In this role, you will drive company-wide detection strategy and applied research, with real-world impact protecting tens of thousands of organizations around the world. Youll oversee a world-class team of 20+ researchers distributed across the globe, guiding the development of innovative, production-ready threat detection capabilities across multiple layers of the stack – from the OS to cloud workloads, identity, and beyond.
This is a high-visibility, high-impact position for a technical leader who thrives at the intersection of R&D, threat intelligence, and product innovation. Youll shape the future of cybersecurity at scale. If youre ready to help define the future of cyber defense and lead the team that sets the industrys detection bar, wed love to hear from you!
What will you do?
Lead our global Detection Research team – defining vision, setting priorities, and delivering impactful results.
Drive applied research into advanced detection methodologies, from behavioral and anomaly-based detection to signal correlation and AI-assisted methods.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders – Engineering, Product, Threat Intelligence, AI – to ensure detection capabilities align with evolving threat actor tactics and customer needs.
Cultivate and mentor a team of expert researchers across domains such as malware, threat hunting, identity security, cloud, and red teaming.
Stay close to the ground: bring your deep security knowledge to bear, and quickly ramp into new threat domains when needed.
Proven experience (6+ years) driving applied threat intelligence or cybersecurity research strategy, planning, and execution in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.
Strong technical background across one or more relevant domains: OS internals, malware analysis, endpoint detection, identity, cloud security, threat intel, etc.
Knowledge of common attack techniques and malware families.
Curiosity and ability to quickly learn new domains
Track record of building and managing high-performing teams. Experience leading distributed research teams is preferred.
Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels – influencing long-term vision while diving into technical details when needed.
5+ years of experience as a manager. Experience as a manager-of-managers preferred.
Strong written, verbal, editing and presentation skills. Experience interacting directly with customers is preferred.
Experience and knowledge in cloud security is preferred.
