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GenAI Security Team Lead

Ramat Gan, IL, Tel Aviv District / Full-time

About the position

What We Are Looking For

As a GenAI Security Team Lead, you will lead a team of GenAI researchers, combining both strategic and hands-on, big-picture planning with direct technical contributions. 

Your primary responsibility will be managing a GenAI-focused team, while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence, providing comprehensive training, guidance, and leadership while ensuring high-quality deliverables.

The position balances managerial responsibilities with hands-on technical work (approximately 25%)

Key Responsibilities

  • Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of GenAI researchers
  • Regularly share knowledge with team members and collaborate across departments
  • Evaluate and enhance team performance and deliverables quality
  • Lead development of automated test harness, continuously evaluating prompts across multiple GenAI models to expose vulnerabilities and measure guardrail effectiveness.

Requirements

Must-Have

  • 3+ years of experience managing teams in offensive cyber security
  • Strong understanding of GenAI or AI-driven products. and their underlying architectures, especially generative models and agentic frameworks.
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Strategic, analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and a proven ability to drive complex projects to completion

Nice-to-Have

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
  • Experience with AWS cloud services and environments.
  • Experience with machine learning development frameworks and environments.
  • Advanced Certifications in offensive cybersecurity (e.g. OSWE, OSCE3, SEC542, SEC522) are highly desirable.

About ActiveFence

ActiveFence is the leading provider of security and safety solutions for online experiences, safeguarding more than 3 billion users, top foundation models, and the world’s largest enterprises and tech platforms every day. 

As a trusted ally to major technology firms and Fortune 500 brands that build user-generated and GenAI products, ActiveFence empowers security, AI, and policy teams with low-latency Real-Time Guardrails and a continuous Red Teaming program that pressure-tests systems with adversarial prompts and emerging threat techniques. Powered by deep threat intelligence, unmatched harmful-content detection, and coverage of 117+ languages, ActiveFence enables organizations to deliver engaging and trustworthy experiences at global scale while operating safely and responsibly across all threat landscapes.