Paranoids Sr. Manager, E-Crime Investigations & Operations

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A Little About Us

When you impact millions of people every day, you become a large target for adversaries of all types within all layers of the stack. Our job is to keep our users safe and make Yahoo one of the safest places on the Internet.

We are the information security team at Yahoo; known as "The Paranoids".

As the Senior Manager of the E-Crime Investigations & Operations team, you will have an opportunity to protect and defend Yahoo users on a massive scale. You will lead a global team of analysts and investigators responsible for identifying and disrupting abuse and criminal activity targeting our users and our platforms. You'll lead the team to build detections and alerts to identify and remediate account compromise activity, fraudulent account registrations, and financial fraud, conduct proactive mass scale hunts, as well as intricate technical investigations with the overarching mission of disrupting the threat actors and infrastructure that targets Yahoo’s consumer-facing products and users. You will work closely with a variety of teams across the company (including the company’s Identity, Mail, Legal, BISO Office, Behavioral Engineering and Advanced Cyber Threats functions, among many others) to ensure that Yahoo users are the most secure user base on the web.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a forward-thinking leader who is passionate about protecting users from threats. You are a builder, and are excited about the challenge of building new mechanisms to detect and disrupt malicious activity. Your hands-on experience disrupting cybercrime actors and their infrastructure ensures that the team identifies and implements the people, processes and technology needed to be successful. You can adeptly lead investigators and analysts and partner with them to develop their capabilities. We value the ability to build collaborative relationships within and outside of the organization.

You are an ideal candidate for our team if you value:

• Protecting users and making the Internet a safer place for everyone

• Mentorship and enabling teams to improve, grow and develop

• Doing the right thing, standing up for our users and the vulnerable

• Taking a proactive approach to solve problems

In a typical day, you may find yourself

• Establishing consistent and repeatable threat detection methodologies

• Collaborating with engineering teams to develop investigative tools and infrastructure 

• Partnering with internal product teams to increase the resiliency of Yahoo products to significant abuse issues

• Networking with industry peers to disrupt threat actors and associated infrastructure

• Communicating the results of the work of the team to a variety of audiences, including company leadership and external partners

• Developing a long term strategy and roadmap for the team

• Providing direction and mentorship to the team’s investigators and analysts

• Collaborating with company counsel regarding investigation policies and process

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and hands-on experience investigating and disrupting large scale Internet-based fraud and abuse (ex. account compromise, phishing and malware, scams, payment fraud or other financial crime). Familiarity with the current cyber threat landscape, the various actors involved, and their TTPs (Tactics, Tools, and Procedures) is strongly desired. In addition, experience with scripting (Perl, Python, PHP) and data storage (MySQL, Hadoop) is desired. Experience building and growing a team or function is strongly desired.

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

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The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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