AI Red Team Unit Head

HDFC Bank is looking for a highly experienced and technically strong AI Red Team Unit Lead to build, operationalize, and lead the Banks AI Red Team function. This is a strategic yet deeply hands-on leadership role, responsible for designing and executing adversarial attack simulations on both traditional systems and cutting-edge AI systems.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Offensive Security Testing, AI Security, Agentic AI systems, and Red Team operations, with the ability to establish enterprise-grade offensive AI frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and lead the Banks AI Red Team from the ground up.
• Develop and operationalize autonomous Agentic systems capable of executing adversarial attacks on the Banks AI and traditional technology systems.
• Conduct AI model penetration testing, adversarial ML attacks, and redteaming of LLMs and AI agents.
• Perform Offensive Security Testing, including AppSec reviews, penetration testing, bug bounty analysis, and red team assessments.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, IT, Data Science, and Risk teams to identify vulnerabilities and strengthen AI system resilience.
• Establish, refine, and enforce standards aligned with leading frameworks such as OWASP, OSSTMM, MITRE ATT&CK, and MITRE ATLAS.
• Prepare deepdive reports, threat models, and remediation plans for senior leadership.

Required Experience:

• 18+ years of demonstrated experience in Offensive Security, Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, AppSec, and AI/ML Security.
• Proven expertise in designing and running adversarial attack simulations.
• Hands-on experience with AI Security, adversarial ML techniques, LLM vulnerabilities, and Agentic AI architectures.