Director, CrowdStrike Cyber & Privacy (Hybrid)

Grant Thornton; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 281,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Advisors LLC is seeking a Cyber & Privacy Director - Crowdstrike to lead the delivery and expansion of CrowdStrike Falcon engagements within our MSS, MDR, and NG-SIEM practice. You will mentor delivery teams, partner with alliance leadership, and act as a trusted advisor to clients.

You will oversee end-to-end deployments, optimization efforts, and executive-level risk insights, while shaping the growth of our CrowdStrike offerings and go-to-market motions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a cybersecurity-related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity consulting with at least 3 years hands-on CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and managing Falcon modules: Insight (EDR), Prevent, Identity Protection, NG-SIEM, Cloud Security, and Falcon Complete.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of CrowdStrike Falcon deployments, including Falcon Complete (MDR), NG-SIEM, Identity Protection, Cloud Security, Exposure Management, and Charlotte AI / Agentic SOAR.
• Serve as the technical lead on CrowdStrike optimization engagements, including sensor deployment, policy tuning, detection engineering, and platform health management.
• Design and implement custom detections, escalation workflows, and automated response playbooks aligned to client operating models.
• Drive continuous optimization of client CrowdStrike investments through recurring platform reviews, tuning cycles, and use-case development.
• Act as the primary CrowdStrike subject matter expert on client engagements, translating platform telemetry into executive-level risk insights.
• Lead client-facing workshops, executive briefings, and quarterly business reviews.
• Support scoping, pricing, and proposal development for new CrowdStrike opportunities (MSS, MDR, NG-SIEM).
• Manage engagement financials including budget, resource utilization, and margin.

Skills

CrowdStrike Falcon

MSS/MDR deployments

NG-SIEM

Policy tuning

Detection engineering

Executive communications

Team leadership

Budget management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon platform

Job description

Grant Thornton Advisors LLC is seeking a Cyber & Privacy Director - Crowdstrike to lead the delivery and expansion of CrowdStrike Falcon engagements within our MSS, MDR, and NG-SIEM practice. You will mentor delivery teams, partner with alliance leadership, and act as a trusted advisor to clients.

You will oversee end-to-end deployments, optimization efforts, and executive-level risk insights, while shaping the growth of our CrowdStrike offerings and go-to-market motions.