Director, InfoSec & AI Security Strategy

PubMatic; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid leave programs

Healthcare

Dental and vision insurance

Disability and life insurance

Commuter benefits

Wellness programs

Unlimited DTO in the US

Reimbursement for mobile

In-office catered lunches

Job summary

PubMatic seeks a Director of Information Security to lead and evolve our global security program across enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, products, corporate systems, and emerging AI technologies.

The role emphasizes executive communication, security operations, and AI-enabled security, with a focus on risk-balanced controls, incident response, and governance. Hybrid in-office/remote schedule in the US is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field; CISSP, CISM, CCSP or equivalent certifications preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience with at least 5 years leading enterprise security organizations.
• Strong expertise in cloud security, IAM, Zero Trust, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, network security and modern enterprise security architectures.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide security transformation and implementing automation to improve security operations.
• Working knowledge of AI-powered security technologies for automation, threat detection, incident triage, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute PubMatic's enterprise information security strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Lead Security Engineering, Security Operations, Governance, and Incident Response.
• Build a highly automated, AI-enabled security organization focused on excellence and operational efficiency.
• Establish executive security metrics, KPIs, and reporting for senior leadership and the Board.
• Manage a team of security engineers, security investments, vendor relationships, and strategic security initiatives.
• Lead security architecture across cloud infrastructure, enterprise platforms, products, identity, networks, Kubernetes, endpoints, and data protection.
• Drive security automation, threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed security by design throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Build reusable security platforms, self-service capabilities, APIs, and automation that enable developers while reducing operational overhead.
• Develop and execute the company’s AI security strategy and governance framework, with a security focus.
• Secure enterprise AI platforms, AI infrastructure, and AI-enabled applications.
• Leverage AI-powered technologies to improve threat detection, incident response, security operations, and overall operational efficiency.
• Guide the organization on secure adoption of Generative AI while addressing emerging risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, model abuse, and AI-specific attack vectors.
• Maintain enterprise security governance in partnership with compliance and privacy teams, and third-party security programs.
• Partner with business leaders to balance security, regulatory requirements, employee productivity, and business agility.
• Lead security awareness initiatives that promote secure development and responsible AI adoption across the organization.

Skills

Executive communication

Security leadership

Security operations

AI security

Security architecture

DevSecOps

Kubernetes

Cloud security

Threat detection

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field; CISSP/CISM/CCSP preferred

Job description

PubMatic seeks a Director of Information Security to lead and evolve our global security program across enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, products, corporate systems, and emerging AI technologies.

The role emphasizes executive communication, security operations, and AI-enabled security, with a focus on risk-balanced controls, incident response, and governance. Hybrid in-office/remote schedule in the US is available.