Penetration Testing Team Lead

Check Point is seeking a Penetration Testing Team Lead to join our Global Professional Services - Offensive Security Group!

Why Join Us?

We are looking for a leader with a strong passion for offensive security, technical excellence, and people development -someone who can lead and scale a global team, build strong relationships, and drive measurable impact across customers, services, and internal teams.

This role is ideal for a relationship-driven, customer-centric leader who values service excellence and consistently delivers a high-quality customer experience across all engagements.

A leader who can influence without authority, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, and move complex initiatives forward in a global environment.

In this position, you will leverage your expertise in penetration testing, customer engagement, and operational leadership to own delivery excellence end-to-end, participate in pre-sales discussions, support scoping, and continuously elevate our offensive security practice worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Lead and scale a global team of penetration testers across multiple regions.
• Mentor, coach, and support continuous technical and professional growth.
• Foster a high-performance culture based on expertise, collaboration, and ownership.

Delivery & Customer Excellence

• Own delivery excellence end-to-end, ensuring high-quality, accurate, and consistent execution of penetration testing engagements.
• Participate in pre-sales and scoping meetings to define technical requirements and expectations.
• Ensure a high-quality customer experience throughout every engagement.
• Assign resources, manage workload balance, and drive optimal team utilization.

Operational Excellence

• Drive operational efficiency and measurable KPIs, including utilization, delivery timelines, report quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Identify and implement improvements in methodologies and internal processes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and R&D, as well as PS Delivery and IR teams.
• Build strong relationships and align stakeholders to support strategic opportunities and service growth.
• Contribute technical insights to help shape new offensive security offerings.

Innovation & Service Development

• Contribute to global knowledge bases, training materials, and methodology evolution.
• Lead initiatives that improve service quality, efficiency, and technical depth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on penetration testing experience (Web, Mobile, API, Cloud).
• Experience leading, mentoring, and guiding technical teams.
• Strong experience participating in pre-sales and technical scoping with Sales and Account Managers.
• Customer-centric mindset, with proven ability to communicate clearly and deliver an excellent customer experience.
• Deep understanding of offensive methodologies (OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, cloud security).
• A relationship-oriented leader with strong influencing skills - able to build trust, collaborate across global teams, and drive progress without formal authority.
• Experience working with distributed global teams and time-zone-based workflows.
• Certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, OSWE, GXPN, CRTE - an advantage.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).