Senior Manager, AI Red Team, Threat Operations

Amazon

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About The Position

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager to lead our AI Red Team within
Threat Operations. You will build and lead a team of security engineers and
researchers focused on security research and offensive security operations
targeting AI systems, infrastructure, and emerging threats. This role is
responsible for establishing our AI offensive security research program, driving
sophisticated Red Team operations across our AI portfolio, and ensuring we stay
ahead of threat actors in the rapidly evolving AI security landscape. You will
partner with security leadership, business stakeholders, and engineering
organizations to protect critical customer trust points and drive meaningful
security improvements.

As a Senior Manager, you will set strategic direction for AI security research
and offensive operations while building a high-performing team with diverse
expertise spanning traditional Red Team skills and deep AI/ML knowledge. You'll
be responsible for delivering security outcomes across our AI products and
infrastructure. This position requires a leader who can balance hands-on
technical depth with strategic thinking, translating complex security findings
into actionable business impact while fostering a culture of innovation and
continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in offensive security, security engineering, or related security domains
• 3+ years of experience managing security teams or leading security programs
• Proven track record of building and scaling security capabilities in complex technology organizations

Nice To Haves

• 15+ years of experience in offensive security or security engineering roles with increasing leadership responsibility
• 5+ years of people management experience, including hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing security engineers
• Deep understanding of AI/ML security including threats to AI systems, adversarial machine learning, or AI supply chain security
• Experience leading Red Team operations, penetration testing programs, or offensive security research initiatives
• Track record of establishing new security programs or capabilities from the ground up
• Experience working across large organizations to drive security outcomes and build stakeholder consensus
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical security findings into strategic business recommendations for executive audiences
• Experience with cloud security programs at scale
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in offensive security domains
• Proven ability to recruit and develop diverse technical talent with specialized skillsets
• Experience fostering collaboration between security practitioners and research scientists or applied researchers

Responsibilities

• Building and leading a team of security engineers with expertise in offensive security, AI/ML systems, threat intelligence, and security automation
• Establishing and driving the strategic vision for AI offensive security research, focusing on emergent threats and novel attack surfaces in the AI ecosystem
• Overseeing sophisticated Red Team operations targeting AI assets including training pipelines, inference systems, model architectures, and supporting infrastructure
• Driving cross-organizational security initiatives to assess how growing reliance on AI introduces new vulnerabilities across the enterprise
• Partnering with security teams to protect critical AI offerings and ensure customer security in AI workloads
• Developing scalable offensive security automation and AI-augmented testing tools that can be shared across the organization
• Translating technical security findings into strategic recommendations for senior leadership, clearly articulating business impact and risk
• Recruiting, mentoring, and developing security talent with diverse backgrounds spanning offensive security and AI/ML expertise
• Fostering collaboration between security engineers and research scientists to advance the field of AI security · Establishing metrics and reporting frameworks to demonstrate security program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement
• Building relationships with security leadership, product teams, and business stakeholders to drive consensus on complex security issues and risk remediation strategies

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed