Job Specifications
We are looking for a Security Incident Manager with experience managing incidents and maturing incident response across the company. You will be working with a world-class team of engineers building out incident response capabilities and making it a core part of our company culture. We are looking for an extremely customer obsessed individual that wants to deliver the best possible experience for our customers.
This role will report into the Security Engineering group that is responsible for the security of Asana the company and the security of the product to make sure we maintain customer trust and are able to grow sustainably. You will collaborate with teams across the company including Infrastructure, Customer Success, Legal, IT, Marketing, company leadership, and other key stakeholders to drive better incident response outcomes for our company and our product.
As the Security Incident Manager in our Security Engineering Group, you'll serve as both a hands-on incident commander and a technical leader, guiding a team of engineers to make sure we are effectively and promptly responding to incidents to maintain our confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While this role focuses on incident leadership rather than people management, you'll be instrumental in decision-making, project execution, and mentoring team members.
This role is based in our New York City office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.
What you'll achieve:
Lead initiatives and OKRs related to incident response improvements for Infrastructure, Security, and Privacy.
Drive incident management and incident response best practices across the company.
Mentor team members through pairing, defining processes, and training exercises.
You will actively participate in and lead the on-call rotation, setting examples for security incident management.
You will lead retrospectives to help raise the engineering excellence and continuous improvement culture at the company.
Lead tabletop exercise to ensure different stakeholders are thinking about and preparing for incidents across the company.
About you:
10+ years of experience in incident management and security
Hands on experience building training and processes to develop engineers into incident responders
Experience working in environments composed of mainly SaaS and Cloud resources
Hands-on technical expertise in at least two of the following areas:
Abuse
Cloud Security
Detection & Response
Digital Forensics
Fraud
Network Security
Track record of successfully leading projects and mentoring engineers on incident response
Experience in making technical trade-offs and articulating them to stakeholders
Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
Experience communicating at different levels and to both people internal and external to the company
Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
Additional experience we value:
Hands on experience with logging and monitoring tools such as DataDog, Splunk, and Panther
Hands on experience with AWS, Google Workspace, and common SaaS applications
Experience with Bug bounty programs
Red Team/Blue Team exercises
What we'll offer:
Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.
For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $194,000 - $246,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.
In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.
We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:
Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
Career coaching & support
Inclusive family building benefits
Long-term savings or retirement plans
In-office culinary options t
About the Company
Asana is the leading work management platform for human + AI coordination. Over 169,000 customers like Accenture, Amazon, Anthropic, Morningstar, and Suzuki rely on Asana to align teams and accelerate organizational impact. Whether it's managing strategic initiatives, cross-functional programs, or company-wide goals, Asana helps organizations bring clarity to complexity--turning plans into action with AI working alongside teams every step of the way. For more information, visit www.asana.com.
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