Director, Cybersecurity & AI Security (Onsite - Sunnyvale)

Knightscope, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Sur place; USD 200 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Stock options

Résumé du poste

Knightscope, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Director Cybersecurity to lead strategic direction, governance, and maturity of our cybersecurity program overseeing autonomous robotics, cloud, AI, and enterprise systems. This is a high-impact leadership role reporting to the Chairman and CEO.

This position focuses on building scalable, secure-by-design architectures, incident preparedness, and risk management for government-ready deployments, with close cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience, with 5+ years in senior leadership.
• Proven track record building and scaling cybersecurity programs in tech-driven orgs.
• Experience integrating AI/ML in cybersecurity (threat detection, automation, anomaly detection).
• Deep expertise in security frameworks (NIST, FEDRAMP) and risk management.
• Strong cloud security, network architecture, and Zero Trust understanding.
• Experience cross-functional with engineering and product teams.
• Executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Must be hands on.
• Must have recent Palantir FedStart experience.

Responsabilités

• Define and execute the company-wide cybersecurity vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap.
• Align cybersecurity initiatives with business objectives, product development, and go-to-market strategy.
• Lead the evolution toward AI-driven security operations and intelligent automation.
• Establish and maintain enterprise security governance frameworks (NIST, FEDRAMP, etc.).
• Oversee risk management programs, including enterprise risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with government and public sector security requirements (e.g., FedRAMP, CJIS, or similar).
• Own third-party/vendor risk management strategy.
• Define security standards for autonomous robotics, embedded systems, and IoT devices.
• Partner with engineering to embed secure-by-design principles into robotics and AI platforms.
• Oversee security architecture for cloud-connected devices and field deployments.
• Ensure robust incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery programs.
• Provide executive oversight during major security incidents.
• Establish metrics and reporting for risk posture, incident trends, and response effectiveness.
• Build and lead a high-performing cybersecurity team (more analysts over time).
• Act as the primary security advisor to executive leadership and board-level stakeholders.
• Partner with Legal, IT, Engineering, and Operations to drive security across the organization.
• Represent Knightscope in customer, partner, and government security discussions.

Connaissances

Cybersecurity leadership

NIST FEDRAMP

AI/ML security

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Executive communication

Hands-on

Palantir FedStart

Description du poste

Knightscope, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Director Cybersecurity to lead strategic direction, governance, and maturity of our cybersecurity program overseeing autonomous robotics, cloud, AI, and enterprise systems. This is a high-impact leadership role reporting to the Chairman and CEO.

This position focuses on building scalable, secure-by-design architectures, incident preparedness, and risk management for government-ready deployments, with close cross-functional collaboration.