Director, Product Management, Enterprise Security

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 281,000 - 391,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Principal Director Product Manager to drive the OCR strategy and roadmap within the Core Product Security group. You will bridge identity, access, detection, and response to balance user experience with security across Alphabet platforms.

The role requires deep security frame­works expertise, cross‑functional influence, and the ability to guide policy and guardrails for developer velocity while securing products at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of product management experience with roadmaps and launches.
• Experience working in global technical organizations with multiple product lines.
• 10 years of experience in cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Drive the product vision, strategy and roadmap for OCR security features.
• Influence cross‑functional leaders across Google to align security strategy.
• Define guardrails to enable developer velocity while maintaining security.
• Shape product roadmaps to secure productivity for Alphabet and customers.
• Stay ahead of threats and contribute to external cybersecurity thought leadership.

Skills

Product management

Roadmap strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Cybersecurity

Global teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of product management experience.
• 15 years of experience delivering roadmaps, directing product launches, and writing/influencing organizations.
• 15 years of experience working in global, technical organizations with multiple product lines.
• 10 years of experience in cybersecurity.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD.
• Experience in the Agentic Security domain.
• Ability to lead and mentor product managers and technical talent.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to represent and convert complex business or technical concepts with senior leadership.
• Demonstrated success leading initiatives, developing policies or thought leadership in regulated, high visibility domains.

About the job:

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems.

Google is world-renowned for the security posture of our products and platforms, and many of the world’s most risk-sensitive consumers and business users rely on our products daily.

The Core Product Security organization is seeking a Principal Director Product Manager to drive the product strategy and roadmap for OCR. The Principal Product Director serves as a critical bridge across all functional areas of OCR including identity, access, detection, and response to ensure a unified security strategy balancing user experience for Google and Googlers.

As a Product leader in this space, the PM will lead the strategy and implementation of security guardrails that enable developer velocity. This is a high-impact role requiring deep technical expertise in security frameworks and the industry landscape and the ability to influence cross-functional leaders across Alphabet and drive cybersecurity thought leadership externally with the CISO and broader security community. You will be responsible for defining how agents are identified, authorized, and monitored as they interact with systems containing business data at Alphabet. You will have the opportunity to shape product roadmaps in ways that secure productivity for Alphabet, its customers, and the cybersecurity industry at large.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $281000 - $391000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities:

• Drive the product vision, strategy and roadmap in conjunction with the PM team to implement BeyondZero capabilities for agents at Google.
• Inspire innovation that results in product transformation, drive improvements in security, safety and privacy metrics and addresses gaps and opportunities across product experiences.
• Partner closely with SWE, Security Engineering and functional leaders across Google to create, drive and deliver innovative security capabilities for our users across all Google platforms.
• Build and drive the strategy for the next generation security paradigm for an Agent-First world.
• Stay ahead of emerging threats and shape the secure AI strategy by passing insights back into both internal standards and emerging industry frameworks.