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Manager, Security Operations
About this role
Founded in 2012, Bugcrowd is the preemptive security platform that unifies exposure discovery and assessment, offensive testing, and intelligence shaped by AI and human insight to help organizations avoid, discover, and validate real-world risk. Bugcrowd helps security teams move faster by identifying the exposures that matter most so they can act first and stay ahead of attackers. By combining the power of humans and AI, teams can preempt attack paths and prevent breaches.
Based in San Francisco and New Hampshire, Bugcrowd is supported by General Catalyst, Rally Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and others. Visit www.bugcrowd.com . Job Summary The Manager, Security Operations is responsible for leading a team of Security Consultants while ensuring the timely and accurate triage, validation, and resolution of security submissions. This role requires a strong technical foundation in application security, incident response, and vulnerability assessment, combined with proven people leadership skills.
The ideal candidate is an experienced security professional who excels at developing team members, driving operational excellence, improving processes through data and automation, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver exceptional outcomes for customers. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop a team of Security Consultants through regular feedback, career development, and performance management.
Serve as a subject matter expert in at least one security specialty (web, network, cloud, or mobile) and provide technical guidance to internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrate expertise across all vulnerability submission types and support complex escalations and appeals, partnering with other business units as needed. Drive operational excellence by measuring team performance, identifying opportunities for automation, and implementing process improvements.
Plan, prioritize, and manage team workloads while adapting to changing business needs and customer priorities. Mentor team members and contribute to the growth of the broader security organization through knowledge sharing and technical leadership. Build strong cross-functional partnerships to improve workflows and deliver high-quality customer outcomes. Lead effective meetings, clearly communicate priorities, and ensure timely execution of action items.