About you Experience in security research, threat intelligence, vulnerability discovery, offensive security, or closely related roles. Proven people management experience (mandatory), including hiring, mentoring, and growing. Demonstrated ability to set a research vision, prioritize effectively, and execute through others in a cross-functional environment. Strong research fundamentals: designing experiments, validating hypotheses, and turning ambiguous signals into clear findings and recommendations. Excellent stakeholder management and partnership skills, including the ability to collaborate deeply with engineering and product teams. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to varied audiences. Ability to operate hands-on when needed (for example to review technical work, guide investigations, or unblock the team). Solid coding fluency and automation mindset (languages and stack flexible, Python/Go helpful).