The Managing Director, Security Architect is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and leading the firm's horizontal security architecture across AI Security, Data Protection, Cryptography, and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). Reporting to the SVP, Data & AI Security, this leader ensures that architecture standards, controls, and secure-by-design patterns are coherent, consistent, and mutually reinforcing across all four disciplines.
Why this role is important to us
This role exists to connect and elevate what would otherwise be siloed domains. The Managing Director will set a unifying architectural vision, establish shared standards and reference designs, and drive the enterprise toward a defensible, forward-looking security posture that spans data, models, keys, and cryptographic systems. The leader balances long-range strategy — including the firm's PQC transition — with the practical delivery of controls embedded into engineering workflows.
The successful candidate is a recognized architecture leader with deep, credible expertise across multiple security domains, the executive presence to influence senior technology and business leaders, and a proven ability to translate complex technical risk into actionable decisions. They will lead a team of domain architects and act as a force multiplier across the broader security and engineering organization.
What you will be responsible for
Horizontal Security Architecture & Strategy
Define and steward a unified, enterprise-wide security architecture spanning AI Security, Data Protection, Cryptography, and PQC.
Cryptography & Post-Quantum Readiness
Lead the enterprise cryptographic architecture, including encryption, key management, secrets management, and machine identity.
Set enterprise AI security architecture direction, including secure-by-default patterns for AI platforms, GenAI tooling, and AI agents.
Ensure AI threat modeling and controls (prompt injection, model inversion, data poisoning, adversarial AI) are integrated with data protection and cryptographic standards.
Data Protection Architecture
Define architecture patterns for data discovery, classification, DLP, access governance, and automated protection controls.
Ensure data protection controls operate consistently across on-premises, cloud, SaaS, and AI environments.
Secure Delivery & Enablement
Regulatory, Audit & Operational Excellence
Ensure architecture standards align with regulatory expectations (FFIEC, NIST, ISO, NYDFS, GDPR, SEC).
Executive Engagement & Team Leadership
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the SVP, Data & AI Security, and to CISO, CIO, and architecture leadership.
What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role
Hands-on experience securing AI/ML and GenAI systems, including governance, data protection, and model risk.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Information Security, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
Relevant certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, cloud security, or architecture certifications) strongly
Salary Range:
$175,000 - $287,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
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