CTO/Chief Scientist - AI Security - Technical Innovation Centre

Role Purpose

The CTO / Chief Scientist - AI Security will establish and lead AI Security Technical Innovation Centre (TIC) in India. This role serves as the highest technical and scientific authority for AI Security, responsible for defining research direction, technical architecture, and long-term strategy across secure AI development and AI supply-chain assurance. The role combines deep AI/ML research leadership with platform-level system design and enterprise deployment accountability.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and own the AI Security technology and research roadmap aligned to multi-year TIC objectives.

- Lead and govern advanced AI security research spanning model inspection, unlearning, provenance, and compliance assurance.

- Act as Chief Architect for AI Security platforms including scanners, verification pipelines, lineage systems, and policy engines.

- Drive translation of research outcomes into proofs of concept, benchmarked solutions, and deployable platform components.

- Establish technical standards for security claims, verification, benchmarking, and reproducibility.

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to research, engineering, MLOps, and product teams.

- Ensure adherence to emerging global AI security standards, regulatory expectations, and compliance requirements.

- Lead intellectual property generation and publication in reputed AI and security forums.

- Represent in relevant external technical, academic, and industry engagements related to AI security.