Head of Engineering, AI Security (Zürich)

What You'll Do 

 Lead technical strategy and execution 

• Define and drive the architecture and technical direction for Red Teaming and Agentic Security products 

• Actively shape product strategy and roadmap, bringing a strong engineering perspective to business and product decisions 

• Set and hold a high bar for quality and performance, working closely with product throughout development and deployment. 

• Work with sales, customer success, and product to define and meet support and SRE SLAs. 

 Build and scale a world-class engineering organization

• Build and scale an engineering team that's recognized as world-leading in its field, with support from HR. 

• Develop engineers and engineering managers, growing their skills, impact, and career trajectory. 

• Build a culture defined by impact, autonomy, and innovation. 

Align engineering with product and business goals

• Partner with the VP R&D and leadership to make engineering a driver of business outcomes, not just a delivery function. 

• Ensure strong feedback loops between customers and engineering, partnering with product management and sales leadership. 

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, including at least 3 years leading managers and scaling teams  

• Experience leading engineering teams in both startup and large-corporate environments. 

• Experience building enterprise-grade AI and/or cybersecurity products, ideally both, with a strong grasp of the full development lifecycle. 

• A track record of elevating an existing engineering team's output, culture, and technical bar, not just building one from scratch. 

• Fluency in security and AI concepts, enough to earn credibility with senior engineers in this space quickly. You don't need to be a deep expert. 

• Experience operating in a shared-ownership model, contributing strongly to strategy without sole authority 

• Strong communication and people leadership: you build real relationships with customers, partners, and your own team. 

• Familiarity with the Zurich tech market: hiring and compensation norms, local talent networks, and working culture. 

• Strong advantage: experience navigating the tension between startup-style autonomy and large-company process, ideally through an acquisition, integration, or similar structural change.