Email Security Research Manager (Cortex XDR)

Our Mission

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Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption Collaboration Execution Integrity and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest we invite you to join us!

Job Summary

As an innovator at heart you will lead the Email Security Research team and shape the future of AI-driven email protection. You will define the technical vision drive the research roadmap and lead a team developing advanced detection capabilities. Working closely with Engineering Product Threat Intelligence and AI teams you will build cutting-edge security solutions that protect customers against evolving email threats while fostering innovation and technical excellence.

• Lead mentor and grow a team of Email Security researchers and analysts.

• Define and execute the Email Security research detection and analytics roadmap.

• Drive innovation in AI and LLM-powered email security.

• Lead the design of advanced detections for phishing Business Email Compromise (BEC) malware account takeover and emerging email threats.

• Improve detection efficacy through behavioral analytics threat research and large-scale data analysis.

• Collaborate with Engineering Product Threat Intelligence and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable security capabilities.

• Promote technical excellence through design reviews coaching and knowledge sharing.

• Represent the team internally and externally through technical presentations blogs white papers and industry conferences.

• Foster a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous learning.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in cybersecurity research including 1 years leading technical teams.

• Experience managing mentoring and developing high-performing security researchers.

• Hands-on coding experience (e.g. Python).

• Experience with SQL or similar query languages for large-scale data analysis.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI machine learning or LLM-based security solutions.

• Experience with big data platforms (e.g. GCP/BigQuery).

• Experience with XDR EDR NDR or CDR products.

• Experience in email security research detection engineering or behavioral analytics.

Our Commitment

Were trailblazers that dream big take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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