Director, AI Security Specialist at Zscaler
$194,250–$277,500
Jun 29, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A leadership role heading a newly formed AI Security specialist team within an established security company. The director owns the technical go-to-market strategy for AI security products, recruits and manages a team of principal specialists, builds sales engineering frameworks and proof-of-value assets, and serves as a senior technical advisor to enterprise C-suite clients. The role suits an experienced solutions engineering leader with a background in enterprise security and working knowledge of modern AI architectures.
Principal level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 200 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 40–300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The title is 'Director of AI Specialist' — a people-management role with direct reports (Principal ICs and AI Security Specialists) reporting to a Global VP, so 11-3021 is the right occupation.
Seniority is set to Principal: this is an org-wide, cross-functional leadership role with a mandate to 3X team revenue, build a new incubation team from scratch, and influence Product/Engineering roadmaps — scope well above a typical Senior or Staff manager.
The '10+ years in Solutions Engineering' and '5+ years managing teams' are stated as role-level experience gates in the requirements block; they are captured in the overall years minimum (10) and on the people-management skill (5 years), respectively.
'Enterprise technical sales / solutions engineering' is listed as a named discipline with a specific year count in the required section, so it is retained as a skill despite being somewhat methodological — it is the primary professional track the JD gates on.
Model governance and AI compliance frameworks appear only under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are marked accordingly.
No compensation figures are disclosed in the posting.
The #LI-Remote tag and the caller's declaration confirm fully remote; no metro is inferred.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): enterprise technical sales / solutions engineering, people management, public cloud architecture, model governance.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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