Director of AI Security & Innovation Enablement

Relativity; Virginia Beach (VA); Hybrid; USD 211,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Director of the Enablement and Innovation Security team to lead a senior group of security engineers. This role drives large-scale initiatives across Engineering, IT, and Security, shaping AI risk guardrails and secure deployment of new tools.

You will coach leaders, manage budgets, and partner with executives on risk, compliance, and governance while delivering secure enablement for enterprise-wide innovation and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Broad experience across security domains such as application, cloud, AI, data security and engineering pipelines.
• Experience supporting compliance and audit requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA) from a technical control perspective.
• Balancing Risk and Agility: Creates safe, pre-governed pathways for teams to test and deploy new tools (such as AI platforms, cloud workflows, or third-party software) without creating security vulnerabilities.
• Security and Compliance Oversight: Oversees corporate cybersecurity baselines, zero-trust architecture, identity access management, and compliance frameworks (such as ISO 27001, CMMC, or NIST guidelines).
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• 10+ years of technology leadership experience, including 5+ years in people leadership.
• Product or program management experience with roadmaps, OKRs, and Agile delivery.
• Working knowledge of AI risk frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, and CSA MAESTRO.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of senior security technologists.
• Executes on strategic plans and objectives with cross-functional teams.
• Manages budgets, staffing, and scheduling to meet corporate requirements.
• Directs the creation of safe pathways for testing and deploying new tools within secure practices.
• Champions safe AI usage, automated workflows, and risk mitigation for data privacy and model bias.
• Collaborates with enterprise teams to advance new technologies from evaluation to secure rollout.

Skills

Leadership

Security architecture

AI risk frameworks

Cloud security

Data security

Threat modeling

Compliance & audits

Communication to executives

Agile delivery

Risk assessment & governance

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Information Security

Master's degree (preferred)

Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

NIST/ISO frameworks

Job description

Relativity is seeking a Director of the Enablement and Innovation Security team to lead a senior group of security engineers. This role drives large-scale initiatives across Engineering, IT, and Security, shaping AI risk guardrails and secure deployment of new tools.

You will coach leaders, manage budgets, and partner with executives on risk, compliance, and governance while delivering secure enablement for enterprise-wide innovation and CI/CD practices.