Head of Labs, Europe

Hello, let us introduce ourselves!

We are watchTowr, a VC-backed cyber-security start-up headquartered in Singapore. Cyber security veterans and technical experts, we are obsessed with continuously finding ways to break into enterprises, while building technology for some of the world’s most targeted organisations.

With experience informed by years of simulating sophisticated cyber attacks against some of the world's largest organisations, our mission is to be every organisation’s persistent adversary - with cutting-edge technology.

As a team, we’re leveraging data to build the future of Attack Surface Management and Continuous Automated Red Teaming technology. We’ve seen the limitations of the status-quo - consultancy. Our mission is to enable organisations to rapidly react to new threats and ultimately answer that one elusive question - “how could my organisation be compromised today?”.

watchTowr was named within Gartner’s Emerging Tech Impact Radar report in 2023, in Gartner's Innovation Impact report for ASM in 2024, and is utilised by Fortune 500 and other large enterprises globally. Our research is well-known and respected across the cybersecurity industry, and can be found in various news outlets - while fuelling the watchTowr Platform.

We are a young, high-energy and high-performing team that is devoted to building world-class technology, in pursuit of realising our mission. We are in a high and aggressive growth phase of our journey, and are excited to continue adding colleagues to join our phorce of nature.

Our vision for offensive security is continuous.

But what’s the role?

We are looking for an experienced offensive security leader to head our watchTowr Labs team in the UK. This is a senior, strategic role, leading a team of highly skilled offensive security team while supporting watchTowr’s commercial team and activities in Europe.

watchTowr Labs is our epicentre of offensive security expertise, and has been designed to operate like an APT group.

This is not consultancy team - enterprises rely on watchTowr technology to look at their attack surface with persistence and aggression, as if they were being continuously red teamed.

Sounds great – what will I do?

• Lead and manage the UK-based offensive security team, ensuring alignment with our global mission.
• Work closely with clients to explain complex offensive security concepts and demonstrate the value of the watchTowr Platform.
• Ensure the team is focused on vulnerabilities that truly matter—those with real-world exploitation potential and material business impact.
• Oversee and contribute to the building of high-impact offensive security capabilities, continuously developing new tactics and techniques.
• Provide technical mentorship, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous learning within the team.
• Develop scalable offensive security techniques that can be implemented into our technology—eliminating repetitive work through automation.

Sounds perfect to me, what specifics are you looking for?

Ideal Experience

Ideally, you should have 5 or more years of experience, with:

• Proven leadership and management experience in a security consultancy or offensive security team
• Strong background in red teaming, adversary simulation, and offensive security research.
• Client-facing experience—comfortable explaining nuanced technical subjects while supporting complex commercial processes.
• Self-driven and passionate about continuously evolving offensive security techniques.
• Industry-recognised certifications such as CCSAS, CCT (or equivalent expertise).

Our Experience

When you join us, you can expect (ok, we kinda expect this from you too):

• A team of highly motivated, elite offensive security professionals focused on real-world impact.
• The opportunity to shape and lead offensive security research at scale.
• A dynamic environment that values innovation, autonomy, and creativity.
• The chance to push the boundaries of what is possible in offensive security and protect enterprises from real-world threats.

What’s in it for me?

• Competitive compensation - we believe that hard work, skills and ambition should be fairly compensated.
• Meaningful role in a company - You will be a key and early contributor to a fast-growing cyber security business that helps protect some of the world's largest enterprises.
• The best tools and powerful kit - we enable you with the tools to effectively fulfil your role.
• Endless opportunities – we are in a high-growth phase of our journey, and plan to promote from within as we scale.
• Work with cyber security experts – we are solving cutting-edge industry-wide cyber security challenges with some of the world’s most advanced organisations.
• Work hard, play hard - we work hard together, but we also have fun together. On Fridays, we regularly turn on the speakers, open the beer fridge, and prepare for the weekend.

Please note that at this time, we cannot sponsor visas for candidates currently residing outside the United Kingdom – we apologise in advance for this.