Senior Manager, AI Red Team, Threat Operations

Senior Manager, AI Red Team, Threat Operations

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Final date to receive applications:
Jun 9, 2026

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. The role is responsible for establishing an 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is $–$ USD annually. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..