SOC Manager at Artemis

<p style="min-height:1.5em">Artemis is building the future of AI-driven defense - helping companies detect and defend themselves effectively in an era where AI is fighting AI on the cyber battlefield.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're backed by First Round Capital, Brightmind, and a group of the cybersecurity industry's most prominent Operators.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our founders, Shachar (ex-Palo Alto Networks, AWS, Demisto) and Dan (ex-Abnormal Security, Twitter) have previously built, launched, and scaled cybersecurity products loved and trusted by tens of thousands of customers, and have the customer, technology, and security know-hows to deliver this vision.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our exceptionally strong team includes software engineers, AI researchers, security engineers, and product designers hailing from Google, Abnormal AI, Wiz, Meta, AWS, CERN, SentinelOne, and more.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are growing our team and looking for passionate builders to join us and support our expanding customer base.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Job Overview</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're looking for a SOC Manager to lead and scale Artemis Apollo, our managed detection and response (MDR) service. Apollo is already live: our AI-native platform investigates and resolves cases for customers today, and a security team works them. This is a player-coach leadership role — you'll set the direction for how the SOC operates as we scale, sharpening the standard operating procedures, escalation paths, and quality bar, while still working real cases alongside your team. You'll own how we deliver security outcomes to customers: the SLAs we commit to, the consistency and quality of every verdict, and the human expertise and communication that set Apollo apart from a traditional SOC.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Lead and scale the MDR operation</strong> - Own and evolve the Artemis Apollo SOC, directing shift coverage, staffing ratios, and day-to-day operations as the team and customer base grow.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Set the operating standard</strong> - Shape and continuously improve the SOPs, runbooks, escalation paths, and on-call processes that make case review consistent, repeatable, and high-quality across analysts and shifts.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Own quality assurance</strong> - Review analyst verdicts and case work, set and enforce the quality bar, and close the loop with coaching so the team's analysis stays accurate and customer-ready.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Carry a caseload as a player-coach</strong> - Work and escalate real cases yourself, especially early and during peak load, leading from the front rather than only managing from above.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Own SLAs and service delivery</stron