Vice President, Threat Detection & Response

Skills

About the Role

As Vice President of Threat Detection & Response, you will lead the entire TD&R function, spanning the Security Operations Center, Security Triage, Tactical Response, Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting, and Adversary Tactics teams. You will set a clear multi-year direction and strategy, own long-term system design, and partner with Product, Engineering, Innovation, Data, Support, and Sales to evolve the SOC into an agentic operating model. You will drive measurable detection and response outcomes, lead change management for the transition, eliminate operational bottlenecks, build a resilient leadership bench, and prioritize fast innovation to stay ahead of evolving threat actors.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading modern security operations, threat detection and response, incident response, threat hunting, or closely related cybersecurity functions
• 5+ years of experience leading through other managers and directors across a multi-functional business unit
• Proven success in creating and executing a strategic plan for a major security function with full accountability for organizational design and resource decisions
• Strong business judgment connecting security metrics to customer retention, margin, and company growth
• Clear technical point of view on where automation scales security operations and where human judgment must remain primary
• Demonstrated ability to build leadership depth, cultivate an accountable team culture, and communicate complex technical risks to board members and executive teams

Responsibilities

• Lead the entire TD&R function across all sub-departments with ownership of strategic bets, organizational structure, and measurable business outcomes
• Own the long-term TD&R system design while empowering directors and managers to run daily operations
• Partner with Product and Innovation teams to execute a credible agentic SOC roadmap
• Drive measurable threat detection and response outcomes including MTTx, detection coverage, quality, and operational consistency
• Lead change management and cultural shifts required for the agentic SOC transition
• Identify systemic operational bottlenecks, tool friction, and analyst burnout risks, and build solutions
• Build a resilient leadership bench of senior directors and managers
• Prioritize fast innovation and high-impact security wins, iterating rapidly to stay ahead of threat actors

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment
• Generous paid time off including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
• 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
• Life and disability insurance plans
• Stock options for all full-time employees
• One-time $500 home office reimbursement
• Annual education and professional development allowance
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
• Access to the BetterUp coaching platform