Define and manage cybersecurity products by translating business / customer security needs into clear product requirements, supporting product development, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver and enhance products in line with the business strategy and product roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Contributes to business cases, pricing inputs, and ROI/business impact analysis for cybersecurity products and projects (e.g., SIEM migration).
- Supports revenue growth and margin improvement through product feature definition, positioning, and cost-benefit evaluation.
- Lead and own product creation & updates for assigned cybersecurity products & features.
- Translate business and customer security needs into clear, testable product requirements and use cases for engineering and implementation teams.
- Perform product and vendor evaluations and support business calculations and impact analysis for new and existing products.
- Support end-to-end product development and launch activities, including coordination with technical teams, testing, documentation, and go to market preparation.
- Monitor product performance and feedback to identify enhancements, optimizations, and fixes aligned with the product roadmap.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (security operations, engineering, business units, and sales) to ensure shared understanding of product requirements and priorities.
- Participate in internal and external events, demos, and knowledge-sharing sessions to promote cybersecurity products and share insights.
- Support the development of business cases, pricing recommendations, and ROI assessments for cybersecurity products and key projects.
- Provide structured input on how product changes and new initiatives impact revenue, cost, and risk, in line with overall business strategy.
Qualification and Job Specific Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Master's degree in business administration and/or relevant professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSK, CISM, cloud security, or Product Management certifications) preferred.
- Should have 10+ years of total professional experience, with strong exposure to B2B and/or SaaS environments.
- 6-8 years in technology and/or cybersecurity roles, working closely with security, engineering, or architecture teams.
- 5-7 years in product management or product owner roles, preferably for cybersecurity or security-related products (e.g., SIEM, detection/response, security platforms, or cloud security services).
- Demonstrated track record of owning PRDs, driving product roadmaps, and delivering successful product launches and enhancements in an enterprise / B2B context.
- Experience working cross-functionally with commercial, security operations, engineering, and finance teams on product decisions, business cases, and go-to-market activities.
- Business/Product requirements gathering and Business/Product requirements document (PRD) creation, backlog management, and product discovery.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, controls, and common security products.
- Business impact analysis, financial modelling at a product level (e.g., business cases, pricing, ROI, cost-benefit analysis, etc).
- Ability to translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear, testable product requirements and user stories.
- Skilled in working with agile or hybrid delivery models and collaborating with engineering and security teams.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and common collaboration / product tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, or equivalents) is an added advantage.
- Language Fluency: Fluent English, Arabic will be added advantage