Manager, R&D
Arctic Wolf, with its unicorn valuation, is the leader in security operations in an exciting and fast-growing industry—cybersecurity. We have won countless awards for our excellence in security operations and remain dedicated to providing an industry-leading customer and employee experience.
Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for a Manager, R&D to be a part of making this happen.
About the Role
A Manager, R&D plans and directs all aspects of development activities within their teams. This means they ensure all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes conform to the organization's established policies and objectives. They report into a Senior Manager or a Director of R&D or in some cases the VP of R&D. They work closely with R&D Leadership, Product Management and the Security Services(S2) to ensure their teams are building what our customers and users need in a timely fashion. A Manager can have multiple team and technical leads reporting to them.
As a Manager, R&D at Arctic Wolf, you will…
- Manage team(s) that will deliver high quality, innovative software solutions, in collaboration with stakeholders such as architects, developers, product managers, CSEs and prod support people.
- Works with Product Team to define and deliver on the 3-month roadmap.
- Support the team by providing direction, clarity and removing obstacles.
- Execute the Product roadmap by:
- Ensuring teams are highly motivated, performing well, and delivering work on time.
- Remove any blockers preventing teams from getting their work done.
- Making sure each team is clear on the objectives and goals they are striving to achieve.
- Working with team members to deliver the key features.
- Working with Architects to define and execute on the company's technical roadmap.
- Establish career development plans and achievable goals for your reports and support their ongoing growth.
- Develop and mentor careers of team members by executing regular one on ones, helping them grow their technical and leadership skills.
- Drive continuous development process improvements.
- Build collaborative relationships with other teams and stakeholders within the organization.
- Oversee the full software development life cycle.
- Ensure their teams is following ISMS regulations:
- Secure Coding Practice.
- Acceptable Use.
- Execute administrative responsibilities:
- Manage employee compensation and vacation time.
- Manage and approve conference and training budgets.
- Recruitment:
- Lead recruitment efforts for their team(s) for both full-time and co-op employees.
About Arctic Wolf
At Arctic Wolf we’re cultivating a collaborative and productive work environment that welcomes a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and ideas to make our teams even stronger as we grow globally. We’ve been named one of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the world for 2022 (Fast Company)—and the 2nd Most Innovative Security Company. We have won countless awards for our excellence in security operations and remain dedicated to providing an industry-leading customer and employee experience including:
- Top Workday USA (2021-2024)
- Great Place to Work (2022-2024) & Best Workplaces for Women (2024) in Canada
- Best Workplaces in Tech & For Women in the UK (2023)
- Top Company by Kununu in Germany (2024)
Our Values
Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.
We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.
Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing [email protected].
Security Requirements
- Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes, and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).
- Background checks are required for this position.
What We Do
The cybersecurity industry has an effectiveness problem. Every year new technologies, vendors, and solutions emerge, and yet despite this constant innovation we continue to see high profile breaches in the headlines. All organizations know they need better security, but the dizzying array of options leave resource-constrained IT and security leaders wondering how to proceed. At Arctic Wolf, our mission is to End Cyber Risk through effective security operations. To achieve this, we believe that organizations must do three key things:
