Product Manager - Cyber Security

The Cyber Security Product Manager is the owner and steward of a cybersecurity product line within the cybersecurity portfolio pillar.

He is responsible and accountable for building, enhancing, and sustaining cyber security product/s that are desirable to customers, feasible to deliver, and viable for the business, ensuring that they can be commercialized across all customer segments.

The Product Manager manages the end-to-end product lifecycle — from ideation and design to launch, growth, and maintenance — and ensures that their product continues to deliver value to both customers and the business.

Key Goals

• Develop and maintain a clear, executable product roadmap aligned with portfolio and company strategy.
• Deliver high-quality, market-ready products that can be commercialized across multiple segments.
• Ensure product performance through continuous monitoring, improvement, and cost management.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to enable effective go-to-market, customer adoption, and profitability.

Core Responsibilities

1. Product Ownership

• Act as the subject matter expert and owner of assigned product(s).
• Define product strategy, roadmap, and success metrics.
• Ensure products meet customer needs and business objectives.

2. Discovery and Research

• Identify and validate market opportunities and customer pain points.
• Conduct competitive analysis and gather customer insights.
• Collaborate with Product Partners and Marketing for persona-based deep dives.

3. Product Roadmap and Development

• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog.
• Translate product vision into clear, deliverable features and requirements.
• Work with IT, Enablement, and PMO to deliver builds and enhancements.
• Make build, buy, or partner decisions for product development.

4. Commercialization

• Define product positioning, value proposition, and baseline pricing.
• Collaborate with Product Partners on GTM strategy and segment-specific pricing or bundling.
• Support launch readiness with Marketing and Enablement.

5. Product Performance and Lifecycle Management

• Monitor adoption, usage, and profitability metrics.
• Recommend improvements, feature releases, or retirements based on data and feedback.
• Ensure the product remains competitive, sustainable, and aligned with company priorities.

6. Cyber Security Segment

• Product portfolio includes (but not limited to): Identity and Access Management (IDAM), Network Security, Endpoint Security (EPS), Cloud Security, Security Operations Center, Vulnerability Management and Threat Assessment, Security Testing and Assurance
• Own and evolve security products addressing both consumer and enterprise needs.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards and frameworks and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams for security performance and to meet customer expectations and SLAs
• Prioritize customer trust, resilience, and product differentiation in a competitive market.

Core Competencies

• Strategic & Analytical Thinking – Able to connect product initiatives to business strategy and interpret data for decisions.
• Customer Empathy – Understands customer needs and designs with value in mind.
• Commercial Awareness – Understands cost, pricing, and ROI implications of product decisions.
• Technical Literacy – Can translate business needs into technical requirements and work effectively with IT/engineering teams.
• Execution & Delivery – Strong in prioritization, follow-through, and ensuring quality outcomes.
• Collaboration & Influence – Works effectively across teams and functions to achieve shared goals.

Cyber Security Competencies

• Security domain knowledge — Understanding core cybersecurity functions, controls, technologies, and use cases well enough to shape relevant product decisions.
• Threat/risk understanding — Ability to recognize threat scenarios, assess business impact, and prioritize product actions based on risk exposure.
• Compliance and governance familiarity — Working knowledge of regulatory, policy, audit, and control requirements that influence product design and delivery.
• Security architecture literacy — Ability to understand how security components, systems, and integrations fit together to support secure and scalable solutions.
• Secure SDLC / DevSecOps awareness — Understanding how security is embedded into software development, testing, deployment, and operational workflows.
• Incident response and operations context — Awareness of how security events are detected, investigated, escalated, contained, and improved in real operating environments.
• Identity, data, cloud, and network security concepts — Foundational knowledge of the major security domains that products must address or integrate with.
• Vendor and ecosystem awareness — Understanding the relevant market players, partner landscape, tool categories, and ecosystem dependencies that affect product strategy.

Cyber Security Experience

• Experience in cybersecurity product management, including owning or supporting security products, features, or platforms end to end
• Exposure to security operations / SOC, including monitoring, detection, incident handling, or response workflows
• Experience in risk, compliance, or governance, translating control and regulatory requirements into practical product needs
• Background in Secure SDLC / DevSecOps, embedding security into development, testing, CI/CD, and release processes
• Experience working with enterprise security architecture, integrations, and platform design decisions
• Hands-on or working knowledge of identity and access management, such as SSO, MFA, PAM, or access governance
• Experience in cloud security, including cloud-native controls, posture management, workload protection, or hybrid environments
• Exposure to data protection and privacy, such as encryption, DLP, classification, or privacy-related controls
• Familiarity with network and infrastructure security, including segmentation, firewalls, endpoint security, VPN, or zero trust concepts
• Experience in incident response and resilience, including lessons learned and product improvements from real incidents
• Experience with vendor or partner management, especially evaluating tools, service providers, or ecosystem dependencies
• Strong customer discovery experience, translating user pain points and security use cases into product requirements
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery environments, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and iterative delivery
• Experience in business case development and value realization, linking product investment to risk reduction, efficiency, or resilience outcomes
• Proven cross-functional stakeholder management, aligning security, engineering, IT, legal, compliance, operations, and business teams

Education and Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field
• Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as Security+, CC,CISSP, CISM, SSCP, CCSK, or CCSP
• Cloud security certifications such as AWS Security, Microsoft Azure Security, or Google Cloud security credentials
• Training or certification in Secure SDLC, DevSecOps, or secure software development practices
• Exposure to or certification in risk management, governance, compliance, or audit-related disciplines
• Knowledge of enterprise security domains including IAM, cloud security, data protection, network security, and security operations
• Advanced or specialized qualifications in cybersecurity, cloud, architecture, or governance are an advantage for more senior roles
• Participation in continuous learning, professional development, or cybersecurity communities of practice

Key Performance Indicators

• Product adoption and usage growth
• Revenue and margin contribution
• Product roadmap delivery (on time and in scope)
• Customer or segment satisfaction with product quality
• Successful product launches and enhancements

Working Relationships

• Product Partners (Segment PMs): Collaborate on go-to-market plans, segment pricing, and packaging.
• IT / Engineering: Co-develop and deliver features or enhancements.
• Marketing: Shape messaging, positioning, and launch activities.
• Finance: Validate business cases and product profitability.
• Enablement & PMO: Ensure readiness, rollout coordination, and operational alignment.
• Vendors / Partners: Manage technical and commercial engagement when relevant.