Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. We are looking for an innovative and experienced security research manager to join us in building the world’s leading cloud and enterprise security products and work on scalable cutting-edge solutions that help our customers stay two steps ahead of cyber threats. We are seeking an excellent researcher who is passionate about security, cloud, and real-world problem solving. In this role, you will coach, mentor, and expand a team of world class security experts to deliver innovative security research and content. You will manage complex projects which require intimate familiarity with the security threat landscape and involve collaboration with partners across the Microsoft engineering and research teams. We value diversity and welcome candidates with different experiences and perspectives. If you are a team player who loves creating products for and with customers, come and join us.  _Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond._ **Responsibilities** + Lead a team of security researchers that work to analyze the threat landscape and contribute innovative content to Microsoft security product. + Collaborate with multiple security research teams across Microsoft and work directly with senior leaders to protect Microsoft and its customers against threats. + Work closely with product and engineering managers, as well as with leading data scientists and various experts to bring new technologies and mature them from conceptualization to product. + Attract and cultivate future talents through various programs with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion. **Qualifications** + B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline or equivalent nonacademic experience. + 12+ years of industry experience. + 5+ years of people management experience. + Strong understanding of cyber security. + Excellent interpersonal’ leadership, and mentoring skills and ability to drive clear cross-team understandings. + **Qualifications - Other Requirements:** Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:- This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. \#MSFTSecurity #DefenderForCloud #ExposureManagement #ILDC-CESEC . Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .