Senior Director, Product Threat Intelligence & Detections

At Arctic Wolf you wont just watch the cybersecurity industry evolve youll help lead the change. Our global Pack is made up of people who thrive on solving hard problems moving fast and building technology that protects organizations around the world. Were proud to be recognized by Forbes CNBC Fortune CRN Gartner Peer Insights and IDC MarketScape but what matters most is the work behind it: delivering real outcomes for customers through award winning innovation like our Aurora Platform.

If youre looking for meaningful work smart teammates and the chance to make a real impact in a high-growth company thats redefining security operations Arctic Wolf is the right place for you!

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. Were looking for Senior Director Product - Threat Intelligence & Detection to be part of making this happen.

LOCATION: This role is open to Remote-United States Remote-Canada Hybrid-Eden Prairie-MN-USA Hybrid-Waterloo-ON-CAN.

This senior product management lead role for Arctic Wolf defines and evangelizes the commercial strategy and product roadmap for threat intelligence & threat hunting along with delivering on the platform strategy to drive detection efficacy and efficiency for the latest threats keeping our customers safe. You will collaborate with Architecture Engineering Security Research and cross-functional teams to align product vision with company goals guide strategic planning and drive innovation and outcomes in threat intelligence threat hunting and detection engineering. You will lead initiatives to map strategy to execution commission research define OKRs and maintain alignment across product lines and stakeholders. As a respected leader in the cybersecurity space you will influence organizational structure drive cross-team buy-in mentor others and represent your group with transparency and integrity.

Role Scope

• Presents at stakeholder meetings to communicate the vision and alignment with corporate strategy

• Works with product principals and engineering leaders to communicate strategy and high-level roadmap for threat intelligence detections and AI related initiatives to Leadership PM and Engineering teams

• Participates in cross-functional efforts and co-design to ensure product initiatives leverage existing security research capabilities and avoid redundant development

• Decides (with Architecture and Security Research leadership) when new threat detection or intelligence capabilities are sufficiently differentiated to create new products or platforms and deliver highest value in efficacy and efficiency

• Creates vision and strategy presentations and documents that address high-level cybersecurity problems emerging threat landscapes and AI-driven solutions

• Defines and drives the strategic vision for threat intelligence and threat hunting while overseeing the incubation of breakthrough threat detection capabilities that improve effectiveness of our products (MDR EDR) and the SOC

• Leads cross-functional teams through product development fostering a culture of experimentation rapid iteration threat validation and customer-centric innovation in security

• Partners with executive leadership to align threat intelligence and AI initiatives with long-term business goals ensuring resource allocation and portfolio management driving high-impact security outcomes

Knowledge & Experience

• Deep expertise in threat intelligence threat hunting detection engineering and security research practices and their application to product development

• Demonstrated understanding of conversational AI large language models (LLMs) and machine learning applications in cybersecurity and threat intelligence and or detections is a plus

• Collaborate and run cross-functional backlog reviews for threat intelligence and detections; participate in other product line reviews to contribute to overall organizational prioritization

• Commission research into possible strategies to address customer security problems and evolving threat landscapes

• Identify OKRs for threat intelligence threat hunting and detections in support of wider corporate goals

• Identify follow-up analysis and insights into emerging threat patterns and their implications for product strategy

Complexity and Problem Solving

• Communicates to teams about process changes and the value these bringprovides clarity and answers questions about threat detection innovation priorities

• Works with Engineering and Labs leadership to align threat intelligence detection and AI strategies with company direction then breaks out specific initiatives to implement and support the strategy

• Propagates priorities and big rocks to product principals and technical leaders to create an overall threat intelligence and detection product roadmap

• Helps other product teams understand how threat intelligence detections and AI capabilities enable faster more effective threat response in their solutions

• Identifies projects that shift priorities and communicates with stakeholders across threat intelligence security operations and engineering teams

Collaboration & Interaction

• Aligns cross-functional teams (Security Research Engineering Sales Go-to-Market) on threat intelligence product strategies & roadmap to successfully meet the business needs

• Drives buy-in and support from the SOC security research engineering sales and broader organization improving our threat intel and detection efficacy and efficiency

• Creates documentation required for calibration efforts and prepares for reviews with evidence of achievements to represent the threat intelligence and detection portfolio

Required Qualifications

• 7 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with deep expertise in threat intelligence threat hunting detection engineering incident response or security researchthis is non-negotiable

• 10 years of product management experience including 3 years at a director level or equivalent managing complex cross-functional teams delivering enterprise security products at scale

• Proven track record of taking products from strategy through successful market launch with quantifiable results in revenue growth customer adoption or competitive market share expansion

• Executive presence with ability to speak credibly to technical and non-technical audiences about cybersecurity strategy emerging threats and security innovation

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in Threat Intelligence managed security services (MSS) managed detection and response (MDR) or security operations centers (SOCs)

• Experience within a fast-growth cybersecurity company or within a security labs/innovation division focused on emerging threats or technologies

• Active presence and network within the cybersecurity community threat intelligence organizations security research ecosystem or industry consortiums is a plus

What Were Looking For

A seasoned cybersecurity leader and product strategist who brings deep technical credibility and hands-on threat intelligence experience combined with strong executive product management acumen. You understand evolving threat landscapes and advanced adversary tactics have direct experience with threat intelligence analysis and threat hunting and are passionate about applying emerging AI technologies to revolutionize how organizations detect and respond to threats. You can operate effectively at the executive level balance strategic vision with execution discipline and drive organizational alignment on complex multi-year threat defense initiatives. You thrive in a fast-paced innovation-focused environment and have the credibility to influence executive decision-making on security investments.