Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sr Manager, Endpoint Security

Thermo Fisher Scientific$143K — $190K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, IT, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
  • 5 years of hands-on experience with endpoint security or related fields.
  • Direct management experience with a geographically dispersed team across multiple time zones.
  • Experience defining and reporting on key performance indicators and service metrics.
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and compliance standards such as ISO 27001 and NIST.
  • Strong knowledge of endpoint security architecture and threat detection concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a global team focused on operational excellence and service reliability.
  • Lead engineering and lifecycle management of endpoint security platforms.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define measurable and supportable endpoint security services.
  • Promote employee well-being and career growth within the team.
  • Champion process improvement and tool optimization within a complex tech environment.
  • Coordinate resources and manage incidents related to endpoint security.
  • Create presentations and updates for diverse audiences on security matters.

Benefits

  • National medical, dental, and vision plans with health incentive programs.
  • Comprehensive employee assistance and family support programs, including tuition reimbursement.
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave policies.
  • Competitive retirement savings programs and stock purchase options.
  • Wellness programs and short- and long-term disability insurance.
Full Job Description

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Location/Division Specific Information

This position is in the Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering team within Corporate Infrastructure & Security (CIS).

Discover Impactful Work

As the Sr. Manager, Endpoint Security, you will be responsible for endpoint-related cybersecurity tooling, engineering, operations, and service delivery. You will lead a geographically dispersed team of cybersecurity professionals providing 24/7 support for critical endpoint security platforms and capabilities in a large, evolving, complex international environment.

This role requires a strong balance of technical depth, people leadership, operational discipline, and strategic thinking. You will partner closely with other cybersecurity teams, infrastructure, workplace technology, and business stakeholders to strengthen endpoint protection, improve operational maturity, and reduce enterprise risk.

A Day in the Life
  • Manage an international team of highly skilled technical professionals, with a focus on operational excellence, service reliability, process simplification, and appropriate team resourcing.
  • Lead the engineering, operations, optimization, and lifecycle management of endpoint security platforms and capabilities across a global enterprise environment.

  • Work with technical and business stakeholders to ensure endpoint security services are clearly defined, documented, measurable, supportable, and fit for purpose.

  • Take an active role in supporting employee well-being, career growth, continuous learning, engagement, and work-life balance within a global team.

  • Champion process improvement, automation, transparency, service maturity, and tool optimization across a large and complex technology environment.

  • Partner with security operations, infrastructure, endpoint management, vulnerability management, risk, and compliance teams to improve endpoint protection, detection, response, and remediation capabilities.

  • Support endpoint-related escalations and incidents by coordinating resources, driving timely resolution, and ensuring lessons learned are translated into service improvements.

  • Create presentations, business cases, and executive-ready updates for both technical and non-technical audiences, including appropriate risk context and investment justification.

  • Manage vendor relationships, technology roadmaps, service performance, and continuous improvement opportunities for endpoint security tooling.

Keys to Success

  • Ability to lead by example, including getting involved in technical discussions, escalations, and hands-on work when required. Previous experience with CrowdStrike Falcon is highly desirable.

  • Experience building international teams and working with people from various countries, cultures, and time zones.

  • Strong track record of building successful processes and estimating resource requirements for new processes, tools, or technologies and making data-driven decisions.

  • Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks, hardening standards, configuration recommendations, audit requirements, and control frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls.

  • Ability to explain technical risks, operational challenges, and security recommendations to IT and business leadership in a clear and actionable way.
Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or related field. Equivalent work experience may be considered.
  • Security-related certifications are not required but are encouraged; CISSP or other relevant security certifications are a plus.
Experience
  • 5 years of hands-on experience with endpoint security, endpoint security tooling, cybersecurity operations, cybersecurity engineering or related field.

  • Direct management experience with a geographically dispersed team across multiple time zones, including hiring, coaching, performance management and workload prioritization.

  • Experience defining and reporting on key performance indicators, service-level metrics, operational risk, process maturity, and continuous improvement initiatives.

  • Hands-on or service-owner experience with endpoint detection and response, anti-malware, device control, encryption, vulnerability management, and endpoint configuration hardening.

  • Experience working with risk management, audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements such as ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls, SOC 2, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR, or other relevant frameworks.

  • Experience managing vendors, technology roadmaps, budgets, service performance, and enterprise security projects.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
  • Strong knowledge of endpoint security architecture, endpoint protection platforms, EDR/XDR capabilities, endpoint telemetry, and threat detection concepts.
  • Ability to quickly understand technical processes, resource requirements, service dependencies, operational risks, and business impacts.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate others and build trust across global teams.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data, metrics, and risk-based reasoning to guide decisions.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, escalations, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Maryland is $143,000.00–$190,600.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

  • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

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Net Income
$6.3 billion
Founded
1956
5 Year Trend
+16.5%
Revenue
$32.2 billion
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