SOC Manager — Lead AI-Driven Security Ops & Growth

Tact; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Tact is building an AI-first security operations platform and seeks a SOC Manager to lead the team on a day-to-day basis, stay hands-on, and mentor analysts. You will own incident response, client-facing communications, and the evolution of processes as customer demand grows.

The role combines leadership with active casework, enabling you to shape the function, partner closely with engineers, and deliver high-quality security investigations for enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cybersecurity with leadership of a security operations team (SOC, MSSP or MDR).
• Built or scaled a security ops function, not just worked in one.
• Strong incident response across cloud, identity and endpoint.
• Deep understanding of attacker behaviour and ability to improve team output.
• Comfortable presenting to customers, including engineers and CISOs.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day staffing and queue management.
• Build processes and playbooks for consistent on-shift work.
• Maintain high quality of analysis and coach team members.
• Lead when serious incidents occur and keep customers informed.
• Hire and grow the team as the customer base scales.
• Provide feedback to product teams to address recurring problems.

Skills

SOC leadership

Incident response

Cloud security

Threat detection

Customer communication

Job description

Tact is building an AI-first security operations platform and seeks a SOC Manager to lead the team on a day-to-day basis, stay hands-on, and mentor analysts. You will own incident response, client-facing communications, and the evolution of processes as customer demand grows.

The role combines leadership with active casework, enabling you to shape the function, partner closely with engineers, and deliver high-quality security investigations for enterprise customers.