Associate Director, AI Security & Risk

Job Description The Position The Associate Director, AI Security & Risk is a senior contributor responsible for leading enterprise-wide security, governance, and risk oversight for AI systems, agentic architectures, and data pipelines. This role partners deeply with AI developers, ML engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure AI solutions are secure, transparent, and aligned with regulatory and ethical expectations. The ideal candidate brings strong cybersecurity and risk management expertise, combined with a practical understanding of AI/ML technologies, agentic AI behavior, and emerging threat landscapes. Responsibilities · Lead comprehensive AI security and risk assessments across models, data pipelines, agentic systems, and integrations. · Develop and maintain AI risk taxonomies, risk registers, and prioritization frameworks to track and mitigate emerging threats. · Establish and refine AI governance controls, including model documentation, access controls, data-handling standards, and compliance requirements. · Provide guidance to business and engineering teams on responsible AI usage, data leakage prevention, and model governance. · Partner closely with AI system developers, ML engineers, and agent-orchestration teams to embed security and risk controls throughout the AI lifecycle. · Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and architecture discussions to ensure secure-by-design AI development. · Advise on secure model architectures, agent workflows, tool integrations, and autonomy boundaries. · Collaborate with engineering teams to implement identity boundaries, tool-use restrictions, and data-minimization practices. · Define and maintain traceability standards for agentic AI systems, ensuring all agent actions, tool calls, decision paths, and context inputs are logged and auditable. · Work with engineering teams to implement end-to-end observability, including prompt lineage, tool-use logs, execution boundaries, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, and behavioral monitoring. · Analyze agent behavior to detect unsafe patterns, recursive loops, hallucinated actions, or unauthorized tool usage. · Integrate agentic AI telemetry into SOC monitoring, incident response, and forensic workflows. · Present AI risk posture, emerging threats, and mitigation strategies to senior leadership, governance committees, and technical teams. · Serve as a trusted advisor to product, legal, compliance, and engineering teams on AI security and governance topics. Required Education, Experience, and Skills B.S. Degree with at least 7 years overall work experience and at least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT risk, or related fields, with exposure to AI/ML environments. · Strong understanding of AI architectures, model lifecycles, data governance, and ML security risks. · Experience conducting risk assessments, threat modeling, and compliance reviews. · Excellent analytical, communication, and cross‑functional leadership skills. Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC2) and emerging AI governance frameworks. · Demonstrated ability to collaborate with AI developers, ML engineers, and agent‑orchestration teams. · Experience with agentic AI frameworks, including tool‑use governance, autonomy tiers, and execution boundaries. · Expertise in designing or evaluating traceability and observability mechanisms for AI systems. · Familiarity with MCP‑based architectures or agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Semantic Kernel, MuleSoft Agent Fabric). · Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and model transparency requirements. · Technical familiarity with Python, cloud platforms, and ML tooling. Secondary Job Description Who We Are: Organon delivers ingenious health solutions that enable people to live their best lives. We are a $6.5 billion global healthcare company focused on making a world of difference for women, their families and the communities they care for. We have an important portfolio and are growing it by investing in the unmet needs of Women’s Health, expanding access to leading biosimilars and touching lives with a diverse and trusted portfolio of health solutions. Our Vision is clear: A better and healthier every day for every woman. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from candidates with a diverse background. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our applicants. Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Organon LLC, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Annualized Salary Range Annualized Salary Range (Global) Annualized Salary Range (Canada) Please Note: Pay ranges are specific to local market and therefore vary from country to country. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: No relocation VISA Sponsorship: No Travel Requirements: Organon employees must be able to satisfy all applicable travel and credentialing requirements, including associated vaccination prerequisites 10% Flexible Work Arrangements: Flex Time Shift: Valid Driving License: Hazardous Material(s): Number of Openings: 1 At Organon, we aspire to improve the lives of people globally by unleashing the promise of trusted brands across women’s health and other important therapeutic areas. We are committed to becoming the world’s leading women’s health company investing in innovations that support women’s wellbeing. Fueled by its leading contraceptives and fertility businesses, Organon will invest in innovations that support the distinct health care needs of women today. Organon will also focus on its important biosimilars business, focusing on oncology and inflammatory diseases, while also maximizing the value of its trusted dermatology, pain, respiratory and cardiovascular portfolio in countries around the world where there is still great need for these treatments.