Director of Data Security & AI Risk

Riot Platforms; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Equity incentive programs

Gym memberships

Pet insurance

Childcare discounts

Job summary

Riot Platforms is seeking a Director of Data Security to lead enterprise data protection and AI security programs across corporate, cloud and AI/HPC environments. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building a scalable, risk-based program while enabling growth.

You will define data discovery, classification, protection, and secure sharing, and partner with Legal, GRC, and IT on approved applications and use. This position is remote with travel to Riot offices as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, CS, IT, or equivalent.
• 10+ years in cybersecurity, incl. 5+ years in data protection and 3+ years leadership.
• Hands-on design/ops of Microsoft Purview in enterprise environments: Information Protection, DLP, Endpoint DLP, Insider Risk Management, DSPM.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute data protection and AI security strategy, roadmap and KPIs.
• Build and lead a team of data protection and AI security engineers.
• Lead architecture and optimization of Microsoft Purview with enterprise classification and DLP standards.

Skills

Data security strategy

Leadership

AI security

Microsoft Purview

DLP

Regulatory compliance

GRC collaboration

Threat detection

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

CrowdStrike

Zscaler

Microsoft Defender

Job description

Riot Platforms is seeking a Director of Data Security to lead enterprise data protection and AI security programs across corporate, cloud and AI/HPC environments. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building a scalable, risk-based program while enabling growth.

You will define data discovery, classification, protection, and secure sharing, and partner with Legal, GRC, and IT on approved applications and use. This position is remote with travel to Riot offices as needed.