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Senior Manager, Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting

Huntress· DE&TH
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Hybrid (Remote (US))$220k - $240kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role responsible for strategy, execution, and growth of North American Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting operations, with regional autonomy aligned to global DE&TH objectives and collaboration across regions.

Responsibilities

  • Regional Operational Leadership: Own the execution of the DE&TH mission for the North America region. Translate global strategic goals into actionable regional roadmaps, ensuring NA-based hunters and engineers focus on the highest-value threats.
  • Team Scaling & Talent Strategy: Manage and grow a team of practitioners. Responsible for the region's hiring strategy, capacity modeling, and performance management. Mentor up to Staff and Principal practitioners.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Strategize with leaders in Product, Engineering, and Security.
  • Global Collaboration: Partner with regional managers in EMEA/APAC to ensure consistent standards, seamless handoffs, and shared knowledge; align NA hunting practices with global ecosystem.
  • Incident Command: Serve as the senior leadership point of contact for DE&TH during NA business hours; provide strategic direction and communicate effectively to executives during incidents.
  • Efficacy & Accountability: Track and report on NA regional KPIs; drive systemic improvements when metrics deviate from standards.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience leading technical security teams (Detection Engineering, Hunting, or IR), with distributed/remote team management.
  • Strategic mindset to balance local autonomy with global alignment and manage regional resources as a business unit.
  • Technical depth to guide Staff/Principal Engineers and understand Detection-as-Code, adversary tradecraft, and complex technical disputes.
  • Strong advocacy and communication skills to justify proactive hunting and negotiate tooling/telemetry requirements with Product/Engineering.

Skills

Required:Leadership of technical security teamsStrategic planning and regional operationsDetection-as-CodeAdversary tradecraftStakeholder communication

Benefits

  • 100% remote work environment
  • Generous paid time off (vacation, sick time, holidays)
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Medical, dental, vision benefits
  • 401(k) with 5% employer contribution
  • Life and Disability insurance
  • Stock options for all full-time employees
  • One-time $500 home office reimbursement
  • Annual education/professional development allowance
  • $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
  • BetterUp coaching access
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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