Director, Threat Research

📋 Description

• Define team charter, roadmap, operating model, and success metrics.
• Design processes to convert large-scale security data into insights.
• Establish quality standards, documentation, and research methodologies.
• Build and track KPIs for detection, segmentation, and breach containment.
• Hands-on threat research to uncover attacker behaviors and TTPs.
• Translate research into concrete product improvements with Product and Engineering.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in threat research, detection engineering, IR, or threat intel.
• Experience building or scaling a threat research capability from scratch.
• Deep expertise in attacker tradecraft, MITRE ATT&CK, IOC analysis, IR.
• Strong experience partnering with Product and Engineering in security product teams.
• Ability to translate security telemetry into product improvements and insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive briefings.

🎁 Benefits

• Belonging and inclusive culture.
• Safe, transparent hiring process.
• On-site work at Sunnyvale HQ (4 days on-site per week).