Head of Artificial Intelligence

Company Description

AIBound is revolutionizing AI security with the industry's first unified control plane for secure AI adoption. We discover, test, and protect each AI model, agent, and identity—catching AI risks before impact so enterprises can innovate safely and at speed. As AI adoption outpaces security across global organizations, AIBound eliminates the dangerous gap between innovation and protection. 

Led by our CEO and founder, the former CISO at Palo Alto Networks and Workday, AIBound brings together a world-class team of cybersecurity veterans who have secured some of the world's most advanced enterprises. We're a fast-growing company backed by leading investors, positioned at the critical intersection of AI innovation and enterprise security—one of the most strategic technology frontiers of our generation.

Join us in building the future of AI security, where cutting-edge artificial intelligence meets battle-tested cybersecurity expertise.

Role

Reporting to the CEO, the Head of AI will define and execute AIBound’s AI strategy, driving research and development in AI security and ensuring our products remain at the forefront of the industry. You will build and lead a world‑class AI and ML team, and partner with engineering, product and customer teams to deliver AI products that protect our customers’ AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Help define and execute AIBound's AI strategy as a key member of the leadership team, partnering directly with the CEO, Head of Engineering, Head of UI and team to align AI initiatives with product roadmap and business objectives
• Lead by example with hands-on coding and architecture contributions, overseeing the design, development, and deployment of production AI systems that power AIBound's security scanning, testing, and protection capabilities
• Build and scale a high-performing AI team in India, recruiting exceptional AI engineers, ML researchers, and data scientists while fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence
• Help drive research and development in AI security domains including model vulnerability detection, adversarial testing, AI red-teaming, and agent risk assessment, staying at the forefront of emerging AI threats and attack vectors
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Sales, and Customer Success to translate AI capabilities into customer value, demonstrating strategic vision while remaining deeply hands-on with technical problem-solving and execution

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in AI, machine learning, or data science, with at least 3 years in leadership roles managing technical teams
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related field, ideally from a premier Indian Institute 
• Strong hands-on coding skills with proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
• Experience architecting and deploying solutions with advanced agentic frameworks such as LangChain or Google ADK for orchestrating intelligent agents, and demonstrated expertise in context engineering to ensure robust, adaptive reasoning and workflow alignment within complex AI systems
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern MLOps practices
• Proven track record of building and deploying production AI systems at scale with demonstrated business impact
• Deep technical expertise in modern AI domains including LLMs, NLP, computer vision, reinforcement learning, or generative AI
• Strategic mindset combined with tactical execution ability—comfortable defining vision and solving hard technical problems

Benefits & Culture

• Highly competitive salary and equity package
• Hybrid work environment (2 days on‑site per week), and vacation policy
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Professional development budget, conference attendance and access to AI research resources.
• AIBound is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.