Principal Consultant, Forge Secure AI

Principal Consultant Forge Secure AI(Founding Hire)

The role. Lead the first cohort of Forge Secure AI (FSAI) engagements end-to-end. Codify the methodology. Hire the second wave. Stand up the Forward-Deployed Engineer (FFDE) practice for active remediation. Founding IC role with direct CEO reporting. Path to VP Forge is open and earned. The senior IC track is equally valid. Neither is assigned.

About iTmethods. A 21-year-old Toronto-based platform firm running mission-critical regulated environments for banks capital markets firms life sciences companies and semiconductor manufacturers across North America and Europe. Two products. Reign governs AI in regulated environments through a four-component spine (AI Gateway Model Risk Validation Audit Ledger (CAVR) Assurance Packs). Forge runs the governed infrastructure underneath. FSAI is the flagship Forge engagement delivered as Assess Harden Sustain.

The strategic moment. Two converging cycles drive demand. One regulatory (SR 11-7 OSFI E-23 EU AI Act under the May 2026 provisional timeline FINOS AIGF v2.0 FDA PCCP DORA ISO 42001). One operational (agentic AI forcing a structural rebuild of enterprise stacks boards mandating sovereign data compute model and agent runtime control). Regulated enterprises need an operator who can take them from shadow AI to attested AI on a defined timeline.

What you own.

• FSAI engagements end-to-end plus the FFDE Sprint cadence for active-remediation customers
• The methodology and IP that scales the practice beyond the first cohort
• The second wave of hires and their mentorship
• Pipeline inside the Forge installed base and named-account targets
• Co-sell with global advisory partners alongside Forge leadership

What you bring.

• 10 years total 5 at staff or principal level at a frontier AI lab Big-4 risk practice FAANG infrastructure or security hyperscaler PS or a leading platform-engineering firm
• Multi-quarter engagement leadership at CISO CIO or CDO level inside regulated enterprises with references
• Hands-on technical depth across AI gateways identity endpoint and SASE cloud audit logging data lake substrates agent runtime and policy engines
• AI-native daily practice as a 2 to 3x multiplier with receipts (we will ask)
• Working command of regulator vocabulary: SR 11-7 OSFI E-23 EU AI Act FINOS AIGF FDA PCCP ISO 42001 BCBS 239 DORA
• Track record of contributing to revenue and scaling a delivery team under pressure

Bonus. Tier-1 D-SIB or top-10 pharma direct experience. Prior Principal or FDE at Anthropic Palantir Databricks Snowflake AWS Pro Services Microsoft Industry Solutions or Big-4 risk. Speaker history at FINOS RSAC or re:Invent.

Logistics. Eligible to work in Canada. Toronto hybrid. 25 to 40 percent travel. ESOP eligible.

How to apply. Send your CV and a one-page point-of-view memo (400 to 600 words) on how you would scope an FSAI engagement at a Tier-1 bank to emailprotected. Subject line Principal Consultant Forge Secure AI. We respond to qualified candidates within one week.

iTmethods is an equal opportunity employer.