Senior Product Owner Passkeys

Bitwarden; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitwarden, headquartered in Santa Barbara, launched an India COE and seeks a Senior Product Owner to lead Passkeys development. You will own the backlog, drive cross‑functional delivery, and align engineering, design, security, and enterprise stakeholders to ship passwordless authentication experiences for individuals and businesses.

The role demands strong delivery discipline, familiarity with WebAuthn/FIDO2, and the ability to translate standards into intuitive product flows across browser

Qualifications

• Experience delivering authentication platforms and cross‑device flows.
• Knowledge of WebAuthn/FIDO2 and credential management concepts.
• Ability to translate complex standards into intuitive product experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the Passkeys backlog: write, refine, and prioritize user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical tasks in collaboration with engineering and product management.
• Drive sprint planning and backlog grooming, ensuring stories capture WebAuthn ceremony behaviors and edge cases.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the engineering team during delivery, clarifying requirements for credential creation and cross-device sign‑in.
• Partner with Product Management to translate Passkeys strategy into epics, milestones, and sprint-ready work.
• Manage work across browser extension, desktop and mobile apps, admin console, and server/API dependencies.
• Set and manage delivery timelines: maintain sprint forecasts and communicate risks early.
• Collaborate with Design, QA, Security, and Compliance to define acceptance criteria for secure, reliable auth experiences.
• Ensure requirements cover platform authenticator behavior, roaming authenticators, and recovery paths.
• Track sprint progress, delivery risks, decisions, and dependency status to leadership.
• Engage with customer feedback and enterprise IT stakeholders to refine priorities and workflows.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies with browser vendors and OS WebAuthn updates.
• Support release planning, readiness reviews, and post-release evaluation.
• Use AI tools to accelerate discovery, requirements writing, and documentation.
• Understand cryptography basics, APIs, data models, and browser/OS credential APIs.

Skills

Product ownership

Backlog management

Sprint planning

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

FIDO2/WebAuthn

Security protocols

Job description

Job Description:

Bitwarden is the trusted identity security leader for millions of users worldwide, empowering enterprises, developers, and individuals to securely manage and share sensitive information anywhere. Bitwarden makes it easy for all users to extend robust security across their devices with password management, secrets management, and passwordless and passkey innovations. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Learn more at bitwarden.com.

As we establish our India Engineering Center of Excellence (COE), we are looking for an experienced Senior Product Owner to lead delivery of Passkeys, our passwordless authentication capabilities built on FIDO2/WebAuthn standards.

This role will own the product backlog and day-to-day execution across passkey creation and registration, sign-in (authentication) ceremonies, credential storage and syncing, cross-device and cross-platform sign-in flows, relying party (RP) integrations, account recovery, and the associated vault, browser extension, mobile app, and admin-console experiences. You will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, Design, Security, Customer Success, Sales, and selected enterprise customers to turn complex, standards-driven authentication requirements into intuitive, reliable product experiences for both individual and enterprise users.

The ideal candidate combines strong product-delivery discipline with a working understanding of authentication protocols, platform/browser authenticator behavior, and the UX tradeoffs involved in replacing passwords at scale.

What You Will Do

• Own and manage the Passkeys backlog: write, refine, and prioritize user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical tasks in collaboration with engineering and product management.
• Drive sprint planning and backlog grooming, ensuring stories capture WebAuthn ceremony behaviors (registration and authentication), attestation handling, and platform/browser-specific edge cases.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the engineering team during delivery, clarifying requirements for credential creation, cross-device sign-in (e.g., hybrid transport/QR flows), conditional UI/autofill, and sync behavior across platforms.
• Partner with Product Management to translate Passkeys strategy into well-defined epics, milestones, and sprint-ready work, including passwordless onboarding, credential migration, and account recovery flows.
• Manage work across multiple product surfaces and platforms, browser extension, desktop and mobile apps, admin console, and server/API tracking dependencies and maintaining alignment across teams.
• Set and manage delivery timelines: maintain realistic sprint and milestone forecasts, surface risks early, and communicate timeline changes clearly to stakeholders before they become surprises.
• Collaborate with Design, QA, Security, and Compliance to define acceptance criteria that support secure, reliable, and low-friction authentication experiences across a wide range of devices, browsers, and operating systems.
• Ensure requirements account for platform authenticator behavior (Touch ID, Windows Hello, Android biometrics), roaming authenticators (security keys), relying party requirements, and account recovery/fallback paths.
• Track and communicate sprint progress, delivery risks, decisions, and dependency status to Product and Engineering leadership.
• Engage with customer feedback, support escalations, and relying-party/enterprise IT stakeholders to refine story prioritization and surface unmet workflow needs, including edge cases around device loss and credential recovery.
• Identify, coordinate, and manage cross-functional dependencies throughout the product development lifecycle, including dependencies on browser vendors and OS platforms WebAuthn implementations and standards updates (FIDO Alliance, W3C).
• Support release planning, readiness reviews, launch coordination, and post-release evaluation, with attention to cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility testing.
• Use AI tools and automation to accelerate discovery, requirements writing, story creation, documentation, and delivery workflows.
• Understand software fundamentals relevant to passkeys, including public-key cryptography basics, APIs, data models, authentication vs. authorization, and browser/OS credential APIs.
• Understand core authentication and identity concepts such as FIDO2/WebAuthn ceremonies, attestation, discoverable credentials, credential syncing, and passwordless account recovery.
• Understand cloud-based and self-hosted product considerations, including configuration, deployment, and version/platform compatibility across browsers, operating systems, and enterprise environments.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS

• Meeting with our Talent Acquisition Team
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Interview with team members
• References

A FEW REASONS TO WORK WITH US

• The Bitwarden user community loves staying secure, and the feeling is mutual. Come to work each day with a sense of purpose and bring a more secure internet experience to everyone, from friends and family to the world’s largest organizations.
• Become an expert. You’ll become immersed in the prominent technology markets of security and open-source software.
• Bitwarden remains dedicated to building a diverse and talented team.
• Learn and grow. Take on new challenges with your team’s support and join the Bitwarden #growth-club to continue your personal and professional development.

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