Senior Manager, Cyber Defense
About the Team
At DoorDash, including the international brands Deliveroo and Wolt, we’re building the industry’s most scalable and reliable delivery network to support our three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and Dashers. Security is integral to the success of the business, as we secure the data and protect the privacy of our business and various stakeholders.
Our global Security team covers proactive security, cyber defense, GRC, enterprise security and physical security and safety.
Our Cyber Defense team is a global team that spans the US, UK, EU and India. Our Mission is to create a secure DoorDash environment through proactive threat preparation and rapid response, leveraging automation and AI as much as we can. We are committed to protecting our people, partners, customers, and technologies with robust safeguards and unwavering vigilance.
About the Role
The Senior Manager of Cyber Defense will lead the Cyber Defense team in the US.
This critical role is responsible for ensuring the organization's security posture by proactively identifying, investigating, and mitigating cybersecurity threats and incidents, as well as building AI-based automation. The Senior Manager will report to the director of Cyber Defense in the EU to execute on strategic plans and projects to enhance the company's security posture across all the brands.
The role requires active collaboration with team members in the UK and EU (Deliveroo and Wolt), which is why the role will be fulfilled in the US East time zone.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Develop and implement a roadmap for continuous improvement of the team's capabilities, to include building net new functional areas. Automation and AI feature prominently.
- Lead the response to information security incidents, including investigation of, countermeasures to, and recovery from cyber attacks, unauthorized access, and policy breaches.
- Especially with incidents, act as the executive support for Americas timezone business and Legal, which includes participating in on-call for escalations or sometimes an incident commander role in high profile cases.
- Define, monitor, and report key performance indicators and service level agreements for internal teams and external vendors.
- Develop, maintain, and execute on key incident response plans and playbooks for global response.
- Collect and analyze information security threat intelligence to proactively identify and assess threats that could impact DoorDash.
- Hire, mentor, and train security engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, resilience and sustainable work, knowledge sharing, and collaboration within the Cyber Defense team.
We’re excited about you because…
- 10+ years of experience in information security and people management. Must have experience leading Incident Response, Incident Management, Investigations and Threat Hunt functions.
- Experience working with global partners in a follow-the-sun model.
- Experience providing technical leadership and guidance, and thinking strategically and analytically to solve problems,
- Excellent understanding of information security operations related frameworks and standards (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK and NIST).
- Understanding and actively following the technology surrounding large language models.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Led with a people-first approach, is able to facilitate a conversation rather than dictate it, and is empathetic to divergent viewpoints.
We expect this position to be filled by 5/17/2026.
Compensation
The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See below for paid time off details:
- For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
- For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).
The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$231,200 - $340,000 USD
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
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