Red Team Manager, Vice President

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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Job Summary

As the Red Team Manager, you will lead and evolve our offensive security capabilities in a fast-paced financial services environment. In this role, you will design and execute high-impact threat simulations, shape security strategy, and mentor a talented team of cybersecurity professionals. You will have a hands-on approach in developing red team operations while coaching and training all levels of operators to grow into elite offensive security experts. Your leadership will drive innovation, resilience, and readiness against today’s most advanced threats.

Major Responsibilities

As the Americas Red Team Manager, you will set the strategic direction for offensive security operations, leading a skilled team in delivering advanced threat simulations that strengthen our cyber defenses. You will operate as a key partner to senior leadership, influencing security strategy, risk decisions, and regulatory readiness across the organization. Your expertise in real-world adversary tactics, financial services risk frameworks, and operational leadership will drive measurable improvements in resilience. You will be responsible for developing talent, refining attack methodologies, and ensuring red team activities are tightly aligned to business priorities. This is an opportunity to expand your executive footprint, build critical alliances, and drive the next evolution of offensive security leadership in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing Red Team focused on simulating real-world cyber threats.
• Design and execute advanced threat emulation scenarios, including physical, social, and digital attack vectors.
• Collaborate with Blue Teams, Threat Intelligence, and Risk Management to ensure comprehensive attack coverage and feedback loops.
• Deliver detailed post-engagement reports with risk-rated findings, proof of concept artifacts, and remediation guidance.
• Ensure operations align with industry regulations and compliance standards such as NIST CRI, FFIEC, GLBA, PCI DSS, and NYDFS.
• Champion continuous improvement and innovation in adversary simulation techniques, tools, and methodologies.
• Represent the Red Team function in senior leadership and audit discussions as a subject matter expert.
• Manage vendor relationships for external engagements or tool support when necessary.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Red Team or offensive security experience with at least 2+ years in management or lead role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science or related field OR equivalent related work experience.
• Proven track record in financial services, banking, or fintech environments.
• Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, threat modeling, purple teaming, and attack path development.
• Hands-on experience with tools like Cobalt Strike, Mythic, BloodHound, and custom scripting (Python, PowerShell, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of core banking systems, payment infrastructure, SWIFT, and financial transaction flows.

Preferred Certifications:

• OSCP, OSCE, CRTO, CISSP, or relevant Red Team/offensive certs.
• GIAC Red Team certifications (GCTI, GPEN, GXPN) a plus.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $124K - $171K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacem