Senior Manager, Cyber Defense

About the Team At DoorDash, including the international brands Deliveroo and Wolt, we’re building the industry’s most scalable and reliable delivery network to support our three-sided marketplace of consumers, merchants, and Dashers. Security is integral to the success of the business, as we secure the data and protect the privacy of our business and various stakeholders. Our global Security team covers proactive security, cyber defense, GRC, enterprise security and physical security and safety. Our Cyber Defense team is a global team that spans the US, UK, EU and India. Our Mission is to create a secure DoorDash environment through proactive threat preparation and rapid response, leveraging automation and AI as much as we can. We are committed to protecting our people, partners, customers, and technologies with robust safeguards and unwavering vigilance. About the Role The Senior Manager of Cyber Defense will lead the Cyber Defense team in the US. This critical role is responsible for ensuring the organization's security posture by proactively identifying, investigating, and mitigating cybersecurity threats and incidents, as well as building AI-based automation. The Senior Manager will report to the director of Cyber Defense in the EU to execute on strategic plans and projects to enhance the company's security posture across all the brands. The role requires active collaboration with team members in the UK and EU (Deliveroo and Wolt), which is why the role will be fulfilled in the US East time zone. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Develop and implement a roadmap for continuous improvement of the team's capabilities, to include building net new functional areas. Automation and AI feature prominently. Lead the response to information security incidents, including investigation of, countermeasures to, and recovery from cyber attacks, unauthorized access, and policy breaches. Especially with incidents, act as the executive support for Americas timezone business and Legal, which includes participating in on-call for escalations or sometimes an incident commander role in high profile cases. Define, monitor, and report key performance indicators and service level agreements for internal teams and external vendors. Develop, maintain, and execute on key incident response plans and playbooks for global response. Collect and analyze information security threat intelligence to proactively identify and assess threats that could impact DoorDash. Hire, mentor, and train security engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, resilience and sustainable work, knowledge sharing, and collaboration within the Cyber Defense team. We’re excited about you because… 10+ years of experience in information security and people management. Must have experience leading Incident Response, Incident Management, Investigations and Threat Hunt functions. Experience working with global partners in a follow-the-sun model. Experience providing technical leadership and guidance, and thinking strategically and analytically to solve problems, Excellent understanding of information security operations related frameworks and standards (e.g., MITRE ATTCK and NIST). Understanding and actively following the technology surrounding large language models. Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills. Led with a people-first approach, is able to facilitate a conversation rather than dictate it, and is empathetic to divergent viewpoints. We expect this position to be filled by 5/17/2026. Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only We use Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2 ... (truncated, view full listing at source)