Senior Manager, Cybersecurity, AI SOC & Crisis Management (Remote)

About the role

Stryker is hiring a Senior Manager, AI Security Operations & Crisis Management, to lead its enterprise Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) and coordinate incidents through recovery and closure. The role advances AI-enabled operations and crisis readiness with Investigations, Threat Hunting & Forensics and enterprise partners. It is fully remote, with a preference for candidates living in the Eastern or Central time zones.

Key responsibilities

• Lead global CIRT operations, including follow-the-sun coverage, escalation, containment, recovery, closure and continuity during outages.
• Oversee managed detection and response providers, covering readiness, governance, performance, escalation quality, budgets, licensing and commitments.
• Advance responsible AI-assisted triage, investigation, decision support, documentation and response, with oversight, approvals, auditability and reversibility.
• Own the Cyber Defense digital twin roadmap, defining use cases, requirements, success measures, acceptance, adoption and legacy retirement.
• Direct incident response, govern non-destructive containment and automated actions, and engage Investigations, Threat Hunting & Forensics when needed.
• Monitor response time, escalation and case quality, automation effectiveness, queue health, service levels and corrective actions.
• Own the detection content lifecycle with Detection Engineering, including rule development, tuning, coverage mapping and deprecation.
• Partner with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Exposure Management, Vulnerability Management, Security Engineering and Enterprise Technology to improve response.
• Own cyber crisis management and CIRT activation, including severity criteria, escalation thresholds, leadership notifications and governance.
• Lead executive briefings, stakeholder updates, reporting, communication cadence and documentation of significant decisions.
• Coordinate response with crisis, communications, legal, privacy, human resources, procurement, continuity and technology operations teams.
• Lead executive tabletop, functional and technical exercises, maintain the roadmap and close corrective actions.
• Lead post-incident reviews and incorporate technical findings and root-cause lessons into playbooks and readiness activities.
• Build CIRT leadership depth through coaching, exercises, structured development and clear performance expectations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, crisis management, technology operations or enterprise service delivery.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing technical teams, global operations, strategic initiatives or managed services.
• Experience leading significant cybersecurity incidents with technical, business, legal, communications and executive stakeholders.
• Experience managing a Security Operations Center, CIRT, Managed Detection and Response service or comparable operational capability.
• Experience implementing or governing AI-enabled workflows, automation, orchestration or technology-enabled operational transformation.
• Willingness to participate in after-hours or on-call incident response and crisis management activities.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Business Administration, Technology Management or a related discipline.
• Professional certification such as CISSP, CISM, GCIH, ITIL, PMP or equivalent.

Pay ranges are listed by U.S. state, starting at $155,900 per year. There is no travel required.