Senior AI-Driven Cyber Security Leader

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is seeking a Cyber Risk & Technical Security Leader to drive enterprise cybersecurity across AI risk management, network, cloud and application security. You will partner with IT, data and business teams to embed security into AI and cloud while modernizing defenses against rapidly changing threats.

The role requires strategic leadership and hands‑on execution, with a focus on advancing security operations using AI‑based automation and response, and risk

Qualifications

• 12 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity/IT.
• 5 years of leadership experience in security teams.
• Experience driving security risk reduction across multiple domains with Zero Trust.
• AI risk management and adversarial AI protection.
• Experience in security automation and operational efficiency.
• Disaster recovery and operational resilience planning and execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of enterprise AI security program aligned to governance policies.
• Develop and monitor AI risk inventory and assessment frameworks.
• Secure AI systems end-to-end, including adversarial AI protection.
• Integrate AI risks into enterprise risk management and reporting frameworks.
• Advance security operations with AI-driven automation and response.

Skills

AI risk management

Zero Trust

Security automation

Threat monitoring

Cloud security

Security operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, computer systems, or related field

Tools

SOAR

Job description

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is seeking a Cyber Risk & Technical Security Leader to drive enterprise cybersecurity across AI risk management, network, cloud and application security. You will partner with IT, data and business teams to embed security into AI and cloud while modernizing defenses against rapidly changing threats.

The role requires strategic leadership and hands‑on execution, with a focus on advancing security operations using AI‑based automation and response, and risk