AI Data Protection - Associate Director

AI Data Protection
- Associate Director Job#: 3055857

Job Description:

AI Data Protection
- Associate Director

Location:

Tampa, Florida (Partial Remote)
Alternate

Location:

Dallas, Jersey City

Role Overview This organization is seeking an AI Data Protection Associate Director. This role is a technical leader responsible for designing, building, and maintaining AI-focused data protection controls. This position will help define the data protection for AI controls, focusing on operational and content engineering aspects to prevent sensitive data exfiltration through GenAI tools, AI systems, and agentic workflows. The role combines technical expertise with cross-functional leadership to govern AI data protection controls.

Key Responsibilities Configure AI proxy-type platforms from a data protection control perspective, including prompt and output inspection rules.

Build and maintain the DLP rule estate for GenAI and AI agent channels, ensuring policies are enforceable and testable.

Define and document AI control rules, including sensitive data categories, detection approaches, and enforcement actions.

Translate the organization's data protection strategy into actionable technical rules and policies.

Continuously tune rules using telemetry to reduce false positives and improve signal quality.

Partner with Operations teams to close detection gaps and improve response quality.

Ensure AI channel controls align with the organization’s classification and labeling approach.

Maintain clear documentation of AI policies, rule changes, and testing outcomes.

Support acceptance testing, change management, and evidence packages for audit reviews.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

Experience:

5–8+ years of experience in data protection, DLP, and/or security control engineering. Financial Services or regulated industry experience is required. Demonstrated hands-on experience building and tuning DLP policies or detection content in enterprise environments is necessary.

Technical

Skills:

Familiarity with security risks and controls related to AI and LLMs. Experience configuring or engineering controls for Cloud and AI channels. A strong understanding of data classification concepts is needed, along with strong written documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications OSP certificationOSWE (Offensive Security Web Expert) certificationOSWA (Offensive Security Web Assessor) certification

Experience with Pen Tester Lab environments

Certified Practitioner or Certified Web Exploitation credentials

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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