Director of Response

🔥 58 minutes ago

🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Blackpanda

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 $15M Series A on 2023-01

Consulting • Insurance • Cybersecurity

Blackpanda is a regionally focused cybersecurity SaaS company providing an integrated cyber emergency response and resilience platform. It offers the IR-1 subscription that combines fixed-cost, 24/7 incident response credits, continuous attack surface management and vulnerability scanning, dark web monitoring, and automated access to cyber insurance underwritten via its platform. Blackpanda also provides incident response consulting, digital forensics, compromise assessments, tabletop exercises and other readiness services primarily targeted at MSPs, distributors, and enterprise customers in the Asia–Pacific market.

📋 Description

• Lead Blackpanda's Cyber Incident Response practice in the Philippines • Grow and retain the Philippines response team through hiring, development, and bench building • Mentor consultants in DFIR tradecraft, client communication, and operational discipline • Own the well-being, performance, and progression of the local team • Partner with regional teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and Malaysia to share intelligence and align methodology • Act as senior technical advisor during active incidents, guiding containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident strategy • Advise executives on risk, regulatory exposure, and strategic options • Lead scoping conversations and translate client needs into response plans and proposals • Maintain relationships with clients, legal counsel, insurers, regulators, and law enforcement • Own delivery quality across Philippine engagements and review findings, reports, and deliverables • Lead selected complex, sensitive, or high-profile matters requiring senior judgment • Lead or coordinate on-site response across Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, and other Philippine business centres • Guide investigations across Windows, Linux, macOS, and cloud environments using EDR, SIEM, network, and forensic data • Maintain awareness of Philippine and APAC regulatory requirements and threat landscapes • Act as local authority during regulatory conversations and notifications • Represent Blackpanda at conferences, industry events, and roundtables • Build personal and firm reputation through speaking, publishing, and thought leadership • Partner with sales and regional response leadership on pre-sales and capability positioning

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in cyber incident response, digital forensics, or threat intelligence, including substantial client-facing consulting experience • 3+ years leading or managing a response, DFIR, or security consulting team, including hiring, mentoring, and performance ownership • Track record leading complex, high-stakes incidents end-to-end, including ransomware, BEC, nation-state intrusions, and data exposure • Experience facilitating tabletop exercises for technical and non-technical audiences of varied seniority • Strong technical foundations across enterprise networks, endpoints, and cloud environments: Windows, Linux, macOS, AWS, Azure, and GCP • Working fluency with EDR, SIEM, network forensics, and forensic suites such as Splunk, ELK, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Velociraptor, and X-Ways • Ability to translate complex technical findings into clear strategic guidance for boardrooms, regulators, and war rooms • Working knowledge of the Philippine regulatory environment, including NPC, BSP, SEC, and DICT/CICC • Informed view of the APAC threat landscape • Fluency in English and Filipino, written and spoken • Calm, decisive presence under pressure, with proven judgment in ambiguous, high-stakes situations • Preferred: certifications such as GCFA, GNFA, GREM, GCIH, OSCP, or equivalent • Preferred: experience presenting at industry conferences and contributing public thought leadership • Preferred: established network across the Philippines' cyber, legal, regulatory, law enforcement, and insurance communities • Preferred: Cebuano or another regional language in addition to English and Filipino • Preferred: prior exposure to OT/ICS or critical infrastructure environments

🏖️ Benefits

• 40 days paid leave per year inclusive of public holidays • Limited Work From Anywhere policy allotment: 5 days per quarter, subject to teammate coverage and manager approval • Comprehensive corporate health plan with medical and dental coverage through a large direct billing network • Inter-office travel opportunities • Required annual week-long Tribe Onsite meet-up • Quarterly week-long leadership Offsites • $5000 USD/year professional training budget, subject to manager approval and a 12-month retention requirement • Competitive base salary with performance-based variable compensation tied to market results • Equity participation in Blackpanda's growth

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