Manager, Threat Detection and Incident Response

Candidates must be located in the eastern time zone.

About the Opportunity

Contentful strives to build a secure and safe service and commits considerable effort and resources to security. Our Security team supports organization-wide information security management programs and collaborates closely with internal teams. We believe that Security must be anchored by DevOps principles with strong repeatable processes.

We are looking for a committed and driven manager who is passionate about solving complex security problems in innovative and scalable ways, with deep experience leading incident response and detection programs at scale. As the Manager of Threat Detection and Response, you will own the operational and strategic direction of security incident response, including team development, program strategy, and capability maturity in alignment with broader security and company objectives.

You will remain hands-on, contributing to day-to-day detection and response activities while designing, building, and operating detection and response capabilities across cloud-native and corporate environments. You will lead large-scale, cross-functional incident response efforts, ensuring effective coordination, clear communication, and timely resolution of complex security events. This role requires strong expertise in detection engineering, attacker techniques, and modern security practices, with the ability to apply these concepts in practical and scalable ways.

You will drive continuous improvement across the Threat Detection and Response program and partner closely with security, IT, and cross-functional stakeholders to align priorities, execute shared initiatives, and ensure comprehensive risk mitigation while minimizing impact to end users across the organization.

What to expect?

Develop a team, providing coaching, mentorship, goal setting, and performance feedback.

Mature effectiveness and efficiency by improving processes, tooling, and documentation.

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