Lead Product Manager, Connectivity / Gateways

Verkada Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 205,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Dental & vision coverage

HSA contributions

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Verkada is seeking a Lead Product Manager to own and grow the Connectivity Gateway product line, enabling deployment in remote and edge environments with reliable connectivity.

You will partner across Verkada's product lines to deliver connectivity-as-a-service, define data plans, and shape a scalable business model that expands the Gateway as a flagship offering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management, preferably in B2B networking, connectivity, embedded systems, or IoT.
• Undergraduate degree in CS, EE, or similar quantitative field; MS/PhD or MBA optional.
• Proven history of launching and scaling products and businesses; strong customer intuition and technical depth.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (LTE/5G, Wi‑Fi, WAN failover) and hardware design

Responsibilities

• Own strategy and execution for Verkada's Gateway product line.
• Expand gateway roadmap across reliability, fleet-scale cloud management, and new connectivity options and form factors.
• Partner with product lines to deliver connectivity-as-a-service and drive ecosystem attach.
• Define data plan and pricing strategy that improves both customer adoption and Verkada margin

Skills

Product management

B2B networking

Connectivity

Embedded systems

IoT

Customer insight

Tradeoffs navigation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

MS/PhD or MBA optional

Job description

Lead Product Manager, Connectivity / Gateways

San Mateo, CA United States

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation , more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About the Role

Verkada's Connectivity products secure people and property in remote and edge environments. Our Cellular and Wi‑Fi Gateways bring Verkada's full platform including threat detection, deterrence, and real‑time visibility, anywhere it's needed. Verkada Gateways enable cameras, intercoms, access control, and sensors to be deployed in locations without stable internet or power.

We are looking for a Lead Product Manager to own and grow Verkada's Gateway product line. In this role, your mission is twofold: make gateways the enabling layer that unlocks every unwired Verkada deployment, and build the product depth and business model that grows Gateway into a flagship product.

What You'll Do

• Own strategy and execution for Verkada's Gateway product line
• Own and expand the gateway roadmap across reliability, fleet‑scale cloud management, and new connectivity options and form factors.
• Partner with product lines across Verkada (remote cameras, security trailers, transportation, intercoms, access) to deliver connectivity‑as‑a‑service and drive ecosystem attach
• Define data plan and pricing strategy that improves both customer adoption and Verkada margin

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in product management, preferably in B2B networking, connectivity, embedded systems, or IoT
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar quantitative field. MS, PhD, or MBA optional
• Proven history of launching and scaling products and businesses. Strong customer intuition, technical depth, and ability to navigate tradeoffs are critical to success in this role.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (LTE/5G, Wi‑Fi, WAN failover, SIM/carrier management), plus foundational knowledge of firmware, device bring‑up, and hardware design
• Ability to build platform and recurring‑revenue business models, with a structured approach to ambiguous problems like data plan pricing, carrier economics, attach‑rate modeling, and ROI analysis
• Excited to roll up your sleeves and get out of the office. You’ll spend time with installers, integrators, and customers deploying in unwired environments. You’ll use that insight to shape the product

Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well‑being needs. Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on‑target earnings (OTE) range for full‑time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

$205,000 - $240,000 USD

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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