Remote Director: Security Operations & AI-Driven Response

Ladders; United States; On-site; USD 205,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family healthcare

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

MacBook Pro

Stipend for setup

Childcare bonus

Fertility support

Learning & development

Commuter benefits

Work-life balance

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Director of Security Operations to lead a team responsible for monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management and operational resilience in a cloud-native environment.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical security experience with strong leadership, capable of shaping the operating model, improving controls, and driving AI-assisted detection and rapid response across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Security Operations and Incident Response.
• Hands-on security analytics, detection engineering and exposure management.
• Experience in cloud-native or distributed environments and AI risk familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting and vulnerability management.
• Establish priorities, metrics, playbooks and processes based on risk.
• Serve as incident commander for major cybersecurity events.
• Drive AI-assisted detection and rapid containment and remediation.

Skills

Security ops

Incident response

Threat hunting

Automation

AI-assisted

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Director of Security Operations to lead a team responsible for monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management and operational resilience in a cloud-native environment.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical security experience with strong leadership, capable of shaping the operating model, improving controls, and driving AI-assisted detection and rapid response across the enterprise.