Staff Threat Intelligence Manager

GitHub, Inc.

9h•Remote

About The Position

GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot. GitHub is changing the way the world builds secure software, and this role is crucial in securing GitHub itself. The Threat Intelligence team investigates sophisticated threat activity targeting GitHub and its users. This position seeks an experienced manager to protect GitHub from advanced cyber threats. The role involves leading a high-impact team of technical threat intelligence analysts who drive secure outcomes for the Open-Source Software community and beyond. It is a critical part of the Security Operations organization, collaborating with incident response, threat detection, red team, and countering abuse functions. The manager will work closely with industry partners to gain insight into adversary activity, develop and disseminate intelligence reporting, lead strategic projects to harden GitHub, protect users, and drive intelligence-informed countermeasures across the platform. GitHub is a remote-first company offering competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits.

Requirements

10+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area OR Associate's Degree AND 9+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area OR Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area OR Doctorate AND 4+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area OR equivalent experience
2+ years people management experience
2+ years of experience conducting threat investigations in high-traffic environments (e.g., large web platforms); demonstrated knowledge of attacker infrastructure, attack vector, and tooling trends, plus strong evidence capture and documentation practices
1+ years of experience building tools and automations to support threat intelligence or security investigations

Nice To Haves

Experience managing remote teams
Proven track record of leading successful projects with Security Operations and Engineering teams
An existing network of threat intelligence contacts and a high degree of comfort managing information sharing relationships
Knowledge of Linux and MacOS systems, git, and GitHub, as well as Azure and KQL
Experience leveraging AI workflows, where appropriate, to drive improved security outcomes

Responsibilities

Drive operational excellence and mission clarity
Foster clear communication, understanding, and process improvements
Coach, mentor, manage, and advocate for the career development of the team’s ICs; cultivate team and organization morale and culture
Partner with peers and Security leadership to implement tactical initiatives and strategic projects
Build and maintain relationships with public and private sector entities to better identify and track threats to GitHub and our users
Maintain and share threat intelligence knowledge, including threat profiles, activity, and trends that threaten GitHub’s customers, employees, and infrastructure
Communicate security gaps, risks, and other threats to GitHub to our executive leadership team