Security AI Manager

Job Title - **Security AI Manager** **Location:** Kharadi, Pune, India. **Life Unlimited.** At Smith+Nephew, we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. The **Security AI Manager** **leads the security strategy for AI initiatives**, ensuring AI solutions are secure, compliant, and aligned with enterprise risk management and governance standards. The role owns the AI security roadmap, partners with cross-functional stakeholders to embed security throughout the AI lifecycle, and drives risk mitigation, compliance, and continuous improvement across AI capabilities. **What will you be doing?** • Provide **security guidance for AI platforms, products, vendors, and use cases**. • Partner with cross-functional teams across product, IT, engineering, data, legal, privacy, risk, and compliance to **embed security across AI solutions** with clearly defined requirements. • Conduct **AI security risk assessments** and ensure appropriate controls are implemented. • Monitor regulatory, compliance, and industry developments related to AI and cybersecurity. • Support the **AI security strategy, governance framework**, and security standards. • Own and manage the **AI security roadmap**, ensuring alignment with business priorities and emerging risks. • Define and track security KPIs, risk metrics, and roadmap outcomes. • Promote secure and responsible AI adoption through governance, education, and best practice. • Communicate AI solution options, risks, trade-offs, adoption considerations, and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders and delivery governance forums. **What will you need to be successful?** * **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience. * **Licenses / Certifications**: Current CISM, CISSP, CRISC, or equivalent certification preferred. * **Experience:** Should have overall of **5+ years of proven experience** and min of 3+ years of people management experience in **Cyber Security**, **Product Security,** **Application Security.** * **Domain Expertise:** * Cybersecurity, information security governance, risk management, and compliance. * Understanding of **AI, Machine Learning, Generative AI, and associated security risks.** * Experience with cloud technologies, data protection, and security controls. * Ability to translate technical and regulatory requirements into practical business solutions. * Stakeholder management across business, technology, product, risk, and compliance functions. * **Agile / Digital Experience:** * Experience working within Agile delivery environments and product-centric organizations. * Skilled at translating requirements into deliverable outcomes and prioritized roadmaps. * Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver technology and security initiatives. * **Individual Skills:** * Strong leader, collaborator, and owner of outcomes. * Excellent communication and influencing skills. * Analytical problem solver with strong decision-making capability. * Ability to balance innovation, risk management, and business priorities. * **Mindset & Behaviors:** * Exercises sound judgment and make clear, timely decisions in ambiguous or evolving situations. * Applies critical thinking to interpret complex information, make sense of ambiguity, and guide clear action. * Demonstrates ethical reasoning and accountability in decision-making and delivery. * Brings creativity and strategic imagination to reframe problems, explore opportunities, and shape new solutions. * Shows learning agility and adaptability in response to change, feedback, and new information. **You. Unlimited.** We believe in crafting the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve. **Inclusion + Belonging** \- Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving. Learn more about our Employee Inclusion Groups on our website [https://www.smith-nephew.com/](https://www.smith-nephew.com/) **Other reasons why you will love it here!** * **Your Future:** Major Medical coverage + Policy exclusions and insurance non-medical limit. Educational Assistance. * **Work/Life Balance:** Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Privilege Leave, Floater Leave. * **Your Wellbeing:** Parents / Parents in Law’s Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave. * **Flexibility**: Hybrid Work Model (For most professional roles) * **Training:** Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship * **Extra Perks:** Free Cab Transport facility for all employees, One Time Meal provided to all employees as per shift. 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