VP, AI Security Architecture & Strategy Lead

Synchrony Financial; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Job summary

Synchrony Financial seeks a VP, AI Security Architect Lead to define and drive the enterprise AI security architecture strategy across AI/ML, GenAI, and related technologies. You will translate evolving AI threats into actionable requirements and lead security-by-design through automation, threat modeling, and continuous assurance across the AI lifecycle.

You will partner with Cybersecurity, Technology, Data, and Business teams to implement guardrails and scalable controls while communicating

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Significant experience leading security architecture initiatives.
• Knowledge of AI security frameworks and risk management standards.
• Experience communicating risk and architecture decisions to executives.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise AI security architecture strategy and guardrails.
• Lead threat modeling, risk assessment, and secure-by-design for AI life cycle.
• Translate AI threats into engineering requirements and controls.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Cloud, Data, and AI teams to automate reviews.
• Advise senior leaders on risks, trade-offs, and remediation actions.
• Build reusable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise AI security.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Security architecture

AI security

Threat modeling

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Synchrony Financial seeks a VP, AI Security Architect Lead to define and drive the enterprise AI security architecture strategy across AI/ML, GenAI, and related technologies. You will translate evolving AI threats into actionable requirements and lead security-by-design through automation, threat modeling, and continuous assurance across the AI lifecycle.

You will partner with Cybersecurity, Technology, Data, and Business teams to implement guardrails and scalable controls while communicating