Senior Manager, Security Engineering

The Senior Manager, Security Engineering is responsible for the strategy, execution, and operational excellence of one or more Security Engineering functions. This leader develops organizational capabilities that enable Arctic Wolf to scale securely while supporting business growth, platform innovation, and operational efficiency.

The role provides leadership across multiple security engineering domains such as Identity and Access Management, Security Systems Engineering, Cloud Security, Application Security, Platform Security, or other related functions. The Senior Manager establishes long-term technical direction, develops leaders and engineers, and partners closely with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, IT, Architecture, and Risk stakeholders to deliver enterprise security outcomes.

The successful candidate combines strong technical credibility with organizational leadership, using engineering-driven solutions to reduce risk, improve operational effectiveness, and enable business objectives.

The Senior Manager is accountable for organizational outcomes rather than individual project execution. Success is measured through team performance, operational maturity, strategic roadmap delivery, talent development, risk reduction, stakeholder satisfaction, and the long-term scalability of the security engineering function. The role influences technology decisions and security investments across multiple business and engineering organizations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Organizational Leadership

• Provide Organizational Leadership: Lead one or more Security Engineering teams through managers, team leads, and individual contributors. Establish vision, priorities, operating rhythms, and accountability mechanisms.

• Build and Develop Leaders: Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing managers and engineers. Create succession plans and establish clear career growth opportunities across the organization.

Strategy & Planning

• Develop Security Engineering Strategy: Define and execute multi-year roadmaps aligned to enterprise security objectives, business priorities, technology strategy, and regulatory requirements.

• Financial Stewardship: Participate in budget planning, resource allocation, vendor management, and investment prioritization activities.

Security Platforms & Technology

• Drive Security Platform Evolution: Oversee the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise security platforms supporting identity, cloud, application, endpoint, data protection, and security operations capabilities.

• Technical Governance and Architecture: Provide strategic oversight for system architecture, platform integrations, security design standards, and engineering best practices.

• Engineering-Driven Security: Champion automation and platform-based security controls that reduce manual effort and improve security outcomes at scale.

• Vendor and Technology Strategy: Evaluate emerging technologies, manage strategic vendor relationships, and guide build-versus-buy decisions.

Program Delivery & Operations

• Lead Large-Scale Initiatives: Direct complex cross-functional programs involving multiple engineering teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors.

• Operational Excellence: Establish service ownership practices, reliability objectives, KPIs, reporting mechanisms, and continuous improvement programs.

• Risk Management and Compliance Enablement: Ensure technical controls effectively support regulatory, customer, and internal security requirements.

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

• Executive Partnership: Communicate strategy, risk, progress, and investment needs to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

ABOUT YOU

Key Skills

• Experience leading multiple engineering teams and developing managers.

• Strong security engineering and platform architecture background.

• Ability to influence technical strategy across large, complex organizations.

• Experience driving organizational transformation and operational maturity.

• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and modern security platforms.

• Ability to prioritize competing business and security objectives.

• Experience managing large-scale vendor relationships and technology portfolios.

• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience building metrics-driven engineering organizations.

• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and organizational change.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Leadership

• Organizational Development

• Technical Vision and Architecture

• Business Alignment

• Risk-Based Decision Making

• Executive Communication

• Operational Excellence

• Talent Management and Succession Planning

• Cross-Functional Influence

• Change Leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating production systems at scale

• Prior experience in Security Engineering or closely related engineering disciplines

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex technical initiatives

• Strong experience with coding, system integration, and automation

• Experience evaluating and implementing enterprise security technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading Identity, Cloud Security, Application Security, Platform Security, or Security Systems Engineering organizations.

• Experience supporting rapidly growing SaaS or cloud-native technology companies.

• Experience managing globally distributed engineering teams.

• Deep understanding of modern security frameworks including NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and Zero Trust architectures.

• Experience managing security platform budgets and vendor portfolios.

• Advanced security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or equivalent).

• Experience building security capabilities that support AI, data governance, and cloud transformation initiatives.

On-Camera Policy
To support a fair, transparent, and engaging interview experience, candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews. Being on camera fosters authentic connection, improves communication, and allows for full engagement from both candidates and interviewers. We understand that technical, bandwidth, or location-related challenges may occasionally prevent video use. If this applies, candidates are required to notify us in advance so we can explore appropriate accommodations.

The base salary range for this job family is 137,000 to 222,000 USD annually. This range reflects the base pay the company reasonably expects to offer for this position, aligned to the broader job family base pay structure. Actual base pay may vary based on skills, experience, and location, including job family level. In addition to base pay, Arctic Wolf offers variable incentive compensation, new hire equity grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.