Head of Product Security & AI Security Engineering

Ericsson AB; Karlskrona kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson AB in Karlskrona, Sweden, seeks a Manager for Product Security to lead a lean team and integrate security across architecture, development and software lifecycle. The role demands strong people leadership and deep cybersecurity expertise, including AI security and post-quantum readiness.

You will collaborate with engineering, architecture and product management to strengthen the security posture of the Mobile Financial Services portfolio and drive regulatory compliance across PCI, SOC

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or developing technical or security teams.
• Strong understanding of product security, cybersecurity and security risk management.
• Experience with vulnerability management, penetration testing and secure software development including DevSecOps.
• Understanding of cloud-native and distributed architectures, and awareness of AI security risks.
• Knowledge of cryptography; post-quantum cryptography is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop Product Security professionals, building capabilities in security engineering, AI security, vulnerability management, penetration testing and post-quantum security.
• Drive product security strategy with a focus on PCI, SOC 2, CRA and ISO compliance.
• Integrate security throughout the Secure Software Development Lifecycle, including threat modelling, architecture reviews and security risk assessments.
• Strengthen vulnerability management and penetration testing, turning findings into prioritised, measurable engineering actions.
• Establish security controls and governance for AI-enabled development and agentic technologies, and support crypto-agility and post-quantum readiness.

Skills

Security leadership

Security engineering

AI security

Vulnerability management

Penetration testing

Post-quantum security

DevSecOps

Risk management

Communication with engineers

Cloud-native architectures

Job description

Ericsson AB in Karlskrona, Sweden, seeks a Manager for Product Security to lead a lean team and integrate security across architecture, development and software lifecycle. The role demands strong people leadership and deep cybersecurity expertise, including AI security and post-quantum readiness.

You will collaborate with engineering, architecture and product management to strengthen the security posture of the Mobile Financial Services portfolio and drive regulatory compliance across PCI, SOC