VP AI Security Architect & Strategy Leader

Synchrony; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony is seeking a VP-level AI Security Architect Lead to set enterprise AI security strategy and guardrails. You will drive threat modeling, secure-by-design practices, and scalable assurance across cloud, data, and AI platforms.

You will translate AI risks into engineering requirements, partner with several teams, and guide executives on architecture decisions and risk trade-offs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• Significant cybersecurity and security architecture leadership experience.
• Practical knowledge of modern AI architectures and security controls.
• Experience with IAM, API security, cloud security and DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise AI security architecture strategy and guardrails.
• Lead security assessments for high-impact AI solutions across cloud and enterprise tech.
• Embed security-by-design across the AI lifecycle from development to retirement.
• Develop AI threat modeling aligned with MITRE ATLAS and OWASP guidance.

Skills

AI security architecture

threat modeling

cloud security

leadership

executive communication

security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/IT/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Synchrony is seeking a VP-level AI Security Architect Lead to set enterprise AI security strategy and guardrails. You will drive threat modeling, secure-by-design practices, and scalable assurance across cloud, data, and AI platforms.

You will translate AI risks into engineering requirements, partner with several teams, and guide executives on architecture decisions and risk trade-offs.