VP, AI Security & Data Protection Governance

Jobtailor; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior leader to establish and maintain an enterprise governance framework for AI security, data protection, and evolving technology risk. You will oversee risk-based prioritization, control design, and remediation across the tech stack while guiding third-party due diligence and executive communications.

The role requires a decade of cybersecurity and risk governance experience, with strong leadership, policy development, and regulatory interaction capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, AI Security and Data Protection, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the enterprise governance framework, policies, standards, decision rights, and accountability model for AI security, data protection, and evolving tech risk.
• Govern discovery, inventory, classification, and risk assessment of AI models, data assets, security controls, platforms, applications, integrations, and technology dependencies.
• Define risk-based prioritization criteria using data sensitivity, retention period, business criticality, external exposure, and migration complexity.
• Design minimum control requirements, testing procedures, evidence standards, exception processes, compensating controls, and remediation expectations across apps, infrastructure, cloud, networks, identity, and data platforms.
• Establish and oversee the roadmap for transitioning vulnerable security and data protection implementations to approved secure technologies and control solutions.
• Partner with Security Architecture and Engineering to embed AI security, data protection, security-by-design, and adaptable control requirements into solution design and reviews.
• Define AI security and data protection requirements and due diligence criteria for third-party products, cloud services, vendors, contracts, and evaluations.
• Serve as subject-matter authority in engagements with senior leadership, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, external auditors, clients, and regulators.
• Establish dashboards, key risk indicators, and performance measures for inventory coverage, risk exposure, control compliance, and remediation.
• Lead and develop a team responsible for governance, control oversight, risk assessment, program coordination, and cross-functional execution.

Skills

AI Security

Data Protection

Governance

Risk Assessment

Executive Communication

Cross-Functional Coordination

Security-by-Design

Policy Development

Cloud Security

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Security / CS / Engineering

Tools

Asset Management Platforms

GRC Platforms

Dashboard Technologies

PKI / Certificate Management

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior leader to establish and maintain an enterprise governance framework for AI security, data protection, and evolving technology risk. You will oversee risk-based prioritization, control design, and remediation across the tech stack while guiding third-party due diligence and executive communications.

The role requires a decade of cybersecurity and risk governance experience, with strong leadership, policy development, and regulatory interaction capabilities.