Director, Product Management – Security

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Formulate strategies for the upcoming generation of security products by conducting market research, customer engagement, competitive assessments, and prioritization.

• Develop business cases that address customer challenges, market potential, Cribl’s competitive edge, options for building/partnering/buying, and necessary execution steps.

• Oversee the implementation of funded projects by defining product specifications, documenting requirements, establishing success criteria, and collaborating with engineering to drive delivery from concept to completion.

• Ensure that new functionalities integrate seamlessly with Cribl Detect through the use of shared data models, detection mechanisms, alerts, and workflows.

• Interact with CISOs, SOC managers, detection engineers, and analysts; collaborate with design partners to confirm strategic direction.

• Work alongside Marketing, Sales, and technological partners on product positioning, packaging, launch initiatives, and field readiness.

• Recruit and manage product managers as new funding areas are established.

• Act as a representative of Cribl security in interactions with customers, analysts, and during industry events.

• Occasionally undertake responsibilities outside of regular working hours to accommodate collaboration across various time zones.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in product management or a closely related field.

• More than 5 years of experience in developing security products.

• Profound knowledge of security operations, including SIEM, detection engineering, incident response, and SOC team processes.

• Hands-on experience in security automation and response (SOAR), identity security (ITDR, UEBA), AI or agentic security, or threat detection and response.

• Proven ability to lead a product from inception to market.

• Experience in assessing new markets, creating business cases, and making informed recommendations despite incomplete information.

• Background in guiding or mentoring product managers and influencing cross-functional teams in engineering, marketing, and sales.

• Technical expertise in data architectures, detection logic, and AI/LLM-based systems.

• Excellent written communication skills, encompassing strategy documents and PRDs.

• Strong decision-making abilities in uncertain situations.

• Experience with security operations teams, security data platforms, data pipelines, security data lakes, partner-led product strategies, or M&A evaluations is advantageous.

• Familiarity with OCSF, KQL, and MITRE ATT&CK is a plus.

• Experience interacting with security customers in both the United States and Europe is beneficial.

• Experience in remote-first and distributed organizations is an added advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Short-term disability insurance

• Life insurance

• Paid holidays

• Paid time off

• Fertility treatment benefit

• 401(k)

• Equity

• Cribl Corporate Bonus Program

• Remote-first work arrangement