DraftKings is hiring a Manager, Detection & Response to lead the team responsible for protecting our global platform in real time. You will combine operational leadership with hands-on technical depth to build the capabilities, processes, and team that detect, contain, and outpace emerging threats at scale.
What You'll Do
- Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of security analysts and detection engineers.
- Own investigations, alert triage, case management, and escalation; serve as an incident commander.
- Drive operational excellence by strengthening SOC processes, on-call rotations, and playbooks while improving key metrics like MTTD and MTTR.
- Expand and mature detection coverage across endpoints, cloud infrastructure, identity systems, and applications.
- Partner with engineers to tune and optimize SIEM and EDR/XDR tooling.
- Champion proactive, intelligence-driven threat hunting to identify and mitigate emerging risks.
- Define and execute the DART roadmap, aligning team priorities with DraftKings’ broader security strategy.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with InfoSec, Engineering, Cloud, Legal, HR, Risk, and Compliance.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in security or engineering.
- 2+ years leading SOC or incident response teams in a 24/7, on-call environment.
- Deep hands-on expertise with SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR tools, and cloud security monitoring across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong command of security investigation, incident response, and threat hunting frameworks.
- Proven track record leading complex investigations across cloud, endpoint, and product ecosystems.
- Experience maturing security operations through automation, process optimization, and scalable systems.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor technical talent and build resilient, high-performing teams.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate technical risk into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders.
Technical Stack
- SIEM platforms
- EDR/XDR tools
- AWS, Azure, GCP
Team & Environment
You will lead a team of security analysts and detection engineers.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $144,600 - $180,800 USD
Work Mode
This role is based in the United States.
DraftKings is an equal opportunity employer.
