Staff Product Manager, Wallet Authentication

ID.me; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 214,935 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

ID.me is seeking a Staff Product Manager for the Wallet Authentication platform. In this role, you will oversee authentication strategies for over 100 million users across various sectors, ensuring secure access and recovery methods. Responsibilities include defining product roadmaps for authentication flows and fraud prevention. A minimum of 7 years in product management with expertise in modern authentication protocols is required. This position offers a competitive salary range of $214,935 — $253,000 USD and requires full-time in-office attendance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years owning authentication, identity, or security platform products.
• Deep working knowledge of modern authentication protocols such as OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
• Experience with API authentication patterns (API keys, OAuth client credentials).

Responsibilities

• Define and own the roadmap for authentication flows.
• Own first-factor and second-factor authentication including passwordless flows.
• Define requirements for secure authentication for API consumers and AI agents.

Skills

Product management experience

Knowledge of modern authentication protocols

API authentication patterns

Architectural discussions

Stakeholder management skills

Data-driven prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Company Overview

ID.me is the next‑generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly log in across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations. More than 600 consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800‑63‑3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity.

Position

Staff Product Manager, Wallet Authentication

Location

Mountain View, CA or McLean, VA offices and requires full‑time in‑office attendance.

Team

Product Management

Reports to

VP of Product, Platform

About the Role

ID.me is seeking a Staff Product Manager to own the Wallet Authentication platform. You will directly shape how 100M+ members stay secure, recover access to their wallets, and authenticate across government, healthcare, and commercial services. You will own the full product lifecycle for authentication: first‑factor and multi‑factor flows, API and agent authentication, wallet recovery, and fraud prevention. Every decision you make affects security, member trust, and revenue at scale. You will set the vision for ID.me’s authentication platform: first‑factor and multi‑factor flows, passkeys, machine‑to‑machine authentication for APIs and AI agents, and AAL‑level platform design under NIST 800‑63‑4. You will partner with the Wallet apps team on customer outcomes and with Identity Graph, Credentials, Identity Verification, Engineering, Security, Risk & Fraud, and Design to ship at internet scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Strategy: Define and own the roadmap for authentication flows, fraud prevention, wallet recovery, email lifecycle management, and machine‑to‑machine authentication.
• Authentication Flows: Own first‑factor and second‑factor authentication including passwordless, passkeys, silent network authentication, and identifier‑based flows. Drive pass‑rate improvements while reducing friction across the member experience.
• API and Agent Authentication: Define requirements for secure, scalable authentication for API consumers and AI agents. Own the product surface that enables third‑party and agentic integrations to authenticate against ID.me’s identity platform.
• Fraud Prevention: Translate threat intelligence into product requirements. Own credential stuffing mitigation, real‑time risk signals, wallet suspension policies, and fraud rule governance.
• Wallet Recovery: Define the product vision for automated wallet recovery. Current recovery is fully manual. Automation here has direct, measurable impact on member experience and operational cost.
• Stakeholder Management: Align Engineering, Security, Member Support, and GTM. Communicate trade‑offs and decisions clearly to executives, including the CEO.
• Data‑Driven Execution: Define and monitor core metrics including first‑factor pass rate, MFA adoption, wallet recovery resolution rate, and support ticket deflection.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years owning authentication, identity, or security platform products.
• Deep working knowledge of modern authentication protocols: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, FIDO2/WebAuthn, SAML, TOTP.
• Experience with API authentication patterns (API keys, OAuth client credentials, mTLS), and with authentication for AI agents, MCP servers, or other autonomous systems.
• Proven ability to ship in environments with security and compliance dependencies.
• Strong technical acumen. Able to lead architectural discussions with Principal Engineers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; experience working across platform and apps teams.
• Experience using data to drive prioritization and measure impact.
• Familiarity with identity assurance frameworks (NIST 800‑63‑4 AAL/IAL) preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.

Key Success Metrics

• First‑factor and second‑factor pass rates
• Wallet recovery resolution rate (automated vs. manual)
• Support ticket volume reduction tied to authentication and wallet recovery
• Fraud‑related wallet suspension rate and false positive reinstatement rate
• API and agent authentication adoption and reliability

Why This Role

Authentication is the highest‑leverage surface at ID.me. Every member interaction starts here. The platform you own will support 100M+ members across government, healthcare, and commercial partners, and will be the authentication foundation for ID.me’s identity platform under NIST 800‑63‑4. The next 12 months: deliver the dedicated authenticator track, ship API and agentic authentication, and automate wallet recovery to materially reduce operational cost.

Benefits

Insurance: medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts), basic and voluntary life and AD&DD insurance, 401(k) with company match, parental leave, paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company‑wide holidays, short‑ and long‑term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program, wellbeing and childcare discounts, benefit advocates, and a learning and development benefit.

Pay Range

Mountain View, CA Pay Range: $214,935 — $253,000 USD

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