Senior Manager, Security Operations

About the Role Litera is seeking a Senior Manager, Security Operations to lead and mature its security operations across our global SaaS footprint, protecting client data and enabling secure scale. You will build and lead a high-performing team responsible for threat detection, incident response, and continuous security monitoring across cloud environments. What You'll Do

• Security Operations Leadership: Own and drive the global Security Operations program, including 24x7 monitoring, detection, and response capabilities
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of security analysts and engineers, fostering ownership, continuous learning, and operational excellence
• Set clear goals and expectations, conduct regular performance reviews, and foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Manage team capacity, workload prioritization, and resource allocation to ensure operational effectiveness
• Manage and optimize our security tooling stack, including Microsoft Defender suite, SIEM/SOAR platforms, and cloud-native security tools
• Champion the effective use of AI and automation to enhance team productivity, streamline repetitive tasks, and enable analysts to focus on higher-value work
• Threat Detection & Incident Response: Oversee threat detection, triage, investigation, and response activities across the enterprise
• Develop and refine incident response playbooks, ensuring rapid and effective response to security events
• Lead incident response efforts for significant security events, coordinating cross-functional teams and executive communications
• Cloud Security Operations: Manage security operations for our multi-cloud environment (Azure, AWS), including cloud security posture management using Upwind; partner with Infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure secure configuration and monitoring of cloud workloads and SaaS application infrastructure
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate security monitoring into CI/CD pipelines and support secure SDLC practices
• Corporate Infrastructure Security & Hardening: Lead the hardening of Litera's corporate infrastructure through policy development across identity, devices, and data; own and manage conditional access policies and identity management strategies using Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring least-privilege access and strong authentication controls; develop and maintain device configuration and endpoint hardening policies with Microsoft Intune; oversee email security initiatives including mail filtering policies via Microsoft Defender for Office 365, anti-phishing controls, and phishing simulations; lead data protection efforts including data classification frameworks and DLP policies using Microsoft Purview
• Partner with IT and HR teams to ensure security policies are practical, enforceable, and aligned with business operations
• Strategy & Continuous Improvement: Develop and track key metrics and KPIs to measure security operations effectiveness and communicate risk posture to leadership; leverage AI-powered security tools such as Microsoft Security Copilot to accelerate threat detection, investigation, and response; stay current on emerging threats and technologies to keep defenses ahead of adversaries
• Governance & Compliance: Develop and maintain security operations policies, standards, and procedures aligned with industry frameworks and regulatory requirements; support audit and compliance activities by providing evidence of security controls and operational effectiveness What We're Looking For
• Required: 8+ years of experience in information security, with at least 3 years in a management role leading security operations or SOC teams
• Deep experience with security operations in cloud environments (Azure and AWS)
• Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Defender stack (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel) and cloud security posture management tools
• Proven track record of building and maturing security operations programs and leading incident response efforts
• Strong understanding of threat detection methodologies, MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration abilities