Role: Manager- Threat & Vulnerability Management
Role Summary
The Threat & Vulnerability Management Lead will be responsible for establishing and driving the organization’s end-to-end vulnerability management and threat intelligence program. This role ensures proactive identification, assessment, prioritization, and remediation of security weaknesses across infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, and third-party ecosystems. The position requires a strong risk-based approach, deep understanding of the evolving threat landscape, and the ability to integrate vulnerability insights with enterprise risk, SOC operations, and business priorities.
Key Responsibilities
1. Vulnerability Management Program Leadership
- Design, implement, and mature the enterprise-wide Vulnerability Management Program aligned with business risk appetite.
- Establish standardized processes for vulnerability identification, assessment, prioritization, remediation, and validation.
- Define and enforce risk-based remediation SLAs based on asset criticality and exposure.
- Oversee vulnerability scanning across networks, endpoints, databases, applications, APIs, and cloud platforms.
- Ensure coverage across internal assets, internet-facing systems, and third-party integrations.
2. Threat Intelligence & Threat Management
- Establish and operationalize a Threat Intelligence capability to monitor emerging threats, attack vectors, and adversary tactics.
- Correlate threat intelligence with internal vulnerabilities to identify exploitable risks.
- Track global threat trends (e.g., ransomware, zero-day exploits, supply chain risks) and assess organizational exposure.
- Provide actionable threat insights to SOC, incident response, and leadership teams.
3. Risk-Based Prioritization & Remediation Governance
- Drive risk-based vulnerability prioritization using CVSS, exploitability, threat context, and business impact.
- Integrate vulnerability data with enterprise risk registers and GRC platforms.
- Work closely with IT, DevOps, cloud, and application teams to ensure timely remediation.
- Track remediation progress, exceptions, and compensating controls.
- Establish governance forums to review vulnerability posture and drive accountability.
4. Application & Cloud Security Integration
- Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to embed vulnerability management into CI/CD pipelines.
- Oversee SAST, DAST, SCA, and container security scanning practices.
- Ensure cloud-native vulnerability management across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments.
- Support secure configuration baselines and continuous posture management.
5. Metrics, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Define and track key metrics such as vulnerability aging, remediation SLAs, exposure trends, and risk reduction.
- Develop dashboards and reports for senior leadership and board-level visibility.
- Conduct periodic program reviews, maturity assessments, and benchmarking against industry standards.
- Continuously enhance tools, processes, and automation capabilities.
6. Red Teaming, Threat Modeling & Proactive Testing
- Drive periodic penetration testing, red teaming, and adversary simulation exercises.
- Conduct threat modeling for critical applications, systems, and new initiatives.
- Validate effectiveness of security controls against real-world attack scenarios.
7. Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
- Partner with IT, Engineering, Cloud, SOC, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure alignment.
- Act as a subject matter expert on vulnerability and threat management for internal stakeholders.
- Support audits, regulatory requirements, and third-party risk assessments.
Preferred Certifications
- CISSP / CISM / CRISC
- CEH / OSCP (preferred for technical depth)
- GIAC certifications (e.g., GPEN, GWAPT, GCIH)
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / Implementer
Key Competencies
- Risk-based decision-making and prioritization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Deep understanding of threat landscape and attack methodologies
- Ability to translate technical risk into business impact
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- High ownership, accountability, and execution focus