Director, AI Security

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

Why Kyndryl 

Kyndryl's Security & Resiliency practice helps clients anticipate, protect against, withstand, and recover from cyber threats and operational disruption. We bring together deep technical expertise, modern platforms, and a culture of continuous learning to build secure and resilient environments. At Kyndryl, curiosity, collaboration, and customer focus are central to how we work. We invest in skills and give people opportunities to learn, contribute, and grow. 

The Role 

Kyndryl is seeking a Director, AI Security to lead the team responsible for securing Kyndryl internal AI platforms, applications, copilots, agents, model deployments, and frontier AI initiatives. This technical people leader will define the function strategy, build and develop the team, establish a durable operating model, and ensure security controls are implemented across the enterprise AI lifecycle. 

What You Will Do 

• Build, lead, coach, and develop the AI Security team with clear roles, priorities, delivery expectations, and career paths. 

• Own the team charter, roadmap, intake model, service catalog, operating rhythm, budget priorities, metrics, and executive reporting. 

• Define and execute the technical strategy for enterprise AI security. 

• Direct reusable controls for AI applications, runtimes, gateways, orchestration services, and model platforms. 

• Oversee AI threat modeling, architecture review, adversarial testing, code and agent testing, telemetry, and remediation. 

• Drive material AI risks to remediation, approved exception, or explicit risk acceptance. 

• Partner across Cybersecurity, CIO, AI Platform, AI Governance, Architecture, Engineering, Data, Legal, Privacy, Procurement, and business teams. 

• Brief executives on posture, material risks, investment needs, tradeoffs, and recommended decisions. 

Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies.  Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment.

Required Qualifications 

• 10 or more years of experience in cybersecurity, product security, application security, cloud security, platform security, software engineering, or a related field. 

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing technical teams. 

• Experience owning an enterprise security capability, technical program, product, or engineering roadmap. 

• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, APIs, IAM, secure software development, telemetry, and platform engineering. 

• Ability to assess complex architectures and guide practical implementation decisions. 

• Strong executive communication skills. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience building or securing generative AI applications, agents, copilots, model platforms, or machine learning systems. 

• Experience with AI gateways, RAG, vector databases, model routing, orchestration, MCP, or model-serving platforms. 

• Experience with AI red teaming, adversarial testing, prompt injection defenses, agent testing, or automated control validation. 

• Relevant security, cloud, engineering leadership, or AI certifications. 

The base compensation range for the position in the U.S. is - $179,760 to $341,520 based on a full-time schedule reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Kyndryl, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting.

 Your actual compensation may vary depending on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, geography, relevant job-related skills, education and experience, certification and licenses, internal pay equity, and market and business consideration. The pay or salary range will not be below any applicable state, city or local minimum wage requirement.

There is a different applicable compensation range for the following work locations:

California (San Francisco Bay Area):

$215,640 to $409,800

California (All Other):

$197,640 to $375,600

Colorado:

$179,760 to $341,520

Massachusetts/ Virginia:

$179,760 to $375,600

New York City:

$215,640 to $409,800

Washington:

$197,640 to $375,600

Washington DC:

$197,640 to $375,600  

This position will be eligible for Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryl’s applicable plans. You may also receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.  Note: If this is a sales commission eligible role, you will be eligible to participate in a sales commission plan in lieu of the annual discretionary bonus program. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it’s how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But we’re not doing it single-handily: Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you – and everyone next to you – the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. That’s the Kyndryl Way.

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations.  At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.

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