Madrid Security & AI Governance Lead

Sapira Partners; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sapira Partners is seeking a Security & Compliance Manager in Madrid to lead customer trust programs and AI governance across EU and US regulations. You will partner with Legal, Privacy, Engineering, and Product to implement scalable, region-aware controls and drive risk-based decision making.

Join a team focused on high-stakes, enterprise-scale operations, ensuring compliance posture, audits, and regulatory alignment across product and customer engagements.

Formación

• 8+ years of experience in security compliance, privacy, or regulatory roles in SaaS, fintech, or AI companies.
• Deep experience with EU regulatory frameworks, including GDPR, DORA, EU AI Act and emerging AI regulations, paired with strong awareness of US regulatory norms.
• Demonstrated ability to operate globally — understanding where requirements must diverge and where alignment is possible.
• Experience engaging directly with enterprise and regulated customers as a trusted representative of security, privacy, and compliance.
• Ability to translate abstract or evolving regulatory requirements into defensible, real-world practices.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, making reasoned judgment calls, and clearly articulating rationale and tradeoffs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including close collaboration with Legal and external stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Act as a primary point of accountability for customer trust enablement, including participation in customer meetings, security reviews and AI governance.
• Contribute to AI Governance including building guardrails to align with AI regulations (EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF and local EU laws).
• Partner closely with Legal and Privacy to interpret regulatory requirements and support complex, security-sensitive contractual discussions, escalating risks and tradeoffs appropriately.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product to ensure expectations are reflected in system design and operational effectiveness.
• Translate regulatory and privacy expectations into scalable, region-aware technical controls across model governance, agent security and safety, and data handling.
• Own and evolve customer-facing trust materials and narratives related to AI, privacy, and security.
• Represent Sapira in customer audits and formal assessments, clearly explaining security posture, governance decisions, and risk management approaches.
• Support resilience and response expectations as part of broader governance, with an emphasis on learning and continuous improvement.
• Continuously improve trust by identifying opportunities to streamline workflows, increase automation, and improve signal quality, while maintaining a high bar for accuracy and quality.

Conocimientos

Security compliance

Privacy

Regulatory experience

Global operations

Communication

Risk management

Descripción del empleo

Sapira Partners is seeking a Security & Compliance Manager in Madrid to lead customer trust programs and AI governance across EU and US regulations. You will partner with Legal, Privacy, Engineering, and Product to implement scalable, region-aware controls and drive risk-based decision making.

Join a team focused on high-stakes, enterprise-scale operations, ensuring compliance posture, audits, and regulatory alignment across product and customer engagements.