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The Senior Technical Program Manager joins the Threat Protection Security Research team within the Threat Response group. This role involves acting as a Crisis Manager for complex, high-severity security incidents, coordinating research, engineering, threat intelligence, and communications teams to deliver actionable protection guidance. Key responsibilities include identifying process gaps, defining program goals and performance metrics, and managing end-to-end schedules across multiple workstreams. The candidate will partner with engineering to develop incident response tooling, incorporating AI and automation to streamline workflows like triage and summarization. Required skills include experience in technical program management, data analysis, or product development, alongside expertise in incident response, crisis management, or security operations. The role focuses on solving high-severity security threats by managing quality standards, publication guardrails, and post-incident reviews to ensure accurate customer guidance.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn?
Median $191875 from 276 postings across 48 companies.
Act as Crisis Manager for complex, high-severity security incidents with limited oversight.
Coordinate response teams to deliver validated, actionable protection guidance to customers quickly.
Identify process gaps and build improvement plans using incident data and response trends.
Define program goals, success criteria, and performance metrics like SLA adherence.
Partner with engineering to develop incident response tooling and AI automation.
Manage quality standards, validation gates, and publication guardrails for customer-facing guidance.
Lead post-incident reviews to validate improvements and drive changes across teams.
Own incident response runbooks and mentor newer Crisis Managers to raise team capability.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development or equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects (preferred).
2+ years of experience in incident response, crisis management, or security operations (preferred).
Hands-on experience building AI skills, agents, or automations to streamline operational workflows (preferred).
Experience building and running post-incident review programs that drive measurable improvement (preferred).
Experience creating customer-facing security guidance, threat intelligence, or security research workflows (preferred).