Senior Technical Account Manager (Penetration Testing)

Synack; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity and benefits

Job summary

Synack seeks a Senior Technical Account Manager to serve as a technical advisor for customers, scoping penetration tests and guiding researchers for optimal testing outcomes.

You will translate customer goals into testing plans, analyze assets, and provide SME guidance to maximize security program value. Candidates should have cyber security experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years in technical account management, TAM, or customer success in cyber security.
• Experience with vulnerability discovery management, risk workflows, and remediation.
• Certifications in cybersecurity such as Security+, CISSP or CISA.

Responsibilities

• Define scope and rules of engagement for penetration tests and guide researchers.
• Gather requirements and align testing with customer needs and goals.
• Assess client assets, attack surface, and existing vulnerability programs.
• Provide technical product expertise to tailor solutions for clients.
• Serve as SME to internal stakeholders and clients on testing needs and goals.
• Review assessment health and provide findings to improve test quality and mitigate risk.
• Assist customers in managing and optimizing long-term pentesting programs.
• Collaborate with account and CSM teams to address concerns and opportunities.

Skills

Technical account management

Cyber security

Customer success

Consultative communication

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Verbal and written communication

Education

Security+

CISSP

CISA

Tools

Python

Bash

SQL

Job description

NetSPI+Synack is a leader in offensive security, combining elite human expertise with agentic AI to help organizations identify, validate, prioritize, and remediate exploitable risk across their entire attack surface. Its platform delivers expert-validated testing in depth, continuously, or on demand, from pre-production code to live production environments, so security teams can separate vulnerability noise from real risk, including the growing threat of AI-driven attacks. With global reach and more than 13 million hours of real-world offensive testing experience, NetSPI+Synack serves many of the world's largest enterprises and government organizations with one ambition: nothing left to exploit.

We are looking for individuals with a collaborative, innovative, and customer-first mindset to join our team. Learn more about our award-winning workplace culture and get to know our A-Team at andThe Senior Technical Account Manager (TAM) serves as a technical advisor and advocate, helping our customers achieve maximum value from our product and services.

You will have a deep understanding of penetration testing attack surfaces and a knack for developing unique solutions that align to customer goals. Your technical knowledge and client-focused approach enable you to scope and monitor penetration tests executed by our Synack Red Team (SRT). The Senior TAM partners with customers to ensure health and quality of engagements, as well as identify and articulate how our solutions can enhance their overall strategic security testing goals.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the cyber security industry, a consultative approach to working with customer stakeholders and a passion for customer advocacy.

Please note: We can only hire U.S. citizens for this position due to Federal Government contract requirements.

Here’s what you’ll do

• Develop the scope and rules of engagement of penetration tests, and direct researchers to effective testing
• Use your consultative communication skills to gather requirements, understand customer needs, and influence internal/external stakeholders
• Partner with internal teams to determine, develop, and analyze the client's assets, such as:
  • Their digital attack surface and value at risk
  • Their existing vulnerability programs, tools, and methods
  • Their security program, including requirements and goals
• Work independently and provide technical product expertise to build the appropriate solution for the client's needs
• Provide technical SME expertise to internal stakeholders and the client on their strategic goals and testing requirements
• Proactively review assessment health to provide technical findings, vulnerability details, and insights to improve overall test quality/outcomes and mitigate risk
• Assist customers in managing and optimizing their long-term pentesting programs, ensuring continuous security improvement and adaptability
• Collaborate with the account and CSM teams to address any areas of concern or opportunities to expand to retain and grow client accounts
• Collect and act on feedback from clients to continuously improve engagement and service offering
• Responsibility for any technical escalations that may arise during the engagement

Here’s what you’ll need

• At least 5-7 years of technical account management, technical project management, and/or customer success experience in the Cyber Security Industry or Technology Industry
• Experience with vulnerability discovery management, risk management frameworks and associated business workflows, and remediation
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash, Basic SQL) and developing scripted solutions to problems
• A knack for explaining technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Relevant industry certifications in cybersecurity and/or security management such as, Security+, CISSP, CISA
• Excellent time management, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills as well as the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
• Customer-centric mindset with a focus on delivering value
• Proactive and solution-oriented approach to addressing client challenges
• Ability to think strategically and provide innovative solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Candidates must be US citizens

Synack is committed to embracing diversity. Our people are our strength. Each addition to our team is an opportunity to grow and diversify our ideas, experiences, and viewpoints. Synack strives to be inclusive of all people. As a candidate, Synack cares about your privacy. Please view our candidate privacy policy here. This position has responsibility to ensure Synack’s security and privacy posture is maintained.

$110,000 - $140,000 a year. The range listed represents a reasonable estimate of the on target earnings for this role based on national salary averages. Salary offered to a successful candidate is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, role related education and skills. The compensation package for this position may also include equity and benefits. For more details about our benefits, please see here.