AI Red Team Lead: Threat Ops & Offensive Security

Amazon; Maryland; On-site; USD 208,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, and

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the AI Red Team within Threat Operations. You will build and lead a team of security engineers and researchers focused on security research and offensive security operations targeting AI systems, infrastructure, and emerging threats.

You will set strategic direction for AI security research and offensive operations while building a high‑performing team with deep AI/ML expertise.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in offensive security, security engineering, or related security domains.
• 3+ years of experience managing security teams or leading security programs.
• Proven track record of building and scaling security capabilities in complex technology organizations.

Responsibilities

• Building and leading a team of security engineers with expertise in offensive security, AI/ML systems, threat intelligence, and security automation.
• Establishing and driving the strategic vision for AI offensive security research, focusing on emergent threats and novel attack surfaces in the AI ecosystem.
• Overseeing sophisticated Red Team operations targeting AI assets including training pipelines, inference systems, model architectures, and supporting infrastructure.
• Driving cross‑organizational security initiatives to assess how growing reliance on AI introduces new vulnerabilities across the enterprise.
• Partnering with security teams to protect critical AI offerings and ensure customer security in AI workloads.
• Developing scalable offensive security automation and AI‑augmented testing tools that can be shared across the organization.
• Translating technical security findings into strategic recommendations for senior leadership, clearly articulating business impact and risk.
• Recruiting, mentoring, and developing security talent with diverse backgrounds spanning offensive security and AI/ML expertise.
• Fostering collaboration between security engineers and research scientists to advance the field of AI security.
• Establishing metrics and reporting frameworks to demonstrate security program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Building relationships with security leadership, product teams, and business stakeholders to drive consensus on complex security issues and risk remediation strategies.

Skills

Offensive security

AI/ML security

Security leadership

Threat intelligence

Team management

Security automation

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the AI Red Team within Threat Operations. You will build and lead a team of security engineers and researchers focused on security research and offensive security operations targeting AI systems, infrastructure, and emerging threats.

You will set strategic direction for AI security research and offensive operations while building a high‑performing team with deep AI/ML expertise.