Remote Incident Response Manager: Lead & Grow Teams

CrowdStrike Inc.; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Wellness programs

Excellent vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leave

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Incident Response Manager to lead high-stakes investigations for Fortune 100 clients. You will mentor teams, guide strategic responses, and communicate findings to executives, regulatory bodies, and legal counsel.

Role emphasizes hands-on IR, threat hunting, and collaboration with outside counsel, as well as developing consultants and advancing CrowdStrike's incident response capabilities.

Qualifications

• : Proven leadership in cybersecurity consulting or incident response with team-building.
• : Substantial hands‑on IR experience with forensic analysis.
• : Experience leading complex IR investigations and guiding technical teams.
• : Able to mentor and develop technical consultants and provide feedback.
• : Strong ability to communicate findings to executives and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and oversight throughout incident response engagements, guiding investigation strategies, evaluating findings, ensuring delivery quality, and performing hands-on analysis when needed.
• Lead client onboarding, initial triage, and scoping for prospective clients to establish deliverables, staffing, and resources.
• Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to executives and stakeholders.
• Guide investigation strategies, including threat hunting across data sources.
• Collaborate with outside counsel on intrusion investigations and prepare defensible findings.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop consultants across forensics, analysis, and client engagement.
• Provide strategic recommendations to mature client security post-incident.
• Produce high-quality written/verbal reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Demonstrate thought leadership via blogs, webinars, and speaking engagements.

Skills

Leadership

Incident response

Client engagements

Threat hunting

Executive communication

Mentoring

Project management

Cloud IR

Independent decisions

Forensic analysis

Tools

Bro/Zeek

Suricata

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Incident Response Manager to lead high-stakes investigations for Fortune 100 clients. You will mentor teams, guide strategic responses, and communicate findings to executives, regulatory bodies, and legal counsel.

Role emphasizes hands-on IR, threat hunting, and collaboration with outside counsel, as well as developing consultants and advancing CrowdStrike's incident response capabilities.