Vice President of Threat Research, Elastic

• Deep credibility in threat research, detection engineering, endpoint security, or security ML
• Hands-on technical experience doing the work yourself, not only leading teams
• The ability to operate as a senior IC leader who sets direction through technical depth and strong judgment
• Strong public communication skills and enthusiasm for customer engagement, speaking, and industry visibility
• A clear belief in open, transparent security and the value of publishing detections and research openly
• Strong judgment and the ability to lead through influence, expertise, and vision
• Experience setting strategy across technical security domains and translating that into clear priorities
• A thoughtful point of view on AI in security, including both its promise and its risks
• Willingness to travel regularly for customer meetings, conferences, and external engagements

Desirable

• Elastic Security is hiring a VP of Threat Research to own the research agenda for what our platform detects, prevents, and publishes, and to serve as the public voice of that work
• This role reports directly to the GM of Elastic Security
• It is a senior individual contributor leadership role for someone with deep technical credibility who wants to shape direction through expertise, judgment, and influence
• You will decide what the team builds and why: setting priorities across detection engineering, threat research, endpoint protections, and security ML, while partnering closely with delivery leaders who own execution and people management
• This is also a highly visible, outbound role
• You will represent Elastic with customers, at industry conferences, with press and analysts, and in the broader security research community
• We are looking for someone who wants to elevate Elastic’s research brand, guide the technical agenda, and help define how the industry thinks about modern threat detection and prevention
• Define the research and detection agenda across SIEM, endpoint, threat research, and security ML
• Set the quality bar for what Elastic detects, prevents, and publishes
• Decide where the team should invest next across malware detection, ransomware and memory protections, and AI-driven security capabilities
• Shape the publishing strategy for Elastic Security Labs, including original research, malware analysis, and conference content
• Act as the external face of the organization with customers, analysts, press, and the security community
• Partner with engineering, product, and delivery leadership to turn research priorities into shipped protections
• Help advance Elastic’s point of view on open and transparent security, including public detections and explainable AI-driven protections
• Lead thinking on how AI changes both threat research and attacker behavior, and how Elastic should respond