Security of AI Associate Director

About the role

The Security of AI Associate Director leads client engagements at the intersection of AI adoption and security risk. They develop lasting relationships with client executives and serve as a trusted advisor across the full arc of their AI security journey.

Responsibilities

• Lead Security of AI engagements — AI risk assessments, threat modeling for LLM-integrated applications, agentic system security reviews, red team exercises, and governance program design
• Shape and advance Protiviti's Security of AI service offerings
• Partner with practice leadership to evolve methodology, tooling, and delivery accelerators
• Develop the practice
• Help recruit, mentor, and retain top talent
• Coach managers and senior consultants on technical depth, client delivery, and career growth within the AI security space
• Support business development
• Lead and contribute to client pursuits, develop proposals, and collaborate with directors and managing directors on account strategy and expansion within priority accounts
• Build Protiviti's external presence in AI security
• Contribute thought leadership through publications, speaking engagements, and participation in industry working groups

Requirements

• 8+ years in cybersecurity, with meaningful depth in at least one of: security architecture, AI/ML security, application security, cloud security, or security consulting
• Direct experience with AI security risks — prompt injection, data poisoning, model inversion, supply chain threats in ML pipelines, agentic system access control, or LLM-integrated application security
• Familiarity with the emerging AI security and governance landscape: OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, EU AI Act, and sector-specific AI risk guidance
• Track record of owning client relationships and managing multi-workstream engagements from kickoff through delivery
• Strong communicator. You can explain AI risk to a security engineer, a CISO, and a board — without changing the substance
• Experience leading and developing teams of consultants and senior consultants

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, or similar)
• At least 3 years in professional services, consulting, or a client-facing advisory role
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Professional certification such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CISA, or equivalent preferred

Skills

• Genuine point of view on how AI is changing the threat landscape
• Comfortable operating at the executive level
• Understanding that the goal is to help clients move faster with AI, not to slow them down
• Desire to build something and shape a practice
• Care about developing the people around you

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverages
• FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
• Life and accident insurance
• Adoption and fertility assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• Short/long term disability
• Company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time
• Up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year

Pay

$165,000.00 - $282,000.00

Schedule

Hybrid workplace model