Advisory Engineer, AI Governance and Product Security

Lenovo; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday purchase

Private medical

Life insurance

Pension scheme

Learning and development

Job summary

Lenovo is seeking an experienced Advisory Engineer, AI Security to lead the security architecture and assurance across AI models, AI-enabled products and development platforms. You will establish secure-by-design patterns and drive remediation across global engineering teams.

This role requires hands-on design of security architectures for AI systems in cloud environments, APIs and data pipelines, with collaboration across Lenovo's AI Governance and Product Security Office.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering security initiatives from assessment to operation.
• Experience leading security reviews, threat modelling and remediation.
• Understanding AI security threats and mitigations.
• Ability to translate security findings into engineering requirements.
• Relevant security certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI Security Architecture and Assurance roadmap, defining priorities, milestones, deliverables and success measures.
• Define secure-by-design technical standards, reference architectures and control patterns for AI models and AI platforms.
• Lead security architecture reviews, threat modelling and technical assurance for AI systems and products.
• Establish model-assurance requirements for third-party and open-weight models, including provenance and supply-chain risk.
• Define security requirements for AI tooling; collaborate with operations on implementation and lifecycle management.
• Support AI security incidents and translate lessons into improved controls and guidance.
• Occasional domestic and international travel (approx. 5%).

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modelling

AI security

Cloud security

Incident response

Compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

APIs

Cloud platforms

Job description

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

This new position joins Lenovo's AI Governance and Product Security organization within the Chief AI Office in our mission of enabling security and trust in Lenovo's use of AI technology in product development through Responsible AI. The AI Governance and Product Security Office works across all Lenovo's business and product areas to ensure AI tools are used in accordance with Company standards and international regulations, and products are developed and implemented with industry best practices for security.

In partnership with AI and security leaders across Lenovo, the Advisory Engineer, AI Security will lead the technical security architecture and assurance approach for AI models, AI-enabled products and AI development platforms. The role defines secure-by-design patterns, conducts complex security and model assurance reviews, develops technical standards and remediation guidance, and enables consistent adoption across global product and internal-use AI initiatives.

This person is a strategic thinker and strong collaborator who combines leadership and delivery capability with deep technical expertise in AI security. They must be delivery-focused: able to translate AI security strategy, risk findings and technical standards into prioritised work, implementable control requirements, measurable outcomes and sustained adoption across engineering teams.

Hands-on experience designing security architectures and integrating AI systems with enterprise security tools across cloud environments, APIs and data pipelines is essential.

A passion for AI, technology and engineering excellence is critical, with a strong belief that security is built through people, process and scalable technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of the AI Security Architecture and Assurance roadmap, defining priorities, milestones, technical deliverables and success measures; track agreed remediation actions through to closure.
• Define and maintain secure-by-design technical standards, reference architectures, control patterns and assessment methodologies for AI models, LLM and agentic AI systems and AI development platforms.
• Lead security architecture reviews, threat modelling and technical assurance for high-risk AI systems, products and material changes.
• Establish and improve model-assurance requirements for third-party and open-weight models, including provenance, supply-chain risk, deployment configuration, vulnerabilities, updates and compensating controls.
• Define security requirements and technical evaluation criteria for AI security tooling; partner with operational teams on implementation, integration and lifecycle management.
• Support material AI security incidents and convert lessons learned into improved controls, standards and engineering guidance.
• Occasional domestic and international travel (approx. 5%) for meetings and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated track record of delivering complex security initiatives from assessment and design through implementation, validation and operational handover, with measurable adoption and risk-reduction outcomes.
• Experience leading security architecture reviews, threat modelling and remediation through the software or product development lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of AI security threats and mitigations.
• Experience designing or assessing security controls across cloud environments, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, identity/access management and data flows.
• Ability to convert security findings and standards into prioritised technical requirements, clear delivery plans and implementable remediation guidance for engineering teams.
• Ability to participate in incident response and product security operations as required.
• Relevant security certifications are advantageous.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, software engineering, mathematics, or a related field
• 8+ years in product security, application security, cloud security, security engineering or a closely related discipline.

What Lenovo Can Offer You

At Lenovo, we invest in our people and provide a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, development, and work-life balance, including:

• Holiday purchase
• Private medical
• Income protection
• Attractive pension scheme
• Positive work life balance
• Learning and development
• Life insurance
• Lenovo and Motorola products discounts
• Lifestyle discounts
• Cycle to work

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.