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Posted 04 June, 2026

Assistant Vice President - AI Runtime Security

ExlService Holdings, Inc.
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Full Time
Reference: 218_689623_13111

  • Strong runtime protection for AI systems in production
  • Reduced exposure to AI misuse, data leakage, and agent abuse
  • Clear alignment to NIST AI RMF, security-by-design, and regulatory runtime expectations
  • Defensible governance posture for clients, auditors, and regulators
EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a leading data analytics and digital operations and solutions company. We partner with clients using a data and AI-led approach to reinvent business models, drive better business outcomes and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, analytics, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform operations for the world's leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media and retail, among others. EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect. We are headquartered in New York and have more than 54,000 employees spanning six continents. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.


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EXL is the indispensable partner for leading businesses in data-led industries such as insurance, banking and financial services, healthcare, retail and logistics. We bring a unique combination of data, advanced analytics, digital technology and industry expertise to help our clients turn data into insights, streamline operations, improve customer experience, and transform their business. Our partnerships with clients are built on a foundation of collaboration - and we've been chosen as a partner by nine of the top ten leading US insurance companies, nine of the top 20 global banks, and six of the top ten US health care payers. We function as one team to make your goals our goals, whether that's unlocking the value of generative AI or embedding analytics into workflows that reduce risk or power your growth. Clients choose EXL as their transformation partner for many reasons. Our geographic diversity make talent all over the world instantly accessible. Digital accelerators enable unmatched speed-to-value, letting you realize results fast. It's our people that truly set us apart, though, including the 1,500 data scientists we have dedicated to our generative AI practice. And our more than twenty years of experience in delivering business services, garnering stellar client references, and maintaining a solid balance sheet are reassuring to our C-suite clients. Find out for yourself why clients, employees, and analysts think we're some of the best in the business. Contact us to see how we can help you achieve your goals.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information/Cyber Security, AI/ML, Data Science, or related field

10-15+ years overall experience, including 3+ years in AI governance, AI runtime threat vectors and AI observability, monitoring, and drift management

Proven ability to design and govern runtime guardrails using AI governance and risk platforms (e.g., Credo.ai for AI inventory, policy enforcement, and risk assessment)

Strong handson understanding of runtime monitoring and observability for AI systems, leveraging LLMOps/MLOps platforms such as MLflow, Weights & Biases, Datadog, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, or equivalent, to track usage patterns, behavioral anomalies, and model drift in production.

Command of drift detection and AI behavior monitoring, including data drift, concept drift, and output instability, using observability and model monitoring tools (e.g., Aporia, Datatron, custom telemetry built on OpenTelemetry).

Ability to operationalize AI runtime governance controls within CI/CD and deployment pipelines, embedding security checks and enforcement into MLOps/LLMOps workflows orchestrated through platforms such as Kubeflow, Airflow, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.

This role of not applicable for internal candidates, open only for external hiring..

This role of not applicable for internal candidates, open only for external hiring.

  • Define and own enterprise AI governance controls focused on runtime security, monitoring, and enforcement for GenAI, LLM, RAG, and Agentic AI systems in production.
  • Establish technical standards for runtime threat detection and prevention, covering prompt injection, agent manipulation, inference abuse, data leakage, hallucination exploitation, and unauthorized model access.
  • Ensure AI runtime architectures incorporate guardrails, policy enforcement points, and telemetry collection across APIs, orchestration layers, model gateways, and inference pipelines.
  • Oversee implementation of continuous monitoring and observability mechanisms, including behavioral monitoring, data and concept drift detection, usage anomalies, and output risk indicators.
  • Institutionalize governance requirements for runtime risk response, including alerting thresholds, automated containment, escalation workflows, and integration with enterprise cyber and incident response processes.
  • Partner with platform, security, and MLOps/LLMOps teams to embed runtime controls into CI/CD pipelines, model deployment workflows, and API management layers without impacting delivery velocity.
  • Define governance expectations for secure AI operation at scale, including access control, rate limiting, logging, explainability at runtime, and auditable control evidence.
  • Lead technical governance for highrisk and regulated AI deployments, ensuring runtime behavior complies with internal policies, client contractual commitments, and global regulatory expectations (e.g., NIST AI RMF).
  • Act as the technical advisor for AI runtime risk decisions, advising executive stakeholders and clients on production readiness, risk acceptance, and control effectiveness.

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