Director Of Cyber Threat Intelligence (cti)

AstraZeneca

Gaithersburg, Maryland, US
Base: $162,536.00 - $243,804.00; bonus/equity: eli...
Define cti vision and roadmap
Design adversary prioritization framework
Implement mtti metric and analytics
The Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence will lead a highly technical CTI function within AstraZeneca’s Cybersecurity Operations division, managing a team of analysts to deliver strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence that measurably reduces risk across the enterprise

Job Summary

  • The Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence will lead a highly technical CTI function within AstraZeneca’s Cybersecurity Operations division, managing a team of analysts to deliver strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence that measurably reduces risk across the enterprise.
  • This role anchors CTI to “intel-to-action” outcomes, partnering closely with Vulnerability Management, Detection Engineering, and Incident Response to harden controls, prioritize patching, improve detections, and accelerate response.
  • The annual base pay for this position ranges from $ 162.536,00 - $ 243.804,00 USD; Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles; Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

Matching Summary

The Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence will lead a highly technical CTI function within AstraZeneca’s Cybersecurity Operations division, managing a team of analysts to deliver strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence that measurably reduces risk across the enterprise.

Salary

Base: $162,536.00 - $243,804.00; Bonus/Equity: Eligibility for short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards; Benefits: Qualified retirement programs, paid time off, health, dental, and vision coverage

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Define CTI vision and roadmap
  • Design adversary prioritization framework
  • Implement MTTI metric and analytics
  • Build attack path models
  • Dark web and closed-source monitoring
  • Structured threat actor attribution

Nice-to-have

  • Pharmaceutical sector experience
  • OT/ICS and critical operations knowledge
  • Clinical/R&D platform exposure
  • Advanced tooling and automation skills
  • External partnerships and engagement

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years in cyber threat intelligence
  • 5+ years leading technical CTI teams
  • Deep expertise mapping TTPs to MITRE ATT&CK
  • Hands-on delivery of end-to-end attack paths
  • Designed and operated tailored actor scoring
  • Applied the Diamond Model and complementary frameworks
  • Built mean time-to-impact metrics
  • Delivered contextual CVE analysis
  • Co-developed detections-as-code
  • Provided real-time adversary context
  • Operated dark web/closed-source monitoring
  • Clear, concise communication to executives
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

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