VP, Agentic Managed Detection & Response, MDR

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

📋 Description

• Define & Execute Vision: Shape the strategic roadmap for the MDR and Advanced Fusion Center (AFC) practices, aligning contemporary security offerings with Optiv’s overarching enterprise business goals.

• Collaborate with leading cybersecurity technology vendors, hyperscalers, and alliance partners to jointly develop go-to-market (GTM) strategies, leverage channel-driven revenue, and seize market opportunities.

• Assume full P&L accountability for the practice, focusing on margin enhancement, operational efficiency, and sustainable revenue growth.

• Propel continuous service innovation to establish Optiv as a market frontrunner, translating advanced technical capabilities and partner integrations into distinct commercial benefits.

• Work closely with senior executive colleagues, internal product management, and sales leadership to devise cohesive cross-functional growth strategies.

• Engage deeply with key technology partners to influence their product roadmaps, ensuring seamless API integrations, robust data pipelines, and collaborative engineering initiatives that enhance Optiv’s proprietary MDR capabilities.

• Lead the transition from legacy workflows to autonomous, AI-driven operations, specifically utilizing advanced orchestration, LLM platforms, and agentic capabilities to achieve significant reductions in Mean Time to Detect/Respond (MTTR).

• Oversee the strategy for large-scale data ingestion, pipeline engineering, and optimization across various partner-backed enterprise SIEM platforms to maximize threat visibility and minimize backend operational expenses.

• Guarantee flawless, 24/7/365 end-to-end delivery of managed security services across global enterprise client environments, ensuring strict compliance with SLAs and regulatory frameworks.

• Act as the high-impact executive sponsor for key strategic accounts and elite partner relationships, fostering long-term trust, ensuring retention, and identifying opportunities for account growth.

• Lead executive briefings, CISO roundtables, and partner-facing advisory boards to promote Optiv’s operational philosophy and vision for the future of managed security.

• Serve as the ultimate technical and operational escalation point for critical, high-severity security incidents, providing consistent executive leadership during high-stakes client crises.

• Foster a customer-centric, high-performing culture within a globally distributed team of security engineers, data architects, and analysts.

• Proactively lead workforce planning, mentorship, and succession strategies to identify, nurture, and transition future leadership talent within the practice.

• Initiate efforts aimed at attracting, developing, and retaining top-tier, diverse cybersecurity and engineering talent in a competitive landscape.

⛳️ Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise cybersecurity operations, Managed Security Services (MSS/MDR), or premier security consulting.

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree (MBA, MS in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Data Engineering) preferred.

• Active Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designation required.

• Proven history of successfully navigating, influencing, and scaling strategic partnerships with major cybersecurity technology vendors (e.g., EDR, SIEM, XDR) and cloud providers to drive mutual business value.

• Demonstrated experience managing multi-million-dollar P&Ls, optimizing operational margins, and scaling enterprise service practices.

• In-depth, authoritative knowledge of modern SOC tools, SIEM architectures, data pipelining, and the practical application of AI/LLM frameworks within security orchestration.

• Proven success in managing large, multi-tiered, globally distributed technical operations and engineering teams.

• Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrated ability to negotiate, influence, and cultivate strategic partnerships at the C-suite, partner executive, and Board level.

🏝️ Benefits

• A company dedicated to our inclusive values through our Employee Resource Groups.

• Work/life balance.

• Access to professional training resources.

• Opportunities for creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects.

• Volunteer Opportunities: “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.

• The ability and technology necessary to work productively from home (where applicable).