About DWS
Today, markets face a whole new set of pressures – but also a whole lot of opportunity too. Opportunity to innovate differently. Opportunity to invest responsibly. And opportunity to make change. Join us at DWS, and you can be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence. You can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing. You can support our clients, local communities, and the environment. Read more about DWS and who we are here.
Team / division overview
DWS is transforming its Technology function and growing its internal capabilities. As AI and other emerging technologies continue to reshape the business and threat landscape, we are building a focused AI Security capability that brings together the right mix of cybersecurity, engineering, architecture, data protection, offensive security, and risk expertise. These roles will help grow and evolve our security function so we can securely enable innovation while identifying and managing new and rapidly developing risks. You will be a key member of this team, and an important part of our journey to build a scalable, forward-looking AI Security capability. The candidate for this role reports into the DWS CSO Head of Cybersecurity and will be a senior security leader responsible for building and leading the AI Security Centre of Excellence and enabling secure enterprise adoption.
Your responsibilities
As an AI Security CoE Lead, VP, you will: * Define the AI security strategy, operating model, roadmap, governance, and service catalog * Lead secure AI enablement across business, technology, risk, compliance, and audit * Establish AI security standards, controls, metrics, and Mythos readiness * Coordinate AI architecture, red teaming, engineering, data protection, and assurance capabilities * Build a long-term team and manage specialist consultants and vendors
At DWS we’re serious about diversity, equity and creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can be themselves and it’s important to us that you enjoy coming to work - feeling healthy, happy and rewarded. At DWS, you’ll have access to a range of benefits which you can choose from to create a personalised plan unique to your lifestyle. Whether you’re interested in healthcare, company perks, or are thinking about your retirement plan, there’s something for everyone. DWS’ Hybrid Working model is designed to find the right balance between in-person collaboration and engagement in the office, which is core to our working culture, and working from home. Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.
We are looking for: * 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience across security engineering, architecture, vulnerability management, application/cloud security, or technology risk, with recent experience applying that foundation to AI/ML and GenAI security. * Demonstrated experience building or leading vulnerability and threat management capabilities, including risk prioritization, remediation governance, metrics, and executive reporting. * Practical experience addressing emerging AI risks such as LLM, RAG, agentic AI, model/API, data, and AI supply-chain vulnerabilities. * Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and delivery experience in complex regulated environments; financial services preferred. * Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.
