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Director, Application & AI Security

Lantern
Location
Dallas, TX - Hybrid (3x in office/week)
Posted
25 days ago
Department
Information Security
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • A minimum of 8 years application or product security.
  • A minimum of 3 years leading a team with function-level accountability.
  • Demonstrated AI and ML security ownership at production scale, including model and agent security, prompt-injection and tool-use risk, and data-egress control for third-party model providers, with working fluency in the OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, and AI risk-management standards (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001).
  • Secure SDLC leadership across static, dynamic, and interactive analysis (SAST/DAST/SCA/IAST), dependency and software supply-chain risk, SBOM practice, and remediation delivered through engineering teams.
  • Security architecture and threat-modeling depth, with the standing to review a design and be heard by senior engineers.
  • DevSecOps and pipeline security experience, including scanning as a default in CI/CD, risk-calibrated release gating, and pipeline secret handling.
Nice to have
  • Healthcare or another regulated domain where PHI or comparable data flows through AI systems.
  • Experience standing up an AI golden path, including an approved-model catalog, a governed adoption route, and automated egress controls.
  • Experience building a single security-review intake with risk-based triage and a turnaround commitment.
  • Cryptographic standards ownership, including customer-managed key models.
  • Hands-on familiarity with tools such as Snyk, GitHub Advanced Security, AI security posture management (for example, Wiz), and AI-assisted code scanning.
What the job really is

The Director of Application & AI Security at Lantern is responsible for overseeing the security of software and AI systems, ensuring safe and efficient product development. This role involves leading a team focused on application security, AI/ML security, and DevSecOps, while establishing secure design standards and facilitating collaboration across engineering teams. Key deliverables include creating an AI golden path for model adoption and implementing security measures throughout the development lifecycle.

Benefits
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Short & Long Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k with company match
Things to weigh
  • Hybrid work model requires at least 3 days in the Dallas office.
  • Role involves significant team building and leadership responsibilities, which may be challenging for some candidates.
  • The position is heavily focused on security in a regulated healthcare environment, which may require specific industry knowledge.
  • No salary listed in the posting.
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