VP, Secure AI Architecture & Risk Leadership

STATE STREET CORPORATION; Quincy (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health insurance

Paid time off & disability benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

State Street Corporation seeks a Vice President, AI Security Architecture to lead secure design for AI/ML and generative AI across the enterprise. You will partner with engineering, product security, data and risk teams to ensure security by design and regulatory alignment.

You will translate risks into practical security requirements, lead architecture reviews, and drive guardrails and standards for AI platforms, pipelines, and applications.

Qualifications

• Experience designing secure AI architectures and reference patterns.
• Ability to translate risks into concrete security requirements.
• Proven track record in enterprise security design reviews and threat modeling.
• Experience communicating risk and architecture options to senior leadership.
• Knowledge of regulatory expectations and security standards (NIST, ISO, FFIEC).

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of secure architecture patterns for AI/ML/GenAI.
• Define enterprise AI security reference architectures and guardrails.
• Lead architecture reviews ensuring security, privacy, resilience, and control requirements.
• Conduct AI-focused threat modeling across data flows and models.
• Translate risks into practical security requirements and mitigations.
• Embed AI security controls into SDLC and DevSecOps workflows.
• Provide oversight for generative AI tools and internal AI services.
• Ensure alignment with internal policies and external standards (NIST/ISO/FFIEC).
• Support risk, audit, compliance, and incident management with clear documentation.
• Communicate risks and recommendations clearly to engineering and leadership.
• Mentor architects and promote knowledge sharing.

Skills

Security architecture

Application security

Cloud security

AI security

Threat modeling

Secure-by-design

Communication with leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related

10+ years cybersecurity experience

Certifications: CISSP/CCSP/CSSLP or similar

Tools

Cloud-native architectures

AI/ML platforms

Generative AI & LLMs

APIs & data pipelines

DevSecOps & CI/CD

Threat modeling & security testing

Identity & access management

Job description

State Street Corporation seeks a Vice President, AI Security Architecture to lead secure design for AI/ML and generative AI across the enterprise. You will partner with engineering, product security, data and risk teams to ensure security by design and regulatory alignment.

You will translate risks into practical security requirements, lead architecture reviews, and drive guardrails and standards for AI platforms, pipelines, and applications.