Backed by seasoned founders who've already built and scaled a security category before, with frontier AI labs and Fortune 500 names already on the client list, this is a rare shot at getting in early on something with real traction, not just a pitch deck. This role is for a hands-on security leader who can lead a 5 member red team while staying deep in the technical work. The mandate spans AI/LLM security, adversary emulation, application security, cloud, identity, endpoint, and traditional offensive security. The ideal candidate has grown from a strong red-team or penetration-testing background into leadership without stepping away from the technical edge. What You’ll Own Lead and mentor a red team of 5 security professionals. Plan and execute complex red-team and adversarial-security engagements. Set technical direction across AI red teaming, application, network, identity, endpoint, and cloud security. Guide the development of realistic, multi-stage attack scenarios based on real-world adversary behavior. Lead AI/LLM security assessments covering prompt injection, agent security, RAG, tool abuse, excessive agency, data leakage, and emerging AI attack techniques. Oversee traditional offensive-security testing including privilege escalation, lateral movement, Active Directory, web/API attacks, persistence, credential access, and exfiltration. Review attack scenarios, proof-of-concepts, technical findings, and customer deliverables for depth and quality. Translate complex attack paths into clear business impact and actionable security recommendations. Act as a technical authority in customer engagements and executive discussions. Work directly with customers to understand their environments, objectives, risks, and security requirements. Partner with engineering, product, research, and defensive-security teams. Establish methodologies, technical standards, processes, and quality controls for the red-team function. Develop the team's offensive-security and AI-security capabilities through hands-on mentoring. Stay technically involved in complex engagements, validate attack paths, and challenge technical assumptions. What You Bring 5 years of experience in offensive security, red teaming, penetration testing, adversary emulation, or a related field. Demonstrated experience leading a red team of 5 security professionals. Strong hands-on background as a Red Teamer, Penetration Tester, Offensive Security Engineer, or Security Researcher. Strong technical depth across offensive security and adversary emulation. Experience with web/API security, privilege escalation, lateral movement, Active Directory, identity attacks, and data exfiltration. Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK. Working knowledge of AI/LLM security and adversarial-AI techniques, including OWASP LLM security risks and MITRE ATLAS. Strong customer-facing experience with the ability to present technical findings to security teams, engineering leaders, and executives. Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and multiple engagements simultaneously. Excellent written and verbal communication. Ability to balance technical depth, team leadership, customer requirements, and business priorities. The Leadership Profile This is not a purely managerial role . The right leader has done the work personally and can move comfortably between technical depth and leadership. You should be able to dissect an attack chain with a red teamer, review a proof-of-concept with an engineer, explain risk to a CISO, and lead a customer conversation, all while building a high-performing technical team. Good to Have Experience building or scaling a red-team function. Experience leading customer-facing penetration-testing or red-team engagements. Hands-on AI/LLM red-team experience. Experience with security products, adversary emulation, BAS, exposure validation, or security-control validation. OSCP, OSEP, OSWE, CRTO, GXPN, or equivalent certifications. CTF, vulnerability research, CVE, open-source security tooling, or conference-speaking experience. Lead the team. Stay hands-on. Shape how AI security gets tested. Send your profile to