Job DescriptionAre you excited to work with innovative enterprise security products?Do you want an opportunity to make a difference?Join Guardicore (now Akamai Enterprise Security Group)We seek an experienced Product Manager to guide our cloud network security product. This role involves developing outstanding solutions, driving GTM strategies, and fostering customer relationships. Collaborate with enterprise security buyers, field teams, and engineering to address cloud cybersecurity challenges through innovative technical solutions centered on Zero Trust and cloud network security.
This role is a great fit for early-career product managers or engineers with leadership experience (e.g. team leads, group leads) in cybersecurity, cloud, or networking. Whether you've already transitioned into product or are looking to make that move, we're open to strong, technical candidates who bring curiosity, ownership, and a desire to build great products.
As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Owning the cloud product roadmap by defining strategy and priorities for cloud network security while balancing customer needs and engineering capacity.
- Driving product-market fit - engage customers directly to discover cloud security challenges, validate roadmap, and convert PoCs into customers.
- Leading customer and field engagement by representing the product strategically with enterprise buyers, SEs, and sales leadership to shape strategies effectively.
- Collaborating across functions with engineering, translating needs into requirements, defining criteria, and addressing trade-offs with engineering teams in India and Israel.
- Shaping the GTM strategy by collaborating with product marketing on positioning, messaging, and differentiation against competition
- Advocating for cloud investments within a broader segmentation portfolio encompassing data center, Kubernetes, and platform capabilities to influence outcomes.
What You BringTo be successful in this role you will:
- 5+ years of product management experience in cloud infrastructure, cloud security, or network security
- Have an in-depth understanding of Cloud technologies and security solutions.
- Lead enterprise B2B product strategy through complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, partnering with SEs to accelerate deal conversion.
- Have experience working with enterprise security buyers (CISOs, VP Network Security) through complex sales cycles
- Track record of working with field teams (SEs, sales) and translating field feedback into product direction
CompensationAkamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $139,300 - $250,700/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.
