Senior Director, Attack Surface Management, AI Security, and Security Research

Employment Type: Full time

Position Overview

CrowdStrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, is seeking a strategic and visionary executive to lead a multidisciplinary organization at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation. This role is responsible for developing and driving strategy across three critical domains: attack surface management, AI system security, and cutting-edge security research. You will collaborate closely with the CISO, product and engineering leaders, senior business stakeholders, and CrowdStrike’s world-class cybersecurity teams to deliver industry-leading security capabilities that protect our business and advance the security of our customers.

This is a leader of leaders role, overseeing two or more globally distributed teams. The successful candidate will blend visionary leadership with deep technical acumen and a hands-on approach to solving complex security challenges across emerging technologies, adversary behaviors, and digital environments.

About CrowdStrike

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community, and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Responsibilities

Attack Surface Management

• Define and lead a comprehensive attack surface management (ASM) strategy covering internal and external assets, cloud infrastructure, SaaS services, and supply chain components.
• Oversee continuous discovery, assessment, and mitigation of vulnerabilities across CrowdStrike’s expanding digital footprint.
• Build capabilities for continuous monitoring and risk prioritization, leveraging threat intelligence, automated tooling, and cross-team coordination.
• Stay abreast of evolving threat vectors and technologies, ensuring CrowdStrike’s defenses evolve with the adversary.

AI Security

• Design and implement security controls and threat modeling frameworks for AI/ML systems.
• Identify and mitigate emerging AI risks, including adversarial machine learning, model inversion, prompt injection, and data poisoning.
• Partner with engineering and data science teams to promote secure-by-design AI development practices.
• Drive CrowdStrike’s strategy on responsible and ethical AI security.

Security Research

• Lead a high-impact security research team focused on identifying new vulnerabilities, attack techniques, and defense innovations.
• Guide the development and validation of novel security tools, methodologies, and detection techniques.
• Mentor a team of researchers and foster a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
• Publish high-quality research to elevate CrowdStrike’s visibility and influence within the global security community.

General Security Leadership

• Manage and grow globally distributed teams of cyber defenders, AI security experts, and security researchers.
• Coordinate security incident response, including leading crisis communications and tabletop exercises with senior stakeholders.
• Act as an internal champion for CrowdStrike’s “Customer Zero” approach, integrating Falcon platform innovations into internal use.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across product, legal, compliance, and engineering to ensure security alignment at every level.
• Represent CrowdStrike externally via public speaking, thought leadership, and media engagement.

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Company Information

• Company: CrowdStrike
• Industry: Cybersecurity
• Mission: To stop breaches and redefine modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform.
• Culture: Mission-driven, fostering flexibility, autonomy, passion, innovation, and customer commitment.