GitHub

Staff Manager, Product Security Response

Remote · remote · full_time

About the job

About GitHub

GitHub is the world's leading platform for agentic software development - powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.

Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United States

Overview

GitHub is transforming how the world builds secure software, and we are looking for a Staff Manager, Product Security Response to lead the team responsible for the last line of defense once vulnerabilities reach GitHub's shipped products: our Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) .

This is a people-management role at the center of GitHub's vulnerability response posture. You will lead an 8-person team covering first-party vulnerability triage and remediation coordination, CVE/CNA operations, and external researcher engagement through HackerOne. You will set the strategy, staffing model, and operational rigor that keeps incident response sustainable as both incident volume and bug bounty submission volume continue to grow sharply year over year, while partnering closely with Legal/CELA, Security Comms, and Microsoft's MSRC to keep scope boundaries clean and response execution credible to regulators and partners.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and defend the accountabilities, staffing model, and on-call rotation health for PSIRT , ensuring both teams can sustainably execute incident response and researcher-facing commitments without relying on heroics.
  • Own the PSIRT charter and scope boundary relative to ProdSec Services, CSIRT/SIRT, Legal/CELA, and Security Comms, and hold the line on that boundary as adjacent functions try to route work back to PSIRT by default.
  • Drive the CVE/CNA program, including expansion to cover cloud products, and own GitHub's direct relationship with the external security researcher community.
  • Lead incident response for first-party vulnerability disclosures: triage, technical assessment, remediation coordination with Engineering, and lightweight command for time-sensitive vulnerability management.
  • Define and drive the team's key metrics and KPIs (triage-to-handoff time, backlog aging, containment speed, bug bounty resolution SLA), using them to identify trends and direct where investment and process changes are needed.
  • Translate highly technical, often embargoed or TLP-marked vulnerability information into clear guidance for non-technical stakeholders, including executive and regulatory audiences.
  • Partner with Legal/CELA, Security Comms, and Microsoft's MSRC to resolve ownership ambiguity at the edges of PSIRT's scope (regulatory notification, coordinated disclosure, customer communications), rather than letting it default to PSIRT by inertia.
  • Manage people: hire, develop, and performance-manage a team of security engineers and researchers; lead through active workforce situations (coverage gaps, performance management, attrition risk) with the same rigor applied to technical incident response.

    • Qualifications

    Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area

    • o OR Associate's Degree AND 9+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area

    o OR Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area

    o OR Master's Degree AND 6+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area

    o OR Doctorate AND 4+ years experience in security analysis, security research, cyber security, security engineering, or relevant area

    o OR equivalent experience

  • 2+ years people management experience.
  • 2+ years of direct experience in product security incident response or vulnerability management, including coordinating remediation across engineering teams under time pressure.
  • 2+ years experience with CVE/CNA operations and direct engagement with the external security researcher community.

    • Preferred Qualifications:

  • 2+ years leading a Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), CSIRT, SOC, or comparable vulnerability-management function.
  • 2+ years experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across engineering, legal, and communications functions.
  • Experience navigating regulatory notification requirements (e.g., FedRAMP) and partnering with Legal/CELA on disclosure obligations.
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), or other relevant certification.
  • 1+ year(s) experience working with GitHub and/or open source software.
  • Familiarity with GitHub's products, platform, and developer ecosystem.

    • Compensation Range

    The base salary range for this job is USD $144,600.00 - USD $383,500.00 /Yr.

    These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.

    This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

    GitHub values

  • Customer-obsessed
  • Ship to learn
  • Growth mindset
  • Own the outcome
  • Better together
  • Diverse and inclusive

    • Manager fundamentals

  • Model
  • Coach
  • Care

    • Leadership principles

  • Create clarity
  • Generate energy
  • Deliver success

    • Who We Are

    GitHub is the world's leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We're also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world's software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.

    Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We're remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are - because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.

    Join us, and let's change the world, together.

    EEO Statement

    GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!