards, guardrails, and reference designs for AI systems across cloud and on-prem environments
Strong knowledge of AI-specific risks including model abuse, data poisoning, OSS corruption, prompt injection, model inversion, and emerging adversarial AI threats
Experience integrating security controls into DevSecOps pipelines and enabling secure AI adoption through paved-road platforms and automation
Ability to serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership and support regulatory, audit, and client discussions with credible technical narratives
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as FFIEC, NIST, ISO, NYDFS, and GDPR as they apply to AI systems

Responsibilities

Define and steward State Street's enterprise AI security architecture, including secure-by-default patterns for AI platforms, GenAI tooling, AI agents, and data pipelines
Establish AI threat modeling practices aligned to real-world attacker behavior and regulatory scrutiny, focusing on risks like model abuse, data poisoning, prompt injection, and adversarial AI
Integrate AI security into DevSecOps pipelines, automating preventative, detective, and responsive controls
Embed security, privacy, and compliance requirements directly into AI and software engineering lifecycle processes
Lead security architecture for emerging AI capabilities including AI agents, automation frameworks, and developer assist tooling
Drive data-driven security architecture decisions using metrics to identify risk concentration and architectural friction
Deliver concise executive briefings on AI security posture, emerging risks, and architectural tradeoffs to the CISO, CIO, and architecture leadership
Build and lead a team of AI security professionals, fostering expertise in product security, cloud-native architectures, and AI risk management

Benefits

Opportunity to shape AI security strategy at a global financial institution
Work on cutting-edge AI security challenges including GenAI, AI agents, and post-quantum readiness
Role offers direct influence on enterprise-wide architecture decisions and engineering workflows
Leadership position with the chance to build and develop a specialized AI security team
Collaboration with senior executives including CISO, CIO, and architecture leadership