Manager, Security Research

Bitsight; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitsight is seeking a Manager for the Product Research team within Security Research to lead a multifaceted group focused on data collection, processing, and analysis. You will guide research initiatives, mentor researchers, and partner with product and engineering to turn prototypes into production capabilities.

The role demands a technical leader with security, data science, and coding experience who can translate complex findings into strategic business decisions and drive investment in

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in networking and information security.
• Experience leading research initiatives and security product teams.
• Experience with AI tooling to accelerate projects while managing risk.
• Proficient in writing and reviewing code for prototypes.
• Ability to explain statistical experiments to quantify value propositions.
• BS/MS in CS or commensurate experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish team priorities for research and development of new data collection prototypes and big-data analytic pipelines.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to align capability roadmaps and transfer prototypes to production.
• Decompose long-term challenges into technical research plans.
• Recruit, train, and develop a team of security researchers.
• Articulate research findings to stakeholders with defensible recommendations.
• Develop QA processes for research data and outputs.
• Ideate product features based on security trends and data capabilities.
• Identify data partnerships in collaboration with Data Ops and assess third-party data value.
• Support marketing and customer engagements by explaining product data and ratings concepts.

Skills

Networking

Info security

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

AI tooling

Team leadership

Prototype coding

Data analysis

Statistics interpretation

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Python

SQL

Big data tools

Job description

Location: Boston, MA or Raleigh, NC (Hybrid)

About Us:

Bitsight is a cyber risk management leader transforming how companies manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Companies rely on Bitsight to prioritize their cybersecurity investments, build greater trust within their ecosystem, and reduce their chances of financial loss. Built on over a decade of technological innovation, its integrated solutions deliver value across enterprise security performance, digital supply chains, cyber insurance, and data analysis.

• We invented the cyber ratings industry in 2011
• Over 600 teammates are dispersed throughout Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote

About the Role:

The Product Research team within Bitsight’s Security Research department focuses on technology and methodology development for security telemetry collection, processing, and analysis. The team is part of Bitsight’s broader product development organization and will be involved with investigating and prototyping new potential product capabilities. This manager position will be tasked with leading a multifaceted security research team that addresses a broad range of Bitsight's strategic technical challenges. This role will be ideally suited to a technical leader with a mix of security and data science skills who is eager to lead a research team and influence the future technology investments of the Bitsight platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish team priorities for research and development of new data collection prototypes, big-data analytic pipelines, and security exposure assessment methodologies
• Collaborate with the product and engineering organizations to align capability development roadmaps and complete technology transfer of research prototypes into production environments
• Decompose long-term strategic business challenges into technical research plans
• Recruit, train, and develop a team of security researchers
• Clearly articulate research findings to business stakeholders and provide defensible recommendations on business processes, priorities, and investments
• Develop, drive, and own processes for quality assurance of team research and data
• Ideate product features and enhancements based on the latest security trends and capabilities
• Identify, establish, and maintain data partnership opportunities in collaboration with Data Operations through scouting and assessment of product value in third party data sources
• Support marketing activities and customer engagements by promoting key findings and capabilities and explaining product data and ratings concepts

Required Qualifications:

• Strong technical background with expertise in networking and information security
• Strong communication and analytical skills, including the ability to identify and solve ambiguous problems
• Adept at applying AI tooling to accelerate projects and workflows while understanding and mitigating the risks they introduce
• Experience leading research initiatives and teams to build security products
• Proficient in writing and reviewing code to facilitate prototype development
• Proven track record in security data analysis and presentation
• Ability to conduct, interpret, and explain statistical experiments to quantify research value propositions
• Education: B.S/M.S in Computer Science or similar field or commensurate experience.

About BitSight

Based in Boston, MA, Raleigh, NC and Lisbon, PT, the company is the pioneer and leader in the security ratings market delivering ratings solutions for third-party risk management, benchmarking, and cyber insurance.