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Manager Cyber Risk Management (Threat Detection & Automation Engineering)
*This role does not offer visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship (including CPT, OPT, TN or H‑1B).
The Manager of Cyber Risk Management owns the definition, execution, and continuous evolution of enterprise security threat management technology capabilities. This role is critical to advancing Delta Dental's cyber defense capabilities into a future state defined by automation, AI augmentation, and rapid, effective response. The manager will lead the engineering team responsible for the platforms, data, analytics, and automation capabilities that protect the organization by ensuring cyber threats are identified and neutralized before business impact occurs. This role is responsible for defining and executing the technology roadmap that enables scalable, resilient, and effective threat detection and response capabilities.
This leader pursues measurable security outcomes across people, processes, and technology. The role collaborates closely with the Security Operations and Incident Response teams, delivering high-quality services and capabilities that support threat detection and response efforts.
This individual will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for detection engineering, platform implementation and administration (e.g., SIEM, EDR, NDR, IPS), and agentic and deterministic automation and orchestration.
Responsibilities- Own and execute the cyber threat management engineering strategy, driving transformation toward highly automated, AI-augmented cyber operations.
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps, aligning team priorities with enterprise cyber risk management goals.
- Drive measurable improvements in operational effectiveness and reduction of risk impact.
- Ensure platform resilience, scalability, and alignment with evolving attack surfaces (cloud, SaaS, AI-driven environments).
- Champion the continued adoption of AI, machine learning, and automation to enable autonomous investigation and response capabilities.
- Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation to improve cyber defense capabilities.
- Mentor team members to develop expertise in emerging threats, AI-enabled security, and modern cyber defense techniques.
- Partner with Incident Response, Enterprise Architecture, and other stakeholders to design and execute effective security measures.
- Define and track key performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of risk event management services.
- 8+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, cyber risk management, or security operations, with at least 1 year in leadership roles.
- Strong expertise in cyber engineering and security operations disciplines, including detection engineering, platform engineering and operations, and Security Automation, Orchestration, and Response (SOAR).
- Proven experience leading transformation initiatives involving people, processes, and technology.
- Deep understanding of enterprise security platforms such as SIEM, EDR, NDR, SOAR, and cloud security tools.
- Experience applying automation, orchestration, and AI/ML to cybersecurity operations.
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Lead large-scale engineering and operational capabilities.
- Build and manage high-performing technical teams.
- Align technical capabilities with business risk and outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement using metrics and performance insights.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across all levels of the organization.
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in technical cybersecurity roles with 3+ years of leadership experience.
- Experience implementing AI-driven or highly automated security operations.
Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental’s assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity.
Pay Grade 25. $142,077 - $307,899
- Competitive base and incentive pay
- 401(k) with robust matching and non-matching contributions
- Rich medical & pharmacy benefits
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision benefits
- Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
- Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
- Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
- Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
- Employee discount program
Skills Required
- 8+ years professional experience in cybersecurity, cyber risk management, or security operations, with at least 1 year in leadership roles.
- Expertise in detection engineering, platform engineering and operations, and Security Automation, Orchestration, and Response (SOAR).
- Deep understanding of enterprise security platforms such as SIEM, EDR, NDR, IPS, SOAR, and cloud security tools.
- Experience applying automation, orchestration, and AI/ML to cybersecurity operations.
- Proven experience leading transformation initiatives involving people, processes, and technology.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale engineering and operational capabilities and to build and manage high-performing technical teams.
- Ability to align technical capabilities with business risk and outcomes and drive continuous improvement using metrics and performance insights.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across all levels of the organization.
- 10+ years progressive technical cybersecurity experience with 3+ years of leadership experience.
- Experience implementing AI-driven or highly automated security operations.
Delta Dental Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Delta Dental Insurance Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Delta Dental Insurance Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, including a sizable automatic 401(k) contribution plus additional matching. This boosts overall total-rewards value even when base pay is viewed as only mid-market in some areas.
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Affordable Benefits — Core coverage is framed as unusually low-cost to employees, including fully employer-paid dental and vision and low employee contribution medical options. This creates meaningful take-home value beyond cash compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, including broad PTO/holidays and additional paid leave features such as parental leave. These policies increase perceived rewards and help balance workload demands.
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What We Do
At Delta Dental, we’re behind millions of smiles and counting. For over 68 years, we’ve served our communities by increasing access to affordable, quality care – but that commitment to care extends beyond the people we serve, to the dedicated employees who make those smiles genuine. We've come this far by building programs that offer opportunities for advancement, create meaningful connections, and improve the lives of our employees and their families. Because we know that when we take exceptional care of each other, we can make a positive impact for all. We champion an inspirational workplace through our commitment to trust, service, excellence and innovation. Joining us means working for a company that offers stability and balance, opportunities for leadership at all levels, and a work environment. Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, and Delta Dental Insurance Company are members, or affiliates of members, of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of 39 Delta Dental companies throughout the country. Together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation’s largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering over 31 million enrollees. Headquartered in San Francisco, we are members of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 80 million people. Delta Dental provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Delta Dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
