Chief Security & Trust Leader for Enterprise AI

Valkai; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Generous PTO

Job summary

Valkai is seeking a hands-on security leader to own the security program, operating with enterprise reviews, audits, and AI governance. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, AI Research, and Legal to translate security needs into practical controls and commitments.

You will drive SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 readiness, develop trust documentation, and streamline evidence collection to support rapid customer deployments at scale.

Qualifications

• Security leaders who build: build or scale a security program and blend strategy with execution.
• Enterprise credibility: led security reviews and customer audits.
• Technical depth: understands cloud architecture, IAM, data flows, app security, and AI systems.
• Compliance ownership: guided audits/certifications and ongoing readiness.
• Strong judgment: prioritize risks and balance customer commitments.
• Clear collaborators: explain security to customers, engineers, leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own Valkai's security strategy, roadmap, and operating program, with clear priorities, owners, and reporting on risk and progress.
• Lead enterprise security reviews, technical diligence calls, questionnaires, and customer audits. Partner with Sales and Legal on security requirements and contractual commitments.
• Build and maintain our Trust Center, security documentation, architecture overviews, and reusable responses. Automate evidence collection and review workflows to improve speed and accuracy.
• Own the roadmap and execution for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001, including gap assessments, control implementation, auditor coordination, remediation, and ongoing maintenance.
• Establish AI governance with Product, AI Research, Engineering and Legal, including AI risk assessments, model and vendor reviews, data-handling practices, human oversight, and documented responsibilities.
• Partner with Engineering to strengthen access controls, cloud and application security, tenant isolation, vulnerability management, and protections for AI agents and customer data.
• Translate recurring customer concerns into product and security improvements, and select the tools, external partners, and future hires needed to scale the function.

Job description

Valkai is seeking a hands-on security leader to own the security program, operating with enterprise reviews, audits, and AI governance. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, AI Research, and Legal to translate security needs into practical controls and commitments.

You will drive SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 readiness, develop trust documentation, and streamline evidence collection to support rapid customer deployments at scale.