Principal Technical Strategist – NextGen

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Define and take charge of the strategy for the Next-Gen SIEM product, encompassing capability roadmap, competitive positioning, and technical differentiation.

• Convert market signals, customer challenges, and changes in the threat landscape into product investments with well-defined success criteria.

• Lead the product definition for new features related to data ingestion, detection logic, investigation workflows, and automated response.

• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to create strategy briefs that evolve into epics, influencing short-, medium-, and long-term roadmap decisions.

• Oversee the NGSIEM data strategy, which includes prioritizing native connectors, managing petabyte-scale ingestion economics, and balancing federated search against centralized storage trade-offs.

• Outline the AI integration roadmap for analyst workflows, AI-driven detection, and automated responses.

• Create frameworks to aggregate diverse information sources to enhance data-driven decision-making.

• Establish NGSIEM as a cornerstone within the Falcon platform consolidation narrative.

• Define integration across pillars such as Endpoint, Cloud Security, Identity Protection, and Exposure Management.

• Cultivate the narrative surrounding the platform data flywheel and enhance prevention, posture, and response across the platform.

• Collaborate with teams including NGSIEM, Fusion SOAR, Charlotte AI, and Falcon Foundry on strategies for automation and extensibility.

• Represent the NGSIEM viewpoint during analyst briefings, customer advisory boards, and competitive positioning discussions.

• Champion CrowdStrike's technical vision and strategy for the Next-Gen SIEM.

• Participate in long-term strategic visioning and introduce new security technology concepts to the market.

• Engage with field sales, strategic accounts, customer success, and other stakeholders to investigate product ideas, address pain points, and identify market opportunities.

• Leverage stakeholder feedback to guide product enhancements and modifications.

• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the cybersecurity landscape, competitors, and relevant advancements.

• Provide support to the wider CTO organization and the broader CrowdStrike team as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline.

• At least 5 years of experience in the cybersecurity or log management sectors, with a strong focus on security visibility and insights.

• A minimum of 5 years of pertinent work experience.

• Experience in at least two of the following areas: sales engineering/pre-sales, competitive intelligence, solution architecture, sales operations, product management, technical marketing, professional services, research & development, and technical support.

• Proven experience in defining and delivering product capabilities.

• Capability to translate strategy into tangible features.

• Understanding of platform economics, including data network effects, module attach rates, and pricing for consolidation.

• Familiarity with detection engineering workflows, correlation rule frameworks, or content-as-code methodologies.

• Practical experience with products through design, evaluation/testing, or production use.

• Exceptional communication skills, especially in presenting to senior and executive-level management.

• Strong people and project management abilities.

• Demonstrated experience in leveraging AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and drive business results.

• Direct customer interaction experience is an advantage.

• Real-world experience with AI, SIEM, SOAR, or Log Management tools is advantageous.

• Experience in articulating platform consolidation narratives to analysts or in competitive displacement situations is a bonus.

• Hands-on experience with CrowdStrike Query Language (CQL), LogScale, or similar query-time analytics at scale is beneficial.

• Background in developing or assessing AI/ML-driven security automation is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Leader in compensation and equity awards.

• Comprehensive wellness programs for both physical and mental health.

• Competitive vacation and holiday packages for relaxation.

• Paid parental and adoption leave.

• Opportunities for professional development for all employees, irrespective of level or role.

• Employee Networks, local community groups, and volunteer initiatives to foster connections.

• Dynamic office culture featuring world-class amenities.

• Bonuses.

• Equity grants.

• Health insurance.

• 401k plan.

• Paid time off.