Senior AI Security Architect

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your role at Baxter

As a Senior AI Security Architect, you will play a key role in helping Baxter securely adopt and scale Artificial Intelligence technologies across the enterprise. This position sits within Baxter's Cybersecurity organization and serves as the primary security expert for AI technologies, including Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, and machine learning platforms.

You will partner closely with teams across Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Data & Analytics, Infrastructure, R&D, Privacy, Legal, and Quality to establish the security standards, governance frameworks, and guardrails needed to enable responsible AI innovation. As Baxter continues to expand the use of AI across products, operations, and corporate functions, you will help shape the company's AI security strategy while balancing innovation, risk management, and regulatory requirements.

This is an opportunity to join Baxter early in its AI journey and help define how AI technologies are secured across a global healthcare organization. The role offers significant visibility, cross-functional exposure, and the opportunity to grow into a broader cybersecurity leadership role over time.

This is a remote U.S.-based role with quarterly travel to Baxter's Deerfield, IL headquarters.

What you'll be doing

• Lead security reviews and assessments for AI, Generative AI, machine learning, and AI agent solutions across the enterprise.
• Define AI security standards, architectures, and best practices that support secure and responsible AI adoption.
• Partner with technical and business teams to evaluate new AI technologies, platforms, vendors, and use cases from a security and risk perspective.
• Conduct threat modeling, architecture reviews, and risk assessments for AI applications and platforms.
• Establish security controls and guardrails for LLMs, AI copilots, RAG solutions, AI agents, and related technologies.
• Support AI governance initiatives by defining security requirements, approval processes, monitoring capabilities, and risk management practices.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Data & Analytics, R&D, Privacy, Legal, and Quality teams to ensure AI solutions meet security and compliance requirements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and mentor to architects, engineers, developers, and business stakeholders on AI security best practices.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security architecture, enterprise architecture, or related technology disciplines.
• Experience securing AI, Generative AI, machine learning, cloud, or advanced analytics environments.
• Strong understanding of AI security risks, including prompt injection, data leakage, model poisoning, adversarial attacks, and unauthorized model access.
• Hands-on experience with AI platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, or similar technologies.
• Experience conducting threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and enterprise risk assessments.
• Knowledge of identity and access management, cloud security, data protection, encryption, API security, and AI governance principles.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills, with the ability to influence across a complex global organization.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Microsoft security technologies including Purview, Defender, Entra ID, and Azure security services.
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 42001, or ISO 27001.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as healthcare, medical device, manufacturing, automotive, or other environments with significant compliance requirements.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Azure Security Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or similar credentials.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $152,000 - $209,000. …