Director, Rapid Response & AI Security Thought Leadership

CrowdStrike Inc.; Utah; Remote; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Employee networks and volunteer groups

Vibrant office culture (global)

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a cybersecurity marketing leader to shape rapid-response programs and drive AI-focused thought leadership. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, translate threat research into timely content, and build scalable programs with measurable business impact.

The role requires deep cybersecurity knowledge, strong storytelling, and a bias for fast, decisive action. A background in threat intelligence or cybersecurity journalism is a strong advantage.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in cybersecurity marketing, product marketing, technical marketing, threat intelligence, cybersecurity research, or related fields.
• Proven experience building or scaling cybersecurity rapid-response marketing programs with SLAs and cross-functional workflows.
• Experience developing strategic, research-driven thought leadership programs.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity landscape, AI research, AI safety, and security.
• Exceptional storytelling and communication skills for executives and security practitioners.
• Ability to accelerate execution with speed and urgency, and lead cross-functional teams.
• Experience leading high-performing teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on use of generative AI and automation to transform marketing workflows.
• Proven AI-enabled decision-making to drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead CrowdStrike’s marketing rapid-response program for emerging threats, critical vulnerabilities, major cybersecurity incidents, and breaking security developments.
• Establish and operationalize a rapid-response program with defined SLAs, clear prioritization criteria, escalation paths, and cross-functional accountability to deliver timely, high-quality responses to critical cybersecurity events.
• Bring together Product Marketing, Campaigns, Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, Communications, Editorial, Legal, Digital, and Sales Enablement to coordinate and execute rapid-response initiatives from initial assessment through publication and amplification.
• Work closely with technical experts to rapidly translate threat research and emerging security developments into timely, actionable content, including blogs, technical explainers, webinars, videos, and customer-facing resources.
• Lead strategic AI thought leadership programs spanning frontier AI research, AI safety, securing AI systems and agents, and defending with AI, establishing CrowdStrike as a leading voice in the AI security conversation.
• In partnership with PMM leadership, develop and execute ongoing thought leadership programs across other strategic security domains, including cloud security, identity, threat intelligence, and exposure management, with clear objectives, target audiences, execution plans, and measurable KPIs.
• Drive cross-functional execution and amplification of thought leadership programs across digital, social, campaigns, and sales channels to maximize reach, engagement, and business impact.
• Leverage AI and automation to accelerate content development, streamline workflows, and improve the speed and scale of rapid response and thought leadership programs.
• Establish performance metrics and reporting to track rapid-response SLAs, program execution, audience engagement, sales adoption, and marketing-influenced pipeline.

Skills

Cybersecurity marketing

Rapid-response marketing

Thought leadership

Storytelling

Cross-functional teamwork

AI security

Generative AI

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a cybersecurity marketing leader to shape rapid-response programs and drive AI-focused thought leadership. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, translate threat research into timely content, and build scalable programs with measurable business impact.

The role requires deep cybersecurity knowledge, strong storytelling, and a bias for fast, decisive action. A background in threat intelligence or cybersecurity journalism is a strong advantage.