Sr. Product Manager - job 1 of 2

Onwards Together!

Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters.

Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.

Location: Onsite, Sunnyvale, California (5 days a week in the office)

Our Team's Vision:

Our Product Management team is driven by a culture that thrives on visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, creating a dynamic synergy that drives us forward in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity. We collaborate closely with our Engineering team to tackle real-world challenges our customers face.

Bring your visionary instincts to every stage of the product lifecycle—from conception and definition to development, release, and post-release activities. You'll play a pivotal role in strategic planning, feature selection, and day-to-day tactical operations. Together, our dynamic team propels the roadmap forward as we strive to make the digital world a safer place.

Your Impact:

As a Product Manager at Illumio, you will lead the development of products that ensure that cyber-attacks don’t spread to become cyber disasters.

In this role you will define product requirements, lead scrum teams in two-week sprints, and deliver products to customers that protect their networks from ransomware and denial of service attacks.

To thrive in the Product Management organization at Illumio you will apply your technology agnostic product development experience to solving customer cybersecurity problems through the creation of technical solutions focused on Zero Trust and Segmentation.

• Deliver products that protect our customers

• Lead product development initiatives through research, strategy, roadmap definition, and delivery

• Collaborate with engineering and customers to deliver solutions that drive adoption and growth.

• Develop subject matter expertise within the Zero Trust space that establishes you as a resource for customers and cross functional peers

• Champion the voice of the customer into epics and user stories for scrum teams

• Play key role in developing product launch programs and you will author insightful presentations, papers, and blog entries with Illumio’s marketing team based on the solutions you are creating with your scrum teams.

Your Toolkit:

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

• 6+ years of PM experience or 10+ years of relevant experience in engineering, sales engineering or customer support

• A passion for creating practical products that deliver value for customers

• Product management experience in cloud security, network security, cloud networking, enterprise networking

• Experience with SaaS and enterprise software delivery models

• Established practice of utilizing data and analytics to inform product decisions.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Ability to seamlessly pivot between strategic & tactical priorities

• Understanding of technical limitations and tradeoffs

• The ability to analyze and anticipate market trends

Plus Factors:

• Strong understanding of security and networking technologies in public clouds and in data centers

• Experience with Zero Trust Segmentation, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), endpoint detection and response (EDR), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), and other cybersecurity technologies

• Understanding of data and AI technologies, including analytics, telemetry, machine learning and LLM

• Knowledge of cloud native architecture, micro services, containers, K8s, etc

• Experience with public cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

• Ability to influence technical discussions with engineering, architects and other PMs.

• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and simply to internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience in engineering or systems engineering

Our Commitment:

Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions drives our success and makes us stronger together. We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a diverse culture and emphasizing inclusion and belonging.

This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls. #LI-KD1 #LI-ONSITE

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