Cyber Threat Intelligence – Director

Humana

2d • Remote

About The Position

As the Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), you will lead the organization's end-to-end threat intelligence capability—spanning strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence—to protect the enterprise and enable risk-informed decisions. Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Threat Management & Response (TMR), this role is accountable for defining the CTI vision, executing against it, and ensuring intelligence delivers measurable risk reduction and decision advantage for senior leadership. This role requires a hands-on, modern intelligence leader with strong fluency in automation, AI/ML-enabled analysis, and threat-informed defense, capable of integrating intelligence across security functions and influencing outcomes at the executive level.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8–10+ years of experience in cybersecurity or intelligence roles, with deep cyber threat intelligence experience.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of the cyber threat landscape, including nation-state and criminal actors.
• Working expertise with intelligence frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK) and applying intelligence to defensive outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging automation, data analytics, or AI within CTI or security operations.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex threats clearly and credibly.
• Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in one of the following: Cybersecurity / Information Security Computer Science / Data Science Intelligence Studies / National Security Business Administration (MBA) with strong security or risk background
• CISSP – Signals enterprise-scale security leadership and risk thinking
• GIAC GINT / GCTI – Strong credibility in intelligence tradecraft and CTI leadership
• GCIA / GCED – Useful signal for threat-to-detection and SOC integration
• Experience owning or defining Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) for an enterprise
• Proven success translating external threat intelligence into defensive prioritization
• Direct exposure to: Nation-state threat actors Criminal ecosystems (ransomware, fraud, access brokers) Intelligence support during real incidents or crises

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a clear, multi-year CTI strategy aligned to enterprise security objectives and business risk.
• Ensure threat intelligence meaningfully informs priorities, investments, and defensive decisions across TMR and EIP.
• Lead and mature CTI across strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence.
• Govern the intelligence lifecycle, including Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs), collection, analysis, and dissemination.
• Establish outcome-based metrics that demonstrate intelligence value and risk reduction.
• Apply automation and AI/ML to improve speed, quality, and scale of intelligence operations.
• Implement practical use cases such as automated collection and enrichment, prioritization, analytic support, and intelligence-to-detection pipelines.
• Ensure intelligence automation is responsibly governed and aligned with enterprise risk standards.
• Embed threat intelligence into SOC operations, incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering, vulnerability management, and red/purple teaming.
• Drive intelligence-led prioritization of controls, detections, testing, and remediation.
• Deliver clear, actionable intelligence to senior leaders, risk forums, and executive stakeholders.
• Provide authoritative threat context and guidance during incidents and strategic planning efforts.
• Maintain strong engagement with ISACs/ISAOs, industry peers, and government partners.
• Keep the organization informed of emerging threat trends, adversary behavior, and geopolitical risks.
• Lead and develop a high-performing CTI team across experience levels.
• Set clear expectations, develop analytic and technical depth, and foster a culture of rigor, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance
• many other opportunities
• payment for their internet expense (for associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director