Global Security Incident Response Lead - Remote

Affirm, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 236,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage at no cost

Monthly stipends for tech setup

Generous time off and holidays

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Security Incident Response to lead the global investigations and incident response program as we scale internationally.

This remote role guides complex investigations, builds operating practices, and scales readiness across regions, while aligning security, privacy, and operational safeguards. You'll lead an engineering-oriented team, drive durable improvements from incident findings, shape AI-enabled workflows, and translate security metrics into clear

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security operations or incident response.
• Experience leading major incidents in cloud-native environments.
• Strong technical foundation in investigations, detection, and forensics.
• Experience managing engineering teams and guiding hands-on incident work.
• Experience with threat intelligence to inform response.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for exec updates.
• AI-forward mindset with actionable AI workflows in security.

Responsibilities

• Lead security incidents and investigations across the full lifecycle.
• Serve as incident commander for major security events.
• Direct complex investigations with engineering teams and root-cause analyses.
• Develop and coach a technical response team; improve readiness.
• Translate incident metrics into executive dashboards and reporting.

Skills

Incident response leadership

Leadership

Cloud-native environments

Digital forensics

Root-cause analysis

Communication

AI in security

Mentoring engineers

Tools

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Security Incident Response to lead the global investigations and incident response program as we scale internationally.

This remote role guides complex investigations, builds operating practices, and scales readiness across regions, while aligning security, privacy, and operational safeguards. You'll lead an engineering-oriented team, drive durable improvements from incident findings, shape AI-enabled workflows, and translate security metrics into clear