Senior Information Security Specialist in Toronto

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

Pay Details: $115,600 - $163,200 CAD

This role is temporarily eligible for a pay premium above the posted salary range that is reassessed annually. You are encouraged to have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide more specific pay details for this role.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD.

Job Description:

Department Overview: Our purpose: The Global Security & Defence AI Security Governance function helps TD adopt artificial intelligence securely and responsibly by translating enterprise security, technology risk and regulatory expectations into practical guidance and controls.

Your work will influence high-profile, complex and high-risk AI initiatives, strengthen enterprise AI governance and help business partners manage risk within appetite while achieving their objectives.

Job Details - What You'll Do:

• As the Senior Business Information Security Officer for AI, you will connect emerging AI risks with clear, business-focused decisions.
• You will help teams design, assess and operate AI capabilities securely, while strengthening enterprise governance, regulatory readiness and risk visibility.
• Shape secure AI strategy: Lead the development and implementation of AI security strategies, standards, policies and control expectations that align with enterprise architecture, business priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and expert consultation on technology controls, information security programs, policies, standards, and incidents.
• Guide risk-based decisions: Advise business and technology partners on AI risk, control design and risk; clearly articulate control gaps, business impact, mitigation options and escalation needs.
• Assess complex AI solutions: Lead risk and control design assessments across AI applications, models, agents, third parties, infrastructure and supporting platforms, including vulnerability and control procedure reviews to validate security and technology controls are implemented to support business requirements.
• Governance and oversight: Oversee AI security governance, key risk reporting, control effectiveness metrics and remediation plans; lead governance forums and drive accountable outcomes across stakeholders.
• Prepare for emerging threats: Monitor AI threat trends, adversarial techniques, regulatory developments and industry practices, and translate them into practical improvements to monitoring, prevention, detection, response and resilience.
• Develop, provide, or contribute to complex reporting, analysis, and assessments at the functional or enterprise level.
• Influence and enable the enterprise: Build trusted relationships across business, technology and control functions; deliver executive-ready advice and awareness that makes complex AI risk understandable and fosters a strong risk management culture.
• Act as a primary technical expert, working with technology partners and service/platform owners to integrate security components into enterprise architecture.

Job Requirements - What You Need To Succeed:

• University degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in information security, technology risk, cloud security, cyber risk, enterprise security architecture or a related discipline.
• Experience applying recognized AI risk and governance frameworks, such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 23894, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP or MITRE guidance.
• Demonstrated experience leading risk and control assessments for complex or high-risk technology initiatives and translating findings into practical mitigation and remediation plans.
• Demonstrated knowledge of AI security and risk, including secure AI development, model or agent risks, validation, monitoring, explainability, robustness and adversarial threats.
• Experience integrating AI security controls into enterprise architecture, technology platforms and third-party risk processes.
• Ability to communicate complex security and AI risk concepts clearly to executives, technical teams, business partners and control functions.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends, frameworks, and best practices in AI and financial services.

Preferred:

• Information security, technology risk or AI governance certification or accreditation.
• Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry, including work with regulatory and compliance stakeholders.
• Experience supporting incident response or remediation for AI-related security events.

Leadership and Collaboration:

The BISO acts as a top technical expert and individual contributor with advanced knowledge of IT security and risk disciplines. This role works autonomously on high-profile, complex, and high-risk technology projects, providing technical leadership, consulting, and foresight on emerging industry trends.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world.

Our Total Rewards Package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals.

Colleague Development: If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed.

Training & Onboarding: We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Accommodation: Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.