Senior Director of Product Management
$200,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks ($100 USD/hour)

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Description

This unique opportunity at GFI combines cutting-edge technological innovation with a product-centric corporate culture. You will focus on meeting today's customer information security needs through product development in this role. Customers around the world and a strong partner channel will help you identify market expectations. 
We believe that the VP of Commercial Product Management is a leader who can articulate the product vision and inspire the team with his ideas to deliver the roadmap. To succeed in this role, you should have the ambition to become the world's leading product expert in information security for B2B clients.

What you will be doing

Every day presents a new challenge! You should be capable of solving multiple tasks from various fields, and effectively prioritizing your efforts.
Some of the activities are: 

  • Formulate user stories for the feature
  • Present product strategy to the team
  • Customer discovery interview regarding feature design
  • Product backlog review
  • Product analytics investigation to define revenue growth opportunities

Key responsibilities

  • Define product strategy and formulate a vision for new features 
  • Organize the communication process with stakeholders and within the team 
  • Systematize product requirements to define a clear scope of features to be delivered 
  • Introduce a transparent product decision-making process 
  • Provide competitor analysis and market research for clear product decisions 
  • Prepare product descriptions and necessary documentation for the team 
  • Collect and organize data and analytics

Candidate requirements

  • Bachelor's degree. Preference: BS with an Engineering focus
  • 5+ years of experience in product ownership of B2B software for the SMB Market
  • 5+ years experience in 2 of the following software product domains: Network Security, Threat Detection, Communications, Cloud-based SMB solutions
  • Verifiable experience in successfully bringing new SMB software product(s) to the market
  • Experience in developing new products from scratch
  • Willingness to learn new products and technologies
  • Availability to start working within 30 days of receiving an offer

Nice to have

  • Experience in due diligence and M&A
  • Able to quickly grasp new technology and apply it to the product
  • Able to manage multiple distributed teams

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Badri Varadarajan
Badri  |  EVP of Technical Product Management
United States  

I get to be CTO of 150 different products. I can measure my impact and it is much higher here than it would be anywhere else in Silicon Vall...

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How it works

Applying for a role? Here’s what to expect.

We’ve curated a series of steps that take the guesswork (and cognitive bias) out of recruiting the best person.

Pass Cognitive Aptitude Test.
STEP 1

Pass Cognitive Aptitude Test.

Pass English Proficiency Test.
STEP 2

Pass English Proficiency Test.

Prove Real-World Job Skills.
STEP 3

Prove Real-World Job Skills.

Ace An Interview Or Two.
STEP 4

Ace An Interview Or Two.

Accept Job Offer.
STEP 5

Accept Job Offer.

Celebrate!
STEP 6

Celebrate!

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What you will learn

In addition to an almost unlimited number of technologies and information security features that could be learned, the following skills will be acquired:
 

  • Cooperation in a multicultural multinational environment
  • Ensuring quality product releases and effective release planning
  • Leverage partner channels for product feedback and communication
  • Engagement of the beta community in the product development process

Work examples

- Analyze competitor products https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/next-gen-firewall, define main UTPs, customer profiles, and customer scenarios, define competitor advantages
- Prepare a live demo of the feature you are developing for sales and marketing teams
- Review and prioritize the feature test plan together with the development team

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