# Manager, Product Research

**Company:** [Huntress](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/huntress)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $195k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Cybersecurity, threat intelligence, offensive security, Vulnerability Management, malware analysis, Incident Response, AI, Product Management, threat hunting, Data Science
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Lead and grow a cybersecurity Product Research team at Huntress, developing threat operations roadmaps, scaling AI-augmented research workflows, and collaborating with Product, SOC, and Engineering to deliver impactful security features. Requires experience managing diverse security research teams and strong AI fluency.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Manage a cohesive, high-functioning team that thrives in an environment of trust, respect, and inclusion.
- Work with Product leadership, the Security Operations Center, Engineering, and others to develop the Huntress Security Platform threat operations roadmap.
- Provide technical and managerial leadership to direct reports, specializing in one or more security disciplines (offensive security, vulnerability management, security operations, data science, threat intelligence, etc.).
- Proactively identify risks, blockers, and operational gaps; bring solutions to leadership.
- Ensure team members fully understand the goals and objectives of Huntress’ mission and how their work fits into the bigger picture.
- Support the professional development of researchers in the organization through coaching, mentorship, and performance management.
- Model strong AI fluency in their own work and set expectations for effective, responsible AI use across the team.
- Build repeatable team workflows and coach others to use AI in ways that improve research quality, speed, and business outcomes.
- Use AI to redesign and scale research workflows, establish quality and risk standards, and measure whether adoption is producing meaningful functional impact.

## Requirements
- Experience leading cybersecurity teams with diverse skills and backgrounds, including at least one area of security research and development.
- Experience managing a capable cybersecurity team, which will attract and hire talent and grow the team as rapidly as necessary.
- Operates independently, makes decisions, takes action, and is accountable for outcomes.
- Effective communicator of highly technical concepts within their specialty.
- Motivated technologist with responsibility for cybersecurity.
- Uses AI personally, but is also expected to make it repeatable across the team/function through workflow design, coaching, and outcome measurement.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with product management, incident response, host-based threat hunting, malware analysis, configuration management, and antivirus technologies.
- Competitive candidates have experience staffing, motivating, and leading diverse cybersecurity teams who are offense-minded and passionate about using under-leveraged OS functionality to prevent and detect new hacker tradecraft.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base compensation: $195,000-$225,000 with bonus and equity.
- 100% remote work environment.
- 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.
- 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution.
- Life and Disability insurance plans.
- Stock options for all full-time employees.
- One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office.
- Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance.
- $75 USD/month digital reimbursement.
- Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth.

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