Manager Threat Research (Integration-Detections)

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If you are looking for meaningful work, smart teammates, and the opportunity to make a real impact in a high-growth company that is redefining security operations, Arctic Wolf is the right place for you.

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk.

We are looking for a Manager – Detection Engineering, XDR to lead detection development activities and help achieve our mission of End Cyber Risk.

The Manager – Detection Engineering, XDR plans and directs all aspects of detection development activities within their team.

This includes ensuring that engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are aligned with the organization's established policies and objectives.

The Manager reports to a Senior Manager of Research and Development and works closely with Research and Development Leadership, Product Management, and Security Services (S2) to ensure the team is building what our customers and users need in a timely manner.

This is a detection development team responsible for building generalized detections across multiple telemetry sources, including endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email, to provide broad Extended Detection and Response (XDR) coverage for customers.

Managers may also have specialized subject matter expertise within the technical areas their teams support.

SCOPE OF ROLE Generate and manage the day-to-day work for the team.

Work with the Product Team to define and deliver the six-month roadmap.

Contribute to longer-term planning and strategy in partnership with the Director.

Provide direction, clarity, and support to the team to ensure detection development activities remain focused on organizational and customer needs.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: Team Leadership and Detection Development Manage teams responsible for delivering high-quality, innovative detection content spanning multiple telemetry sources.

Work collaboratively with architects, developers, Product Managers, data engineers, and security analysts.

Support the team by providing direction, clarity, and removing obstacles.

Instill the Foundations of Research and Development within the team by living them on a daily basis.

Set and maintain a high technical bar for detection quality, coverage, and false-positive rates across the team's output.

Ensure teams are highly motivated, performing well, and delivering work on time.

Ensure each team is clear on the objectives and goals they are striving to achieve.

Work with team members to deliver key features.

Build collaborative relationships with other teams and stakeholders within the organization.

Product Roadmap and Detection Strategy Execute the Product roadmap.

Work with the Product Team to define and deliver the six-month roadmap.

Work with Architects to define and execute on the company's technical roadmap.

Drive detection coverage expansion across telemetry sources, ensuring breadth and depth of XDR detection capabilities.

Champion cross-telemetry detection strategies that maximize coverage while minimizing false positives across diverse customer environments.

Own detection quality metrics and continuously raise the bar on precision, recall, and mean-time-to-detect.

Represent the team's work to senior leadership with data-driven reporting on detection coverage, efficacy, and operational impact.

Detection Development Lifecycle Oversee the full detection development lifecycle, from research and hypothesis through implementation, testing, tuning, and retirement.

Establish and enforce rigorous peer review processes for all detection content before production deployment.

Ensure the team delivers high-quality detection content across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email telemetry.

Ensure detection development processes and engineering initiatives remain aligned with organizational policies and objectives.

Team Execution and Delivery Remove blockers preventing teams from getting their work done.

Make sure each team is clear on the objectives and goals they are striving to achieve.

Support the team in delivering key features and detection capabilities.

Drive continuous development process improvements.

Continuously improve team velocity and delivery predictability.

Lead Agile development practices across the team.

Research and Development Responsibilities Implement the Research and Development Department and Team Responsibilities.

Ensure teams are following Information Security Management System (ISMS) regulations, including: Secure Coding Practices Acceptable Use Establish and maintain processes that support technical excellence and secure detection development.

People Development and Mentoring Develop the careers of team members.

Mentor each team member and help them grow their technical and leadership skills.

Establish career development plans and achievable goals for direct reports.

Conduct regular one-on-ones.

Provide career and personal development coaching.

Build a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence.

Maintain a clear history of learning and skills development across the team.

Regularly help detection developers develop their skills in a variety of ways.

Support and mentor individuals toward senior and lead roles.

Administrative and Financial Responsibilities Manage employee compensation and vacation time.

Manage and approve conference and training budgets.

Participate in helping set and manage the Directorate-level budget.

Apply strong financial management skills to team