Senior Manager, Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting

Huntress; United States; Remote; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work environment

Generous paid time off

12 weeks paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical, dental, and VIs

Job summary

Huntress is seeking a seasoned leader to own the North American Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting operations. You will drive regional strategy, oversee a growing team of technical practitioners, and partner with Product and Engineering to deliver scalable defense for our NA region.

You will report to the DE&TH Director and maintain autonomy to shape the regional roadmap while ensuring alignment with global standards. This role is remote-first with a focus on the U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading technical security teams (Detection Eng, Hunting, IR).
• Experience managing distributed or remote teams.
• Ability to run a region as a business unit with global standards.

Responsibilities

• Regional Operational Leadership: Own NA DE&TH mission and translate global goals into regional roadmaps.
• Team Scaling & Talent Strategy: Manage and grow the regional team, handle hiring, capacity, and performance; mentor senior staff.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Security leaders.
• Global Collaboration: Align with EMEA/APAC to ensure standards and knowledge sharing.
• Incident Command: Act as the senior leader for NA DE&TH during business hours; provide strategic direction during incidents.
• Efficacy & Accountability: Track KPIs and drive improvements when metrics diverge from standards.

Skills

Security leadership

Remote teams

Strategy

Stakeholder comms

Job description

Location: United States

What We Do:

Cybercrime is growing, and more businesses are getting hit by threats that used to target only the biggest organizations. That pushes defenders like us to operate at the highest level, and it deepens our need for good people who want to make a meaningful impact.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. We work closely with security teams and service providers protecting complex environments, often without the time or headcount to handle it all. That’s why we build our technology in-house and back it with a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center (SOC). As a result, our platform is never disconnected from the experts who manage it, ensuring our customers' protection.

Huntress now secures more than 6M endpoints and 16M identities worldwide. Those numbers keep growing because more businesses rely on us to help carry the load and operate with more confidence. Every day, you can see that commitment in how we stand with our customers and how we show up for each other.

Reports to: Director of Detection Engineering and Threat Hunting

Location: Remote, US

Compensation: $220,000 to $240,000 base plus bonus and equity

We are seeking an experienced leader to own the strategy, execution, and growth of our North American Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting (DE&TH) operations.

While you will align with the DE&TH Director on the overarching 18-month vision, you will have autonomy to drive the operational tempo and outcomes for your region. You will provide weekly supervision to focus on scaling the team, managing regional hiring/budgeting, and serving as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering.

You will manage a team of technical practitioners. Your mission is to operationalize our "hunt-to-detect" feedback loop at scale, ensuring that our detection portfolio matures in lock-step with our platform's growth, while collaborating with your counterparts in other regions to ensure a seamless, 24/7 global defense.

Responsibilities:

• Regional Operational Leadership: Own the execution of the DE&TH mission for the North America region. You will translate global strategic goals into actionable regional roadmaps, ensuring that our NA-based hunters and engineers are focused on the highest-value threats.
• Team Scaling & Talent Strategy: Manage and grow a team of practitioners. You are responsible for the region's hiring strategy, capacity modeling, and performance management. You will mentor up to Staff and Principal practitioners, helping them navigate technical leadership paths.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Strategize with leaders in Product, Engineering, and Security.
• Global Collaboration: Partner closely with regional managers in EMEA/APAC to ensure consistent standards, seamless handoffs, and shared knowledge. You will ensure that "how we hunt" in North America contributes to and benefits from our global ecosystem, preventing regional silos.
• Incident Command: Serve as the senior leadership point of contact for DE&TH during North American business hours. During high-impact security incidents or mass exploitation events, you will provide calm, strategic direction to the team and effective communication to executive stakeholders.
• Efficacy & Accountability: You are responsible for the results of the NA region. You will track and report on key performance indicators and drive systemic improvements when metrics deviate from our standards.

What You Bring To The Team:

• Proven Management Experience: 5+ years of experience leading technical security teams (Detection Engineering, Hunting, or IR), with specific experience managing distributed or remote teams.
• Strategic Mindset: You can balance local autonomy with global alignment. You know how to run your region as a business unit - managing resources and priorities - while adhering to global standards.
• Technical Gravity: While you are less involved in day-to-day coding than a Team Lead, you possess the technical depth to guide Staff/Principal Engineers. You understand "Detection-as-Code" principles, adversary tradecraft, and can adjudicate complex technical disagreements.
• Advocacy & Communication: You are a skilled advocate for your team. You can effectively communicate the value of proactive hunting to non-technical stakeholders and negotiate with Product/Engineering for the tooling and telemetry your team needs to succeed.

What We Offer:

• 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans