[Hiring] Technical Product Lead - AI IP Protection and Security @International Data Group

Role Description

You will be the primary architect of our Digital Asset Rights & Revenue Assurance (DARRA) strategy. You are responsible for ensuring that our high-value intellectual property is shielded from unauthorized exploitation by generative AI models and rogue scrapers, while simultaneously ensuring seamless access for legitimate, authenticated partners.

• Architect the Defense: Define the roadmap for the Agent-Aware Firewall, creating a dynamic system that identifies, classifies, and manages non-human traffic in real-time.
• The Adjudicator: Lead the development of our automated entitlements engine, ensuring that every request for content is met with the precise level of access granted by our commercial agreements.
• Strategic Counter-Intelligence: Monitor the evolving landscape of AI "Dark Arts"—from bypass techniques to unauthorized LLM training and develop technical countermeasures to stay two steps ahead.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Engineering, Legal, and Sales to align our technical defenses with our commercial goals, ensuring that supports revenue growth rather than just acting as a gatekeeper.
• Execution: Drive product clarity through PR/FAQs and 6-pagers. You will own the metrics for "Deflection Rate," "Entitlement Accuracy," and "Revenue Leakage Prevention."

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or another Quantitative Discipline
• Significant, demonstrated experience in Technical Product Management. Ad Tech, Cybersecurity, or DRM background is a plus.
• Deep AI Fluency: You can talk the talk with AI engineers — walking through evaluation criteria, real risks like data exfiltration, and what goes into an agentic system, even if you haven't built one yourself.
• Proactive obsession with security and asset protection. You don't just wait for a breach; you hunt for vulnerabilities in our distribution model.
• Experience managing complex, high-stakes technical initiatives where the cost of failure is high (revenue loss or IP theft).
• Ability to translate technical scraping into clear business risks and opportunities for executive leadership.
• Demonstrated personal use of AI tools to accelerate your own work - not just overseeing AI initiatives from a distance.

Benefits

• 15 vacation days (prorated based on start date)
• 12 company-paid holidays
• 6 paid sick days (prorated based on start date; may vary by state)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 2 floating holidays (prorated based on start date)
• 1 volunteer day
• 401(k) company match (IDC matches 3% on the first 6% of employee contributions)
• Company-paid short-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid parental leave

Compensation Transparency

At IDC, we are committed to fair and equitable pay practices. Employees are compensated equitably for their work, aligned with their skills and experience. Salary and incentive structures are determined through a rigorous process that considers experience, education, certifications, role-specific requirements, internal equity, and verified U.S. market data from an independent third-party partner.

The expected total annual compensation, depending on location and experience, is between $250,000 – $320,000, inclusive of base salary and variable compensation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

IDC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons. Employment eligibility verification required. We participate in E-Verify.