Lead Product Manager, Threat Detection & Devices

Verkada; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in cloud-based physical security is seeking a Product Manager to lead their innovative threat detection product line. This role involves building advanced safety detection systems utilizing AI and sensor technology. You will collaborate with engineering teams to ensure devices meet customer needs while overseeing the product roadmap and market positioning. Join a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing safety across various environments, from retail to large-scale manufacturing. If you are passionate about product craftsmanship and have a strong background in B2B product management, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

100% Premium Coverage for Employee

80% Premium Coverage for Family

Health Saving Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Expanded Mental Health Support

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Wellness/Fitness Benefits

Healthy Meals Provided

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in B2B.
• Strong customer intuition and technical depth are critical.

Responsibilities

• Own product roadmap for threat detection and device success.
• Oversee devices from concept to success, ensuring customer needs are met.

Skills

Product Management

B2B Experience

Customer Intuition

Technical Depth

Strategy Execution

Firmware Understanding

Networking Knowledge

Electrical Design

Mechanical Design

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science

Undergraduate Degree in Electrical Engineering

MS, PhD, or MBA (optional)

Job description

San Mateo, CA United States

Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

Overview:

Verkada Alarms enable our customers to detect potential threats using AI and sensor technology, verify those events through human-in-the-loop monitoring, and respond quickly to ensure the safety of property and people.

We are looking for a Product Manager to lead our threat detection and devices product line. In this role, your mission will be to build the most advanced and performant safety detection system in the industry. You will grow our suite of traditional and AI powered sensors, and build out solutions which support everything from retailers managing hundreds of small stores to manufacturing with massive one million square foot warehouses – and everything in between.

Responsibilities:

• Own threat detection and device product roadmap and success for Verkada Alarms, understand customers’ detection needs and physical site topologies, and translate those requirements into a landed, successful reality.
• Oversee Alarm-related devices from concept to success, working closely with hardware and software engineering to ensure those devices meet customer needs and development timelines.
• Direct pricing, go-to-market positioning, and sales training for Alarms devices.
• Work closely with our computer vision and AI teams on safety and threat detection, driving requirements for new detection modalities and productizing solutions in our Alarms product line.
• Understand the needs of customers and channel partners, ensuring Verkada hardware scales from small to large with simplicity, speed, and flexibility.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in product management, preferably in B2B.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar quantitative field. MS, PhD, or MBA optional.
• Proven history of launching and scaling hardware and/or embedded systems products. Strong customer intuition, technical depth, and ability to navigate tradeoffs are critical to success in this role.
• Ability to lead across strategy and execution. We pride ourselves in sweating the details and search for this in candidates.
• Real passion for craftsmanship and product details. If you’ve spent days retrofitting your house with the latest smart home technology, you’ll like it here.
• Foundational understanding of firmware, networking, device bring-up, electrical, and mechanical design aspects of hardware.

US Employee Benefits:

Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all employees and their families. 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 most plans and 80% for family premiums.
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Health Saving Account (HSA) 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 and dinners 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).

$200,000 - $275,000 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.