Head of Product Security

Nokia

. Define and execute the unified product security strategy across software, hardware, cloud, and AI‑native components.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $195,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute the unified product security strategy across software, hardware, cloud, and AI‑native components.
Own secure SDLC policies, tooling, and governance.
Lead threat modeling, architecture reviews, penetration testing, secure coding programs, and vulnerability management.
Manage PSIRT and coordinate incident response, disclosure, and communication.
Lead security strategy for all AI‑native products, models, pipelines, and inference services.
Define and enforce security standards for model training, evaluation, deployment, and lifecycle management.
Establish AI security architectures, including isolation of model environments, secure data pipelines, runtime monitoring, and adversarial resilience.
Build AI threat models covering model inversion, poisoning, jailbreaks, prompt injection, data leakage, insider misuse, and systemic AI risks.
Implement red‑teaming and continuous adversarial testing for LLMs, generative AI systems, and autonomous features.
Create secure‑by‑default frameworks for teams adopting AI, including guardrails, safe‑prompting patterns, and model hardening strategies.
Partner with the Tech & AI Office to operationalize Responsible AI principles in real engineering workflows.
Ensure SBOM‑equivalent transparency for AI (training data lineage, model versioning, evaluation results, compliance documentation).
Oversee monitoring & detection for AI‑specific attacks (hallucination risk, output manipulation, unauthorized fine‑tuning, shadow models).
Guide product teams on AI‑specific regulatory expectations (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, global AI assurance standards).
**Customer Security & Trust**
Serve as executive point for customer security escalations, audits, and trust communications.
Drive enterprise‑grade customer assurance programs for both classical and AI‑powered products.
Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Support to ensure security transparency and readiness.
**Regulatory, NSA & Global Compliance Oversight**
Ensure compliance with NSA‑aligned and NIST frameworks, including but not limited to:
- NIST SP 800‑53
- CNSS
- FedRAMP/DoD requirements
- NIAP/Common Criteria
Lead emerging AI regulatory compliance (EU AI Act, AI model certification paths, high‑risk controls).
Oversee audit execution, remediation, and continuous compliance automation.
**Cross‑Functional Executive Leadership**
Closely partner with Engineering, Product, IT, CTO, Legal/Privacy, and Gov/Compliance.
Provide executive‑level briefings on security, AI risk posture, and strategic investments.
Represent the company with customers, government bodies, and industry groups.
**Organizational Leadership**
Build and lead a high‑caliber global product + AI security organization.
Define strategy, goals, KPIs, metrics, and long‑term roadmap.
Cultivate a culture of innovation, excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years in cybersecurity, product security, or security engineering, with deep leadership experience.
Hands‑on leadership in securing AI/ML systems, pipelines, or products.
Expertise across secure development, cloud security, and modern DevSecOps.
Strong knowledge of NSA/NIST frameworks and government‑grade compliance.
Experience in telecom, networking, cloud infrastructure, or high‑availability distributed systems.
Executive‑level communication and stakeholder management.
**Nice to Have**
Experience with LLM security, generative AI risk management, and AI governance frameworks.
Advanced degree in CS, Security, AI/ML, or Engineering.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
Health and dental benefits
Short-term disability, and long-term disability
Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Assistance Plan
Adoption assistance
Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

secure SDLCthreat modelingpenetration testingsecure codingvulnerability managementAI security architecturered-teamingcontinuous adversarial testingcompliance automationDevSecOps

Soft Skills

executive communicationstakeholder managementleadershiporganizational leadershipstrategic planninginnovationaccountabilitycontinuous improvement

Certifications

NIST SP 800-53FedRAMPNIAPCommon Criteria