Senior Manager – AI Security Product Owner

Role Purpose

AI Security Product Strategy & Ownership

• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and lifecycle for AI security solutions.
• Identify secure AI use cases with business, technology, and cybersecurity teams and prioritize delivery.
• Embed security-by-design and privacy-by-design principles into AI and ML product development.

AI/ML Security & Risk Governance

• Establish and enforce AI security controls for model development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Assess data privacy, model bias, explainability, and regulatory risks.
• Align AI security with NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and enterprise cybersecurity standards.

Secure Product Delivery & Integration

• Lead secure AI product delivery across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Integrate security controls into MLOps and LLMOps pipelines with continuous validation.
• Drive secure SDLC practices, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and secure deployment.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Act as the interface between Product, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, and external vendors.
• Manage third-party AI solution risk assessments and adherence to security and contractual obligations.

Governance, Compliance & Audit

• Ensure compliance with UAE regulations, GDPR, and internal policies.
• Support internal and external audits and track remediation of findings.
• Maintain AI risk registers, documentation, and governance reporting.

Monitoring & Incident Response

• Define AI monitoring for logging, anomaly detection, and abuse prevention.
• Lead AI-related incident response and root cause analysis.
• Improve AI security posture against emerging threats such as OWASP LLM risks and adversarial AI.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, AI/ML security, product ownership, or related domains.
• Strong expertise in AI/ML security, governance, risk management, cloud security, and DevSecOps.
• Experience with ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, GDPR, NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, or ISO 42001.
• Proven product ownership, agile delivery, and stakeholder management experience.
• Strong understanding of MLOps, LLM security, and the AI threat landscape.

Preferred Certifications

• CISSP, CISM, or CRISC certifications are preferred.
• AI security, AI governance, cloud security, and Scrum Product Owner certifications are preferred.