Director, AI Security

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Director, AI Security building and maturing the AI security function of IRC. Ensuring AI adoption is secure by design and collaborating across technical and security teams.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $158,492 - $184,536 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build, lead, and continuously mature IRC’s AI security function
Define, own, and continuously mature the IRC's AI security strategy and program roadmap
Establish and maintain the organization-wide AI agent registry
Develop and publish secure-by-default standards, frameworks, and reference architectures for internal AI agent development
Create and enforce AI security policies covering agent development, deployment, monitoring, and decommissioning
Report AI security risk posture, program progress, and emerging threats to the CISO and senior leadership
Coordinate and perform GIS security reviews within the AI governance framework
Partner with AI Governance, Privacy, Legal, and Technology stakeholders to support the AI intake, assessment, and stage-gating process
Perform security risk assessments and classify AI platforms, agents, and use cases according to the approved risk-tiering model
Conduct periodic reassessments of all active agents on a risk-appropriate cycle
Monitor the evolving AI threat landscape on an ongoing basis
Lead post-incident reassessments for any active agent involved in a security incident

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field
Advanced degree (Master's or equivalent) preferred but not required where experience is demonstrably strong
10+ years of experience in information security
at least 4-5 years in a people management or senior security leadership role
Demonstrated hands-on experience securing AI/ML systems, LLM-based applications, or agentic AI workflows
Proven experience conducting threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and risk assessments for complex, distributed systems
Experience building and leading security teams
Track record of working cross-functionally with engineering, product, legal, and compliance teams
Prior experience with incident response and managing security incidents involving automated or AI-driven systems is strongly preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

10 sick days
10 US holidays
20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
medical insurance starting at $163 per month
dental starting at $6.50 per month
vision starting at $5 per month
FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
disability & life insurance
Employee Assistance Program available to staff and families for counseling and care during crises

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI securitysecurity risk assessmentsthreat modelingsecurity architecture reviewsrisk assessmentsAI/ML systemsLLM-based applicationsagentic AI workflowsincident responsesecurity policies

Soft Skills

leadershipcross-functional collaborationcommunicationpeople managementstrategic planningorganizational skillsproblem-solvingrisk managementstakeholder engagementreporting