Security Research Manager: AI-Driven Data Prototyping

BitSight; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus or equity plan

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Flexible time off

Life and disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

BitSight, a leader in cyber risk management, seeks a Security Research Manager in the U.S. with a strong technical background and leadership experience to guide a multidisciplinary research team.

You will define priorities, collaborate with product and engineering, and translate research into production-ready capabilities that shape BitSight’s platform and data strategies. The role emphasizes security data analysis, prototype development, and communicating complex findings to business

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.

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.

Skills

Networking

Information security

Communication skills

AI tooling

Research leadership

Code writing

Security data analysis

Statistics interpretation

Education

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

Job description

BitSight, a leader in cyber risk management, seeks a Security Research Manager in the U.S. with a strong technical background and leadership experience to guide a multidisciplinary research team.

You will define priorities, collaborate with product and engineering, and translate research into production-ready capabilities that shape BitSight’s platform and data strategies. The role emphasizes security data analysis, prototype development, and communicating complex findings to business