Senior Engineering Manager, AI Security, Global Security & Defence

TD Bank; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TD Bank is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to deliver AI security capabilities in a highly regulated environment. You will translate security priorities into scalable technical solutions while overseeing cross-functional teams and ensuring strong governance across the program.

The role requires deep experience in generative AI, security architecture, and enterprise integrations, with a focus on resilient, secure design and delivery in a global technology context.

Qualifications

• 15+ years delivering enterprise technology in heavily regulated environments.
• Proven track record leading distributed engineering teams and multi-year product portfolios.
• Hands-on architectural experience with production-grade generative AI and enterprise integrations.
• Strong software foundations: APIs, microservices, distributed systems, data pipelines, CI/CD.
• Experience delivering cyber security platforms: identity, privileged access, security analytics, or automation.
• Understanding of cloud security, secure software development, operational resilience, and governance.
• Ability to translate business/security requirements into prioritised engineering roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security product delivery and evaluate vendor AI security capabilities.
• Define architectural strategy and partner with security engineering teams.
• Design safeguards for agentic AI workflows and continuous assurance controls.
• Collaborate with Security Operations to enhance detection, response, and automation.
• Develop enterprise-grade security harnesses embedding frontier AI models and enabling automated remediation.

Skills

Leadership

Generative AI

Agentic workflows

Enterprise integration

APIs

CI/CD

Cloud security

Identity security

Security governance

Distributed systems

Education

Degree inCS/engineering or related discipline

Job description

Work Location :

London, United Kingdom

Hours:

35

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

We're committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Description:

Role Purpose

Lead the delivery of AI Security enabled capabilities and translate security priorities into reliable, scalable solutions that improve operational effectiveness while maintaining strong controls, resilience and governance.

This is a hands-on engineering leadership role, combining technical direction, product delivery and people management. The role will report into AI Security Leadership and partner across cyber security defence and other key AI teams spanning Global Technology & Solutions and the AI Office.

Key responsibilities

• AI and security product delivery including assessing, comparing vendor AI security landscape & in-house capabilities build-out.
• AI Security Architecture and engineering excellence: Technical strategy & cross-functional partnering with Global Security Defence Security Engineering & Architecture teams.
• Agentic Security / Autonomous Agents safeguards: Design & engineering for the next generation of technical safeguards and continuous assurance controls to protect
• Partnering across Security Operations teams to enhance capabilities to detect, response, automate the control stack necessary to establish an effective digital immune on par with AI threat landscape.
• Partnering across Security Engineering to define, design, optimize, build enterprise grade security harnesses that embed frontier grade AI models and support automated remediation or control assurance.

Successful Candidate Will Possess

• Significant experience (15 years+) delivering enterprise technology within banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• Demonstrated leadership of distributed engineering teams and complex, multi-year product portfolios.
• Hands-on architectural experience with production-grade generative AI, agentic workflows and enterprise integrations.
• Strong software engineering foundations, including APIs, microservices, distributed systems, data pipelines and CI/CD.
• Experience delivering cyber security platforms, particularly identity, privileged access, security analytics or security automation.
• Practical understanding of cloud security, secure software development, operational resilience and technology governance.
• Ability to translate business and security requirements into prioritised engineering roadmaps.
• Degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Desirable experience

• Enterprise model platforms such as Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock or Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
• Agent orchestration frameworks, MCP integrations and AI-assisted development tools / ADK.dev.
• SIEM, SOAR, identity governance and enterprise secrets-management technologies.
• Cloud-native modernisation, container platforms and reusable engineering standards.
• Relevant cloud architecture, cyber security or AI certifications.

Who We Are

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investment we make in our colleagues to help them, and their families achieve their well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, including medical coverage, paid time off, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information:

We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development

If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunit