Director Cloud Security AI Engineering

Job Description

Application Deadline: 06/29/2026 Address: 1630 Chicago Road Job Family Group: Technology We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate leader with strong leadership qualities and a collaborative spirit to help support our vision and mission of advancing cloud and AI security capabilities at BMO Financial Group. Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic driver for change and an experienced technical leader with a proven track record of success in security engineering. The successful candidate will lead the day-to-day direction of the Cloud and AI Security Engineering teams, defining and enabling secure cloud infrastructure, AI/ML security frameworks, data protection strategies, and security automation capabilities to drive innovation, modernization, and delivery of robust security solutions at scale. The team is tasked with developing security patterns, architectures, and integration capabilities to protect enterprise AI systems, cloud platforms, and data assets while enabling the Enterprise AI and Data Scientist community to operate securely. You have a proven record of building, motivating, and energizing a diverse technical team tasked with delivering complex security initiatives under tight timelines. You are a hands-on leader with a passion for continuous improvement and the ability to plan, prioritize, and structure the work of an agile team. You are a strong advocate for operational excellence and have a passion for innovation, secure product delivery, and collaboration. Your extensive experience with security engineering, cloud services, and AI/ML platforms has equipped you to provide technical guidance and supervision to your team and contribute to the development of a multi-year security strategy for the portfolio of products under your management. The individual in this role will be expected to work collaboratively with all levels of leadership and promote a healthy work environment that fosters positive team alignment within T&O. Responsibilities Working with the Security and Platform Engineering leadership to: Manage and provide guidance to the team on the development of highly scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud and AI security frameworks, including threat detection, identity and access management, data protection, and security monitoring capabilities Lead the design and implementation of security architectures for Cloud Platforms, AI/ML systems, including model security, data pipeline protection, and adversarial threat mitigation Enhance the capacity of the Cloud and AI Security Engineering team through new hiring, coaching, training, and hands-on leadership while maintaining and fostering BMO Values Create and maintain a work environment that promotes client service, teamwork, performance feedback, individual recognition, mutual respect, and employee satisfaction, ensuring quality hiring, training, and succession planning processes that encompass the company's diversity commitment Oversee the day-to-day work of the Cloud and AI Sec

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