Vulnerability Response Manager - Apple Information Security

Vulnerability Response Manager - Apple Information Security

Austin, Texas, United States Corporate Functions

Apple Information Security is seeking an experienced security engineering manager to lead the Vulnerability Response team across the United States and EMEIA regions. Apple's external perimeter spans thousands of services relied upon by billions of users worldwide, and this team is responsible for continuously identifying, analyzing, and remediating vulnerabilities across that surface. You will combine hands‑on technical leadership with people management, overseeing programs that include subcomponents of Apple’s bug bounty program, proactive vulnerability discovery, WAF rule development, emerging threat response, and custom security tooling.

You will play a critical role in protecting Apple’s services and customers by ensuring timely and thorough response to security risks, fostering engineering excellence, and driving strategic initiatives that strengthen Apple’s overall security posture. This role is both strategic and operational, requiring deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to manage a geographically distributed team operating in a continuous response environment.

As a manager on the Vulnerability Response team, you will lead the day‑to‑day operations of security engineers across the US and EMEIA regions, as well as oversee resources providing around‑the‑clock support. You will set team priorities, drive execution across multiple concurrent programs, and ensure operational continuity for a function that requires uninterrupted coverage. This includes direct participation in on‑call escalation rotations, hands‑on technical contributions such as penetration testing, variant analysis, security tool development, and strategic planning to evolve the team’s capabilities over time.

You will partner closely with teams across Apple to ensure coordinated and effective vulnerability response. You will represent the team in cross‑functional forums, advocate for security improvements with engineering leadership, and contribute to the development of policies, processes, and tooling that scale the team’s impact. You will also maintain the professional standards and reputation through oversight of researcher engagement, vulnerability adjudication, and program communications.

• Team Leadership:
  Lead, mentor, and grow a geographically distributed team of security engineers across the US and EMEIA regions. Set goals, support professional development, and oversee resources providing around‑the‑clock Tier 1 support.
• Vulnerability Response Operations:
  Own the team’s continuous vulnerability response function, including on‑call escalation, emerging threat and zero‑day assessment, and coordination of rapid remediation efforts across Apple’s external perimeter.
• Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation:
  Drive proactive security assessment programs, including penetration testing, variant analysis, and large‑scale scanning initiatives, to identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they are discovered or exploited by external parties.
• Security Program Management:
  Manage the lifecycle of external researcher engagement, report validation, risk assessment, and remediation coordination.
• Security Tooling and Automation:
  Guide the development and maintenance of custom security tools and automation that support vulnerability detection, analysis, and remediation tracking at scale, including the application of emerging technologies to increase operational efficiency.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Serve as a trusted security advisor to engineering, product, and leadership teams, partnering across security and infrastructure organizations to align vulnerability response priorities with broader security objectives and drive adoption of security improvements.

• 8+ years of experience in information security, with demonstrated expertise in vulnerability management, web application penetration testing, and incident response for large‑scale internet‑facing services, including 3+ years of people management experience leading and developing teams of security…