VP, Cyber Intelligence Leader (Cybersecurity)

Location: Stamford, Connecticut, United States; hybrid flexibility is available, with required commuting to the nearest hub for in-person meetings, training, and culture events. Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

Salary: $170,000–$290,000 USD annually, plus eligibility for an annual performance-based bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services organization operating an enterprise cybersecurity function.

What you will do

• Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, and Cyber Hunt programs.
• Define intelligence requirements and collection plans focused on financial services threats and the enterprise environment.
• Produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence, including executive reporting, actor tracking, TTPs, and IOC packages.
• Translate intelligence and hunt findings into detection content, response playbooks, prioritized mitigations, and durable control improvements.
• Coordinate hypothesis-driven hunts across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and edge/WAF environments using MITRE ATT&CK.
• Partner with the JSOC, SOC, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, and infrastructure and application teams to improve alert fidelity and reduce adversary dwell time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent field.
• 8–12+ years of cybersecurity experience, including threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, and/or incident response.
• 3+ years leading teams and/or enterprise programs with measurable outcomes.
• Experience building and operationalizing detections in SIEM/EDR environments and partnering with SOC and Incident Response.
• Strong knowledge of adversary tactics, MITRE ATT&CK, security telemetry, investigations, and executive communication.
• U.S. work authorization is required; visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Experience establishing detection engineering standards, testing, tuning, change control, and coverage reporting.
• Financial services or other regulated-industry experience, including audit-ready documentation and governance.
• GIAC, CISSP, CCSP, or similar certifications.
• Strong scripting and data access methodology knowledge.
• U.S. Government Security Clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with the option to work from home near a hub or from an office, combined with required in-person engagement activities.
• Inclusive culture supported by Employee Resource Groups and development-focused communities.
• Background investigation, fingerprinting, drug testing, and Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act eligibility are required for onboarding.
• Business travel is required as needed.