Job Title - Security AI Manager

Location: Kharadi, Pune, India.

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The Security AI Manager leads the security strategy for AI initiatives, ensuring AI solutions are secure, compliant, and aligned with enterprise risk management and governance standards. The role owns the AI security roadmap, partners with cross-functional stakeholders to embed security throughout the AI lifecycle, and drives risk mitigation, compliance, and continuous improvement across AI capabilities.

What will you be doing?

• Provide security guidance for AI platforms, products, vendors, and use cases.

• Partner with cross-functional teams across product, IT, engineering, data, legal, privacy, risk, and compliance to embed security across AI solutions with clearly defined requirements.

• Conduct AI security risk assessments and ensure appropriate controls are implemented.

• Monitor regulatory, compliance, and industry developments related to AI and cybersecurity.

• Support the AI security strategy, governance framework, and security standards.

• Own and manage the AI security roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and emerging risks.

• Define and track security KPIs, risk metrics, and roadmap outcomes.

• Promote secure and responsible AI adoption through governance, education, and best practice.

• Communicate AI solution options, risks, trade-offs, adoption considerations, and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders and delivery governance forums.

What will you need to be successful?

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience.
• Licenses / Certifications: Current CISM, CISSP, CRISC, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Experience: Should have overall of 5+ years of proven experience and min of 3+ years of people management experience in Cyber Security, Product Security, Application Security.
• Domain Expertise:
• Cybersecurity, information security governance, risk management, and compliance.
• Understanding of AI, Machine Learning, Generative AI, and associated security risks.
• Experience with cloud technologies, data protection, and security controls.
• Ability to translate technical and regulatory requirements into practical business solutions.
• Stakeholder management across business, technology, product, risk, and compliance functions.
• Agile / Digital Experience:
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments and product-centric organizations.
• Skilled at translating requirements into deliverable outcomes and prioritized roadmaps.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver technology and security initiatives.
• Individual Skills:
• Strong leader, collaborator, and owner of outcomes.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Analytical problem solver with strong decision-making capability.
• Ability to balance innovation, risk management, and business priorities.
• Mindset & Behaviors:
• Exercises sound judgment and make clear, timely decisions in ambiguous or evolving situations.
• Applies critical thinking to interpret complex information, make sense of ambiguity, and guide clear action.
• Demonstrates ethical reasoning and accountability in decision-making and delivery.
• Brings creativity and strategic imagination to reframe problems, explore opportunities, and shape new solutions.
• Shows learning agility and adaptability in response to change, feedback, and new information.

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Other reasons why you will love it here!

• Your Future: Major Medical coverage + Policy exclusions and insurance non-medical limit. Educational Assistance.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Privilege Leave, Floater Leave.
• Your Wellbeing: Parents / Parents in Law’s Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave.
• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model (For most professional roles)
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship
• Extra Perks: Free Cab Transport facility for all employees, One Time Meal provided to all employees as per shift. Night Shift Allowances.

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