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The Frankenstein Role

AI Security Engineer role language often bundles five historically separate capability families into one requisition.

Talent and role-design crisis

What this finding measures

Internal / Teaser Only

AI Security Engineer role language often bundles five historically separate capability families into one requisition.

Use only as exploratory teaser or internal prioritization.

Based on analyzed job-description signals, not proof of any individual company’s internal security maturity.

Role breadth signal

Flagship thesis

Chart targets

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  • chart_survey_discipline_by_persona
  • chart_survey_risk_by_persona

Active filters: period=all, industry=all, seniority=all

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Finding Evidence

Frankenstein Role Score Distribution

Distribution of role-breadth pressure across analyzed job descriptions.

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Higher values indicate broader role-specification language, not proof of poor company maturity.

Spec title: Frankenstein Role Score Distribution

Chart ID: chart_frankenstein_role_distribution

Source: v_job_score_distribution

Caption: This chart shows how frequently job descriptions exhibit broad cross-domain AI security role language.

Chart caveat: Higher values indicate broader role-specification language, not proof of poor company maturity.

Deck note: Use this chart to introduce role-breadth pressure.

Vertical Benchmarks

Frankenstein Role Score by Industry

Industry-level comparison of role breadth and cross-domain responsibility language.

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Source: v_industry_score_benchmarks
Segment sample sizes vary; smaller industries should be read as directional.

Spec title: Frankenstein Role Score by Industry

Chart ID: chart_frankenstein_role_by_industry

Source: v_industry_score_benchmarks

Caption: Industries ranked by average Frankenstein Role Score.

Chart caveat: Segment sample sizes vary; smaller industries should be read as directional.

Deck note: Use this chart to tee up vertical subreports.

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Recommended actions

What leaders should do next

Define one primary ownership domain before posting the role.
Separate engineering delivery from governance evidence expectations.
Use role-architecture interviews instead of generic security interviews.

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