Director of Product Management - Core Security & Security Operations

Frontdoor Defense; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Versa Networks seeks a visionary Senior Director of Product Management for Core Security & Security Operations. You will define the multi-year strategy and roadmap to advance threat prevention, data protection, secure browsing, and SecOps capabilities across cloud and on-prem architectures.

Lead cross-functional teams, govern compliance programs, and orchestrate third-party integrations. You will drive the evolution of Unified Threat Prevention, DLP, and EPP/EDR postures, scale Versa Guardian

Qualifications

• Strong product leadership in security.
• Experience defining multi-year roadmaps for core security/SecOps.
• Proven ability to benchmark against top competitors.

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and execute the multi-year product strategy for core threat prevention, data security, secure browsing, and operational security across cloud-delivered and on-premises architectures.
• Scale and advance secure web/workspace ecosystem features and posture controls; lead email security initiatives with third-party integrations.
• Direct security privacy and compliance roadmap including FedRAMP, FIPS, and Common Criteria, and oversee SIRT governance.

Skills

Product leadership

Strategic planning

Security architecture

Roadmap definition

Stakeholder management

Public speaking

Competitive analysis

Job description

Director of Product Management - Core Security & Security Operations

Own the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for core security and SecOps

Location: Santa Clara, California

Compensation: $240,000 - 280,000 USD / year

About The Role

Senior Director Of Product Management – Core Security & Security Operations

Versa Networks is seeking a visionary, technically deep, and execution-oriented Senior Director of Product Management – Core Security & Security Operations to lead and scale our foundational threat prevention, data protection, endpoint/browser security, and SecOps capabilities.

In this role, you will define the multi-year security strategy, roadmap, and vision to ensure Versa outpaces modern adversary tactics and maintains market leadership across SASE, SSE, and core security products and technologies. You will directly steer core inspection engines, govern federal/public-sector compliance certifications, orchestrate 3rd-party technology ecosystems, oversee security incident response and research, and commercialize next-generation security innovations across Versa's product portfolio.

Responsibilities

Strategic Vision & Product Leadership

• Define, own, and execute the multi-year product strategy for core threat prevention, data security, secure browsing, and operational security across cloud-delivered and on-premises architectures.
• Benchmark Versa against top-tier competitive solutions (e.g., Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Cloudflare, Fortinet) to maintain market-leading efficacy, low latency, and differentiation.
• Act as an authoritative company spokesperson, representing Versa's core security architecture and vision at premier industry conferences (e.g., RSA, Black Hat), customer advisory boards (CABs), and executive briefings (EBCs).

Threat Prevention, Inspection & Secure Access

• Drive product definition and roadmap evolution for Unified Threat Protection (UTP), including Next-Gen IPS, Network Antivirus/Anti-Malware (AV), and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) / Sandboxing.
• Scale and advance Versa's secure web and workspace ecosystem, including Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), Enterprise Browser posture/controls, and File Reputation & Filtering (FRM).
• Lead email vector defense initiatives, encompassing ATP and DLP for SaaS email (M365, Google Workspace) alongside partnership with turn-key 3rd-Party Email Security Integrations (Proofpoint, Abnormal Security, Mimecast).

Data Protection & Endpoint Risk Posture

• Direct the Inline DLP and Data Security roadmap across web, cloud, and edge endpoints, incorporating advanced classification, OCR, and clipboard/removable-media controls.
• Own API-driven Data Protection (API DP) and lead technical integrations with leading 3rd-party Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) platforms (e.g., Cyera, BigID).
• Architect Versa's native Device Risk Score (DRS) framework to drive dynamic Zero Trust policies; build deep bidirectional integrations with 3rd-Party DRS and EPP/EDR partners (e.g., CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne).

Security Operations, Intelligence & Versa Security Portal

• Lead the product roadmap for Versa Guardian and security operations tooling, streamlining incident workflows, remediation actions, and telemetry export into enterprise SIEM/SOAR/XDR platforms, including Versa's own working together with colleagues owning respective products.
• Help scale the customer-facing Versa Security Portal, delivering real-time visibility into threat trends, tenant security posture, attack surface metrics, and global threat landscape telemetry.
• Direct Security Research priorities and weaponize 3rd-party threat intelligence (TI) feeds/APIs directly into Versa's inspection pipeline to accelerate zero-day protection cycles.

Public Sector, Compliance & Product Security Assurance

• Own the compliance and certification roadmap for regulated markets, including FedRAMP, FIPS 140-3, and Common Criteria (EAL4+).
• Oversee product requirements for Code Hardening, secure software supply chain posture (SBOM), and platform vulnerability management.
• Drive the operational product governance for the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), managing vulnerability disclosures, advisory bulletins, and customer remediation workflows.