CareerPlan

Director of Detection and Response

San FranciscoFull-time$280k2026-10-08 → 2026-10-22

Core

Build and lead the Detection and Response team to identify threats, respond to incidents, and strengthen defenses for Harvey's AI-native platform serving professional services.

Role type

Director of Detection and Response (Technical Leadership)

Builds

Detection pipelines, forensic tooling, response automation, and incident response capabilities for cloud, endpoint, identity, and SaaS environments.

Domain

Cybersecurity, AI/ML security, Enterprise SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Team building and scaling, Incident response leadership, Detection engineering, Threat hunting, Cloud infrastructure, Identity security, Forensics, Automation engineering, Strategic risk management, Cross-functional partnership

Preferred skills

Experience with enterprise SaaS, AI/ML environment security, Insider threat investigation, Privileged access governance, Regulatory compliance

Technologies

Cloud platforms, Endpoint security, Identity management, SaaS environments, Telemetry systems, Forensic tools, Automation frameworks

Responsibilities

Build and lead the detection and response organization; Own incident response and crisis readiness; Develop detection as an engineering capability; Focus defenses on meaningful threats; Make response a company capability; Turn incidents into lasting improvements

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical direction