Vice President, Product Management (MDR)
Rapid7 is looking for a Vice President, Product Management to own the strategy, vision, and execution of our Managed Detection & Response (MDR) product portfolio. This is a rare opportunity to shape how thousands of organizations experience cybersecurity as a managed service, defining what great looks like at the intersection of human expertise and cutting-edge technology.
About the Role
As a Vice President, Product Management (MDR), your primary responsibility will be to set the product direction for Rapid7's managed security service while balancing customer needs, analyst capabilities, and strategic business goals. Specifically, your focus will be to:
- Define and drive the MDR product strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Rapid7's broader detection and response vision
- Partner closely with SOC leadership to deeply understand analyst workflows, operational pain points, and necessary platform capabilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of product managers, fostering accountability and continuous learning
- Translate customer insights, market trends, and competitive intelligence into differentiated product decisions that drive retention and expansion
- Collaborate with engineering to define and deliver a platform roadmap that gives MDR analysts speed, context, and automation
- Serve as a senior customer-facing voice for the MDR product by engaging with strategic accounts and building trust through transparency
- Define and track product OKRs and success metrics to continuously improve the service experience and business outcomes
- Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and customer success to ensure product positioning, launch readiness, and customer adoption
The skills and qualities you'll bring include
- Bring 12+ years of product management experience, with significant time spent leading product for managed services, SaaS platforms, or security products
- Possess a deep understanding of the cybersecurity landscape, particularly in detection and response, MDR, SOC operations, or incident response
- Demonstrate a proven track record of leading and scaling product teams in a fast-paced, customer-centric environment
- Drive multi-year product vision through strategic doing while staying grounded in near-term execution and time-bound milestones
- Establish clear accountability and ownership across teams to deliver value for managed service customers
- Make efficient decisions that resolve complex product challenges and maintain operational momentum across functions
- Communicate complex product strategies clearly to executive and customer audiences to foster commitment
- Build global cross-functional networks across engineering, services, sales, and executive leadership to drive aligned business outcomes
- Embrace challenging conversations constructively to find common ground across cross-functional stakeholder groups
- Apply self-awareness to adapt leadership style to varying group dynamics across technical and business teams
- Demonstrate an eager mindset toward navigating change by driving product evolution in a fast-moving market
- Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.
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