AssociateDirector,AI&ApplicationSecurity

**Job Description** ** _This is a hybrid position that requires 3 days a week in our Boston office_** Vertex is seeking an Associate Director, AI & Application Security to lead security for AI-enabled applications, platforms, and services across the enterprise. This role is responsible for securing AI throughout the full lifecycle—from design and development to deployment and ongoing operations—including generative AI, agentic workflows, traditional machine learning, and AI embedded in enterprise applications. This leader will help define how Vertex securely adopts and scales AI across Azure, AWS, and GCP, as well as third-party and foundation model platforms such as Microsoft Copilot / Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and AWS Bedrock. The role will partner closely with technical and business stakeholders to establish pragmatic guardrails, strengthen secure development practices, and reduce risk without slowing innovation. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in cloud security and application security, along with strong judgment, technical credibility, and the ability to influence decisions in fast-moving, evolving environments. This role also requires practical experience applying security and risk frameworks relevant to AI and modern application environments. **Key Duties and Responsibilities** * Lead AI and application security across the full lifecycle of AI-enabled systems, from design and development through deployment and operations. * Define and evolve security standards, guardrails, and control expectations for AI systems used across Vertex. * Apply and operationalize industry-recognized security frameworks and control models, including: * NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) * NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) * OWASP Top 10 * OWASP Top 10 for LLM and Generative AI Applications * Secure AI workloads and AI-enabled applications across cloud and SaaS environments, with emphasis on: * policy enforcement * data protection * logging and telem