Director of Product Management, AI Security

Ffive; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 249,000 - 373,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 in San Jose, CA is seeking a Director of Product Management for AI Security who will lead a high-caliber PM team while staying hands-on with technology. You will own end-to-end lifecycle from ideation to GTM, partnering with model providers and design partners to position F5 as a leader in enterprise AI security.

You will drive market strategy, pricing, packaging, and sales enablement, mentor engineers and product managers, and advise CISOs on secure AI deployment patterns.

Qualifications

• 3+ years direct people management in product leadership or PM teams.
• 10+ years product management experience in enterprise cybersecurity or security platforms (AI/ML focus is a plus).
• Deep familiarity with AI guardrails, MCP, AI gateways, and secure agentic platforms.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Coaching: lead and grow a team of AI Security PMs with high standards for technical rigor and customer empathy.
• Hands-on Product Strategy & Execution: own strategic areas, define multi-year product vision, align with engineering, data science and developer relations.
• Full Lifecycle & Business Ownership: ideate, price, package, and enable sales for AI security solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Product Management

AI Security

Enterprise Security

Pricing & Strategy

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

MBA

Job description

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Role Overview

This is a hands-on "player-coach" leadership role designed for an exceptional product leader who wants to remain close to the technology while scaling a high-performing team. As the Director of Product Management for AI Security, you will lead a dedicated team of AI Security product managers, while personally driving high-stakes strategic initiatives.

You will own the entire product lifecycle-from initial ideation and technology research through to engineering delivery, go-to-market pricing strategy, and global sales enablement. Partnering with top-tier foundation model providers, design partner customers, and our Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) teams, you will establish our organization as the definitive leader in enterprise AI security.

Key Takeaways of the Role

High-Impact Leadership: Scale and mentor an elite team of technical AI Security PMs while remaining hands-on in product delivery.

Full-Lifecycle Ownership: Drive product success beyond engineering-owning market positioning, pricing models, packaging, and commercial enablement.

Cutting-Edge Security Domain: Direct our strategy across Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateways, agentic identity, real-time guardrails, and automated red-teaming.

Key Responsibilities

1. Team Leadership & Coaching (The \"Coach\")

   Lead, mentor, and grow a team of specialized AI Security Product Managers, establishing high standards for technical rigor, product execution, and customer empathy.

   Foster a collaborative culture that balances deep technical platform engineering with commercial, customer-first product design.

   Actively manage resource allocation, roadmap prioritization, and career development paths for your PM team.

2. Hands-on Product Strategy & Execution (The \"Player\")

   Personally own strategic, high-complexity product areas, including our integration roadmap with top-tier model providers and design partners.

   Translate market requirements into an actionable, multi-year product vision, bridging the gap between cutting-edge security research and production-grade software.

   Drive alignment across engineering, data science, and developer relations to ship highly performant AI Gateway, MCP Gateway, and Agentic Identity management solutions.

3. Full Lifecycle & Business Ownership

   Ideation & Research: Track emerging LLM vulnerabilities, agentic workflows, and security frameworks to identify next-generation product opportunities.

   Pricing & Packaging: Develop and iterate on monetization strategies, enterprise pricing tiers, and licensing models tailored to API-based and agentic AI consumption.

   Sales Enablement & GTM: Build the collateral, training, and technical content needed to empower our direct sales team and partner channels to successfully sell complex AI security solutions.

   Customer Advisory: Serve as an industry thought leader, directly advising enterprise CISOs, enterprise design partners, and chief architects on secure AI deployment patterns.

Required Qualifications & Technical Skills

Leadership Experience: 3+ years of direct people management experience, with a proven track record of recruiting, mentoring, and retaining high-performing technical Product Managers.

Product Experience: 10+ years of product management experience in enterprise cybersecurity, cloud security, or developer platforms (with at least 2+ years dedicated to AI/ML platforms or AI security).

Deep Domain Expertise: Strong familiarity with AI guardrails, automonous red teaming, Model Context Protocol (MCP) specification, AI Gateway architectures, and secure agentic platform development.

Security & IAM Concepts: Strong grasp of Workload Identity, Non-Human Identity (NHI) governance, real-time guardrail architectures, LLM red-teaming/evaluations, and API gateway security.

Commercial & Business Acumen: Demonstrated experience designing software pricing strategies, launching new products to market, and leading technical sales enablement programs.

Education: BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical field. MBA or equivalent business experience is a strong plus.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $248,600.00 - $373,000.00

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