HUMAN

cybersecurity

SeniorDirector,ResearchandDetection

$240–290k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Senior Director, Research and Detection at HUMAN. Skills: Detection, Data Science, ML, Security Research, Leadership. Own core detection KPIs and overall efficacy for Sightline Cyber Defense. Drive continuous improvement, clear trade-offs, and transparent reporting on metrics”

Industry & Context.

cybersecurity
Problems you'll solve

Turning ambiguous business and customer problems into clear detection and analytics work

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proficiency with Python, Proficiency with SQL, Experience working with large-scale, raw datasets, Experience designing robust metrics and evaluation frameworks, Experience with web/app traffic data (e.g., HTTP logs, headers, cookies, browser fingerprints, device/identity signals), Experience in adversarial or noisy environments, Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Customer-facing teams

Nice to Have

Prior work in bot/agent detection and fraud/abuse, Experience with time series, Experience with anomaly detection, Experience with techniques commonly used in detection systems, Experience leading or collaborating on Agentic or AI-assisted analysis/detection initiatives

What You'll Do.

Own core detection KPIs and overall efficacy for Sightline Cyber Defense

Drive continuous improvement

and transparent reporting on metrics

Own the detection strategy for Sightline Cyber Defense

and experimentation are used to stay ahead of adversaries

Lead and grow a high-performing team of data scientists

and security researchers

Drive end-to-end detection projects from hypothesis and exploratory analysis through modeling

and production deployment

Integrate Data Science into production systems

Design scalable data pipelines

and monitoring for billions of daily events

Raise the bar on detection quality by setting standards and best practices

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with Product and Engineering to prioritize roadmaps; Translate customer problems into detection work; Deliver measurable impact; Work with Engineering to design scalable data pipelines, model serving, and monitoring; Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Customer-facing teams

Communication Scope

Explain complex technical topics to executives and customers; Align diverse stakeholders around a clear plan

Process & Methodology

End-to-end detection projects

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