Cybersecurity ML Lead & Data Science Manager

Remote Worker LTD.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Wellness programs

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Great office culture

Great Place to Work

Job summary

CrowdStrike seeks a Manager to lead a team of data scientists at the intersection of Machine Learning, Big Data, and Security. You will guide ML initiatives for threat detection and agentic AI, collaborating across functions to deliver security solutions.

You will mentor and develop your team, drive technical standards, and stay ahead of ML and security trends while delivering measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in CS/Data Science/Math/Physics, or bachelor with equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in data science and ML, with at least 2 years in leadership or team lead capacity.
• Proven track record of leading ML projects from research to production deployment.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, threat landscape, and security operations.
• Programming proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks and big data technologies.
• Experience mentoring and developing data scientists and ML engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data scientists, providing technical guidance, career development, and performance management.
• Establish technical standards and best practices for ML development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Define and drive the technical strategy for machine learning initiatives in threat detection and agentic AI for security.
• Lead ML projects from initial research through production deployment, ensuring successful delivery and measurable impact.
• Plan and prioritize team roadmaps, balancing research innovation with delivery of production ML systems.
• Stay current with emerging trends in ML and cybersecurity, and evaluate new technologies for potential adoption.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including security research, engineering, and product to align ML capabilities with business objectives.
• Partner with security domain experts to identify high-impact opportunities where ML can enhance threat detection and response.
• Communicate complex technical concepts and ML insights to stakeholders across the organization.
• Guide the development of advanced models for malware detection, behavioural threat analysis, and AI-driven security automation.
• Drive research initiatives that result in publications, blog posts, patents, and other contributions to the ML and security communities.
• Contribute to hands-on technical work when needed, maintaining deep expertise in ML systems and security applications.

Skills

Python

ML frameworks

Big data tech

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Security concepts

Education

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science/Data Science/Math/Physics

Bachelor’s with equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

Linux

Job description

CrowdStrike seeks a Manager to lead a team of data scientists at the intersection of Machine Learning, Big Data, and Security. You will guide ML initiatives for threat detection and agentic AI, collaborating across functions to deliver security solutions.

You will mentor and develop your team, drive technical standards, and stay ahead of ML and security trends while delivering measurable impact.