Senior Manager, Threat Research

HUMAN was founded in 2012 in a Brooklyn sci-fi bookstore by Tamer Hassan, Michael Tiffany, Dan Kaminsky, and Ash Kalb. Our humble beginnings led to the creation of the Human Defense Platform, the backbone of all our products that safeguards enterprises from sophisticated bots, fraud, and account abuse. Today we verify the humanity of more than 20 trillion interactions per week for some of the largest companies and internet platforms. 

Our hacker roots still permeate everything we do. You will be a part of the HUMAN front line in our commitment to protecting companies (and in turn, their customers) from both revenue and reputation risk caused by digital attacks. However, HUMAN is not the center of this story. Humans like yourself are. We firmly believe in putting people first. This approach spans our extensive total rewards package, inclusive of competitive compensation, benefits, stipends - as well as our day-to-day culture - to ensure every human is empowered to do the best work of their life. We want to hear about the marathon you’re training for. We want to see pictures of your pets. We want to know your favorite robot (we have many).

 Even if you’re not a conventional “hacker” we can assure you that you are a hacker in your own right. We want to work with people like you who break down problems to build up better solutions. That’s what makes us HUMAN. You’ll be joining us at an exciting moment in the HUMAN story: we joined forces with PerimeterX in a market-changing merger, as well as recently acquired clean.io to enhance the Human Defense Platform. Together under the HUMAN brand, we will disrupt the economics of cybercrime. We hope you can join us in that mission.

The AdTech Research team at HUMAN is dedicated to protecting the internet by disrupting the economics of cybercrime across the media and advertising ecosystems. Our team builds automated detection techniques that both mitigate against known botnet operations, aiming to identify fraud quickly and effectively across a variety of environments and threat types. We operate at an unprecedented scale, evaluating >20 trillion internet interactions every week! 

We’re looking for a Manager to lead our Threat Research team and manage the full-cycle of fraud fighting: from the early stages of identifying anomalous behavior, to exploratory research, lastly the deployment in production of statistical detection techniques. This role is at the intersection of data, technology, and business as we aspire to deeply understand how actors are perpetrating schemes and develop a powerful product to delight our customers. Managers at HUMAN are expected to get into the details of the data, challenge the team’s assumptions, and foster a collaborative team culture that enables each member to grow and cultivate innovative thinking. Comment end

Who you are

• Strong preference for those with experience in Ad Tech, Marketing Tech, or experience in Invalid Detection mitigations. We still encourage people to apply without this experience :) 
• You have experience leading a team, mentoring junior staff, coaching through problems, and going out of your way to support your team
• You have a good sense of ownership which drives you to find ways to do things better, faster, and leaner; you look to find new and innovative ways to tackle complex problems through meticulous experimentation and application of emerging technologies
• You are willing and capable to dig into the details, reviewing infrastructure, source code and logic, preferably with experience in SQL or Python, at a multi TB to PB data sets of scale
• You are passionate about learning and growing your skillset and the skillset of those around you, always curious and thinking on how to apply your knowledge to always do the right thing.

What you'll do:

• Manage a cross-functional team of data analysts, scientists, and security researchers
• Lead our research team’s delivery of new fraud detection algorithms for Invalid Traffic detection, emerging AdTech security fraud, and actors circumventing existing techniques. Support the team from high-level strategy and prioritization through day-to-day project execution.
• Aligning projects with people’s skills and growth areas, regularly providing feedback, and evaluating individuals’ projects with a keen eye for detail
• Facilitate research into new and emerging threat models within the Ad Tech Ecosystem, as well as new environments and types of advertising that are potential vectors of abuse.
• Implement best practices and tooling that will improve quantitative and quality of leads reviewed, efficiency of detection processes, and communication within and outside detection teams
• Keep up on industry standards, techniques, cybersecurity trends, and tools adversaries might use to circumvent detection or mitigation. 

The base pay range for this position is $155,000- $200,000 which can include additional on-target commission pay/bonus. The base pay offered may vary depending on location, job related knowledge, skills, and experience. Stock options and other incentive pay may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, depending on the position ultimately offered.

HUMAN prides itself on being an equal opportunity workplace. We firmly believe in putting people first regardless of who you are, where you come from, how you identify, or who your favorite robot is (we have many). We are on a mission to protect the integrity of the internet for everyone, so we welcome all individuals to come to share their unique experiences and perspectives as we fight against cybercrime together!

With Humans located in all parts of the world, we’ve fully embraced our diversity of thought and are always looking for innovative ways to connect with one another - even in virtual reality! Although New York City is our HQ, we have teams in Tel Aviv, Israel; London, UK; Victoria, Canada; San Mateo, CA; Miami, FL; and Virginia.

We trust our Humans in choosing where they work and how they work. The total rewards package we provide reflects our commitment to our Humans’ personal career development, which includes annual stipends for wellbeing and learning & development, and a one time home office setup stipend. We also offer weekly lunches, dedicated time off, no-meeting Fridays (for our U.S. and Intl. based HUMANs), HUMAN days, and so much more.

We’re constantly trying to anticipate the needs of our Humans to ensure each one of us is equally prepared to do some of the best work of our life. Taking care of one another is part of the HUMAN experience and how we build true HUMAN connections.

If you are an individual with a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us directly.