Senior Manager, Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting

The role

You will own the strategy, execution, and growth of North American Detection Engineering and Threat Hunting operations. You will manage a team of technical practitioners and operationalize the hunt-to-detect feedback loop.

What you will do

• Own the execution of the DE&TH mission for the North America region.
• Translate global strategic goals into actionable regional roadmaps.
• Manage and grow a team of practitioners.
• Handle the region's hiring strategy, capacity modeling, and performance management.
• Mentor up to Staff and Principal practitioners.
• Strategize with leaders in Product, Engineering, and Security.
• Partner with regional managers in EMEA/APAC for consistent standards and shared knowledge.
• Serve as the senior leadership point of contact for DE&TH during North American business hours.
• Provide strategic direction and communication to executive stakeholders during high-impact security incidents.
• Track and report on key performance indicators and drive systemic improvements.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading technical security teams (Detection Engineering, Hunting, or IR).
• Experience managing distributed or remote teams.
• Ability to balance local autonomy with global alignment.
• Technical depth to guide Staff/Principal Engineers.
• Understanding of Detection-as-Code principles, adversary tradecraft, and adjudicating complex technical disagreements.
• Ability to communicate the value of proactive hunting to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to negotiate with Product/Engineering for tooling and telemetry.

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Comprehensive 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 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

About the company

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. The company secures more than 6M endpoints and 17M identities worldwide.