Manager, Security Operations

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.

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.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership and customers by providing sound technical judgment and operational insight.
• Stay current on security industry standards, emerging threats, and best practices to continuously improve team capabilities.

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Application Security, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, or a related field.
• Previous experience leading, supervising, or mentoring technical teams.
• Strong understanding of common vulnerability classes, including the OWASP Top 10.
• Experience with incident response, vulnerability triage, and validation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Experience

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• OSCP or a comparable security certification, or equivalent hands-on offensive security or vulnerability research experience.
• Experience using Python to automate workflows or process operational data.
• Experience using Tableau or similar business intelligence tools to create dashboards and drive data-informed decisions.
• Demonstrated success implementing operational improvements through metrics, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

This role will require periodic travel to support business needs. The Manager, Security Operations is expected to attend onsite events such as Bug Bashes and other customer-facing engagements, as well as participate in in-office events at irregular intervals. Travel will vary depending on business priorities but should be anticipated as a recurring responsibility of the position.

Pay Range Disclosure

At Bugcrowd, we strive for fairness, equality and to create an environment that allows our people to perform at their very best. Our compensation philosophy is to foster a collaborative community that rewards, attracts and retains the best possible talent.

The provided salary details are based on US national averages and we retain the flexibility to tailor to the needs of the business. The national estimate for the current base range for this position is $129,280- $161,600.

This position may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary bonus program or commission plan, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Culture

At Bugcrowd, we understand that diversity in the workplace is vital to a company’s success and growth. We strive to make sure that people are included and have a sense of being part of making Bugcrowd not only a great product but a great place to work.

We regularly hear from both customers and researchers that Bugcrowd feels like a family, and we strive to maintain that internally as well.

Our team consists of a broad range of people: musicians, adventure sports junkies, nature lovers, parents, cereal enthusiasts, night owls, cyclists, artists—you get the point.

At Bugcrowd, we are solving security threats and vulnerabilities that are relevant to everyone, therefore we believe solving these problems takes all kinds of backgrounds. We value the perspectives and experiences people from underrepresented backgrounds bring.