Director of Detection Research

About Us

At SentinelOne, we’re redefining cybersecurity by pushing the limits of what’s possible—leveraging AI-powered, data-driven innovation to stay ahead of tomorrow’s threats.

From building industry-leading products to cultivating an exceptional company culture, our core values guide everything we do. We’re looking for passionate individuals who thrive in collaborative environments and are eager to drive impact. If you’re excited about solving complex challenges in bold, innovative ways, we’d love to connect with you.

About Us:

SentinelOne is defining the future of cybersecurity through our XDR platform that automatically prevents, detects, and responds to threats in real-time. Singularity XDR ingests data and leverages our patented AI models to deliver autonomous protection. With SentinelOne, organizations gain full transparency into everything happening across the network at machine speed – to defeat every attack, at every stage of the threat lifecycle.

We are a values-driven team where names are known, results are rewarded, and friendships are formed. Trust, accountability, relentlessness, ingenuity, and OneSentinel define the pillars of our collaborative and unified global culture. We're looking for people that will drive team success and collaboration across SentinelOne. If you’re enthusiastic about innovative approaches to problem-solving, we would love to speak with you about joining our team!

What are we looking for?

SentinelOne is seeking a Director of Detection Research to lead one of the most advanced teams in cybersecurity — a global group of passionate, mission-driven experts focused on staying ahead of the evolving threat landscape.

In this role, you will drive company-wide detection strategy and applied research, with real-world impact protecting tens of thousands of organizations around the world. You’ll oversee a world-class team of 20+ researchers distributed across the globe, guiding the development of innovative, production-ready threat detection capabilities across multiple layers of the stack — from the OS to cloud workloads, identity, and beyond.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact position for a technical leader who thrives at the intersection of R&D, threat intelligence, and product innovation. You’ll shape the future of cybersecurity at scale. If you’re ready to help define the future of cyber defense and lead the team that sets the industry’s detection bar, we’d love to hear from you.

Why us?

• Impact: Your work will directly shape the security posture of tens of thousands of enterprises globally.
• Innovation: Work on the cutting edge of threat detection with access to unique, large-scale datasets.
• Autonomy: Build and drive a research agenda in a high-trust, high-ownership culture.
• Mission: Join a company that puts defenders first and is committed to transforming cybersecurity for the better.
  
  

• Lead SentinelOne’s global Detection Research team — defining vision, setting priorities, and delivering impactful results.
• Drive applied research into advanced detection methodologies, from behavioral and anomaly-based detection to signal correlation and AI-assisted methods.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders — Engineering, Product, Threat Intelligence, AI — to ensure detection capabilities align with evolving threat actor tactics and customer needs.
• Cultivate and mentor a team of expert researchers across domains such as malware, threat hunting, identity security, cloud, and red teaming.
• Stay close to the ground: bring your deep security knowledge to bear, and quickly ramp into new threat domains when needed.
  
  

• Proven experience (6+ years) driving applied threat intelligence or cybersecurity research strategy, planning, and execution in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.
• Strong technical background across one or more relevant domains: OS internals, malware analysis, endpoint detection, identity, cloud security, threat intel, etc.
• Knowledge of common attack techniques and malware families.
• Curiosity and ability to quickly learn new domains
• Track record of building and managing high-performing teams. Experience leading distributed research teams is preferred.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels — influencing long-term vision while diving into technical details when needed.
• 5+ years of experience as a manager. Experience as a manager-of-managers preferred.
• Strong written, verbal, editing and presentation skills. Experience interacting directly with customers is preferred.
• Experience and knowledge in cloud security is preferred.