Head of Security

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The Role

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Head of Security to lead Overjet’s global security initiatives as we scale across international markets. Reporting directly to the Head of AI, this role will work closely with AI, engineering, product, and compliance teams to ensure that Overjet’s AI-driven healthcare solutions meet the highest security and regulatory standards.

You will be responsible for building and operationalizing Overjet's security strategy, with a special focus on AI model security, healthcare data protection, GDPR compliance, and global privacy frameworks.

Responsibilities 

Security Strategy & Program Leadership

• Design, implement, and evolve Overjet’s global security strategy in close collaboration with AI and product teams.
• Establish security policies, processes, and best practices that address AI, healthcare, and international data security challenges.
• Lead enterprise-wide security risk assessments, focusing on AI model development, healthcare data usage, and global data flows.
• Partner with AI leadership to integrate security and privacy into the AI model lifecycle ("AI security by design").

AI & Data Protection

• Ensure security of AI/ML models and datasets, with strategies to mitigate risks like model inversion, data leakage, adversarial attacks, and unauthorized access.
• Oversee secure training and deployment of AI models leveraging sensitive healthcare data, including privacy-preserving technologies such as anonymization, synthetic data, and differential privacy.
• Guide development teams in implementing security and privacy guardrails in AI workflows.

Compliance & Regulatory Readiness

• Lead efforts to ensure Overjet’s compliance with **GDPR, HIPAA**, and other relevant global healthcare privacy and security regulations.
• Conduct and oversee **Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)** and **AI Risk Assessments**, ensuring proactive identification of potential privacy and security risks.
• Stay ahead of emerging AI governance, ethical AI, and data privacy regulations (e.g., **EU AI Act**), preparing the organization for compliance and certification where applicable.

Product, Infrastructure & Platform Security

• Oversee security of Overjet’s cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar), including secure hosting, encryption, identity and access management, and monitoring.
• Drive application security, including secure API development, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
• Ensure security measures are in place for customer-facing AI products and integrations with healthcare partners.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Build and mentor a security team to scale with Overjet’s international growth.
• Collaborate closely with AI, engineering, compliance, and legal teams to ensure alignment on security and privacy priorities.
• Represent Overjet’s security posture in conversations with customers, partners, and regulators.
• Foster a strong "security-first" and "privacy-first" mindset across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, including 3+ years in leadership roles, ideally in AI, healthcare, or regulated industries.
• Deep expertise in GDPR, HIPAA, and global privacy/security frameworks.
• Direct experience securing AI/ML models and data pipelines, including understanding of AI-specific risks.
• Strong track record of building and scaling security programs in fast-paced, innovative environments.
• Expertise in cloud security, application security, and data protection.
• Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HITRUST, and emerging AI governance standards.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to partner across technical and non-technical teams.
• Preferred qualifications