VP, AI Security Architecture Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home option near hubs

Office hubs access

Occasional travel for in-person events

Job summary

Synchrony Financial is seeking a VP AI Security Architect Lead to define and drive enterprise AI security architecture strategy across AI/ML technologies. This leader will establish guardrails, reusable patterns, and scalable assurance to enable secure innovation while protecting data.

The role partners with Cybersecurity, Tech, Data, AI/ML Eng, Cloud, Risk, and business teams to translate AI threats into actionable architecture requirements and to advance security-by-design through automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in cybersecurity, security architecture, cloud/security, or enterprise architecture, including leadership of complex initiatives.
• Practical knowledge of AI architectures including LLMs, RAG, embeddings, and AI APIs.
• Strong foundation in IAM, API security, cloud security, data protection, and software supply-chain security.
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 for LLM, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale architectures on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Ability to translate technical risks into architecture standards and executive recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute AI Security Architecture strategy, standards, and guardrails.
• Create reusable security patterns for Generative AI and AI platforms.
• Lead security evaluations across cloud, SaaS, data, and enterprise environments.
• Embed security-by-design across the AI lifecycle from development to retirement.
• Establish AI threat modeling aligned with MITRE ATLAS and OWASP guidance.
• Define controls for model access, secrets, APIs, prompts, and data handling.
• Collaborate with engineering to automate architecture reviews and security testing.
• Assess risks like prompt injection, data poisoning, and AI supply-chain threats.
• Advise senior leaders with clear architecture decisions and risk trade-offs.
• Build alignment across Cybersecurity, Cloud, Data, and Business teams.
• Evaluate AI security tech and run PoCs for enterprise applicability.

Skills

AI security

threat modeling

security architecture

cloud security

executive communication

leadership

risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Security

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Synchrony Financial is seeking a VP AI Security Architect Lead to define and drive enterprise AI security architecture strategy across AI/ML technologies. This leader will establish guardrails, reusable patterns, and scalable assurance to enable secure innovation while protecting data.

The role partners with Cybersecurity, Tech, Data, AI/ML Eng, Cloud, Risk, and business teams to translate AI threats into actionable architecture requirements and to advance security-by-design through automation