Senior Director, Product - Threat Intelligence & Detections

Arctic Wolf • Waterloo, ON

7d • CA$164,000 - CA$287,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This senior product management lead role for Arctic Wolf defines and evangelizes the commercial strategy and product roadmap for threat intelligence & threat hunting along with delivering on the platform strategy to drive detection efficacy and efficiency for the latest threats keeping our customers safe. You will collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, Security Research, and cross-functional teams to align product vision with company goals, guide strategic planning, and drive innovation and outcomes in threat intelligence, threat hunting and detection engineering. You will lead initiatives to map strategy to execution, commission research, define OKRs, and maintain alignment across product lines and stakeholders. As a respected leader in the cybersecurity space, you will influence organizational structure, drive cross-team buy-in, mentor others, and represent your group with transparency and integrity.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with deep expertise in threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, incident response, or security research—this is non-negotiable
• 10+ years of product management experience, including 3+ years at a director level or equivalent managing complex, cross-functional teams delivering enterprise security products at scale
• Proven track record of taking products from strategy through successful market launch, with quantifiable results in revenue growth, customer adoption, or competitive market share expansion
• Executive presence with ability to speak credibly to technical and non-technical audiences about cybersecurity strategy, emerging threats, and security innovation
• Deep expertise in threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, and security research practices and their application to product development
• Demonstrated understanding of conversational AI, large language models (LLMs), and machine learning applications in cybersecurity and threat intelligence and or detections is a plus
• Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes, and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).
• Background checks are required for this position.
• This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Please note that, if applicable, an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations.

Nice To Haves

• Background in Threat Intelligence, managed security services (MSS), managed detection and response (MDR), or security operations centers (SOCs)
• Experience within a fast-growth cybersecurity company or within a security labs/innovation division focused on emerging threats or technologies
• Active presence and network within the cybersecurity community, threat intelligence organizations, security research ecosystem, or industry consortiums is a plus

Responsibilities

• Presents at stakeholder meetings to communicate the vision and alignment with corporate strategy
• Works with product principals and engineering leaders to communicate strategy and high-level roadmap for threat intelligence, detections, and AI related initiatives to Leadership, PM and Engineering teams
• Participates in cross-functional efforts and co-design to ensure product initiatives leverage existing security research capabilities and avoid redundant development
• Decides (with Architecture and Security Research leadership) when new threat detection or intelligence capabilities are sufficiently differentiated to create new products or platforms and deliver highest value in efficacy and efficiency
• Creates vision and strategy presentations and documents that address high-level cybersecurity problems, emerging threat landscapes, and AI-driven solutions
• Defines and drives the strategic vision for threat intelligence and threat hunting while overseeing the incubation of breakthrough threat detection capabilities that improve effectiveness of our products (MDR, EDR) and the SOC
• Leads cross-functional teams through product development, fostering a culture of experimentation, rapid iteration, threat validation, and customer-centric innovation in security
• Partners with executive leadership to align threat intelligence and AI initiatives with long-term business goals, ensuring resource allocation and portfolio management driving high-impact security outcomes
• Collaborate and run cross-functional backlog reviews for threat intelligence and detections; participate in other product line reviews to contribute to overall organizational prioritization
• Commission research into possible strategies to address customer security problems and evolving threat landscapes
• Identify OKRs for threat intelligence, threat hunting and detections in support of wider corporate goals
• Identify follow-up analysis and insights into emerging threat patterns and their implications for product strategy
• Communicates to teams about process changes and the value these bring—provides clarity and answers questions about threat detection innovation priorities
• Works with Engineering and Labs leadership to align threat intelligence, detection, and AI strategies with company direction, then breaks out specific initiatives to implement and support the strategy
• Propagates priorities and "big rocks" to product principals and technical leaders to create an overall threat intelligence and detection product roadmap
• Helps other product teams understand how threat intelligence, detections, and AI capabilities enable faster, more effective threat response in their solutions
• Identifies projects that shift priorities and communicates with stakeholders across threat intelligence, security operations, and engineering teams
• Aligns cross-functional teams (Security Research, Engineering, Sales, Go-to-Market) on threat intelligence product strategies & roadmap to successfully meet the business needs
• Drives buy-in and support from the SOC, security research, engineering, sales, and broader organization improving our threat intel and detection efficacy and efficiency
• Creates documentation required for calibration efforts and prepares for reviews with evidence of achievements to represent the threat intelligence and detection portfolio

Benefits

• Equity for all employees
• Flexible time off and paid volunteer days
• RRSP contribution and matching
• Training and career development programs
• Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical, mental health, dental, disability, life and AD&D, and value-added services
• Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with mental health services
• Family-forming benefits, enhanced maternity benefits, and paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed