CISO AI

AXA; Madrid; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA seeks a forward-thinking security leader to become our AI CISO, shaping the future of AI security at a global scale. You will protect AXA's AI models, data and infrastructure while fostering responsible AI innovation.

You will build a holistic AI security program using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework adapted for AI, establishing governance, risk management and security controls across the AI lifecycle to ensure secure and trustworthy AI deployments.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years in information security or related field with leadership in data science/AI security.
• Experience shaping security programs in global organizations.
• Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance in AI contexts.

Responsibilities

• Govern: Develop and follow AXA's AI Security Strategy in line with responsible AI principles and regulations.
• Identify: Design AI risk assessments focusing on data poisoning, model evasion, and prompt injection.
• Protect: Define security standards for AI/ML lifecycle from data capture to deployment.
• Detect: Oversee monitoring to spot AI model drift and security attacks; define SOC precursors.
• Respond & Recover: Define and test incident response playbooks for AI-specific events.

Skills

AI Security lifecycle

AI frameworks knowledge

Adversarial ML knowledge

Data privacy knowledge

English communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Job description

About the job

We are seeking a forward-thinking security leader to become our AI CISO. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of AI security at a global scale, protecting our models, data, and infrastructure from emerging threats while fostering responsible and ethical AI innovation.

Job purpose

Your purpose is to build and run a holistic AI security program for AXA. You will establish the governance, risk management framework, and security controls to protect our AI/ML models and data, ensuring that AXA's use of AI is not only powerful but also secure and trustworthy.

Main missions

Your mission is to build the program around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, adapted for AI:

• Govern: Develop and follow implementation the Group's AI Security Strategy, in line with responsible AI principles and emerging regulations (e.g., EU AI Act). Establish policies for secure AI development, data usage, and model governance


• Identify: Lead risk assessments methodology design on AI models and systems, focusing on unique threats like data poisoning, model evasion, adversarial attacks, and prompt injection. Ensure a consolidate inventory of critical AI assets


• Protect: Define security standards and architecture patterns for the AI/ML lifecycle, from secure data acquisition and feature engineering to model training and deployment. Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of models and training data


• Detect: Oversee the implementation of monitoring mechanisms to detect model drift, anomalous behavior, and security attacks against AI systems. Define AI-specific incident precursors for the SOC


• Respond & Recover: Define and test the incident response playbook for AI-specific security events, such as a compromised model or a severe data leak through a Generative AI service

Expected skills & experience

We are looking for someone with the following experience and skills:

Experience

More than 10 years of experience in Information Security or a related field, with demonstrated experience in a leadership role focused on data science, AI/ML, or the security thereof.

Technical skills

• Good understanding of the AI/ML lifecycle


• Knowledge of common AI frameworks


• Familiarity with AI-specific security threats (adversarial ML, etc.) and controls


• Knowledge of data privacy and emerging AI regulations is essential

Soft skills / transversal skills

Profile

• Fluent in English. Outstanding oral and written communication skills with proven ability to develop and present concise information


• Strong multi-cultural understanding


• Experience of interacting with Directors and all levels of management


• Team player and able to collaborate, influence and guide others

Strategic Mindset

• A passion for innovation balanced with a pragmatic, risk-based approach. Ability to think strategically and establish a new function in a complex, global organization


• Maintains a wider perspective, aligns actions and contributes to the enhancement of the overall organizational strategy, including outputs from benchmarking activities and reviews


• Understands and articulates the projected direction of the organization and how changes to it might impact the group


• Is aware of trends in the external environment and key differentiators vis‑à‑vis competition and uses this information to anticipate how these changes would impact the organization

Leadership / Stakeholder Management / Communication:

• A visionary leader capable of navigating ambiguity and influencing a wide range of stakeholders to adopt new security paradigms in a matrix organization


• Ability to build consensus and drive collaboration between highly technical data science teams, business units, AXA Group functions, and AXA entities.


• Exceptional ability to communicate in English, translating complex AI security concepts into clear, actionable guidance for diverse audiences from developers to senior executives

Where will you be in the organization?

The department / team

• The division:As the thematic CISO for Artificial Intelligence within Group Security, you will be AXA's leading expert on AI security. You will partner with data science teams, innovation hubs, and local CISOs to ensure our AI initiatives are secure, trustworthy, and compliant.


• The department / team:Operating within a global matrix structure, you will use your leadership and influence to embed security into the entire AI lifecycle across all AXA entities. Your mission is to make \\"secure AI\\" a core principle of every project, ensuring our innovation is built on a foundation of trust.

What we offer

We bring together the expertise, cultural diversity and creativity of over 8,000 employees worldwide and we’re committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of employment (gender, LGBT+, disabled persons, or people of different origins) and to promoting Diversity & Inclusion by creating a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.