Director of Product Management, Contrast Security
$195-230k
+ Equity package
Software security platform
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Software security platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$195-230k
+ Equity package
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help software-driven companies take full advantage of the application economy by getting secure code moving across their complete software development lifecycle.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a solid mix of business, technical, and organizational skills and the ability to operate in a cross-functional environment
- This is a good opportunity for candidates with a background in DevOps, SRE, Test Automation, EDR/ XDR or related areas
- 7+ years of product management experience, ideally in areas related to security
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize requirements across conflicting dimensions and to be clear on the minimum capabilities that matter
- Strong customer empathy with a passion for simplifying the customer journey and user experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to lead, collaborate and influence via persuasion, perseverance and energy
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to learn quickly
- Experienced at working in highly cross-functional environments
- Technical degree, MBA preferred
What the job involves
- As Director of PM for Runtime Application Security, you will lead a team to define, deliver, and refine capabilities that help Application Security teams and Developers effectively integrate security into the development lifecycle
- This includes Contrast’s Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) and Software Composition Analytics (SCA) solutions and agents which collect data from applications at scale
- This highly visible, strategic, and cross-functional role requires a good understanding of modern software development practices and the convergence between application security, developer needs, and operations
- You will develop views on the broader ecosystem and competition and work closely with customers and prospects to understand their needs and workflows
- You will work with your team to synthesize these inputs to develop an impactful roadmap and deliver a pipeline of capabilities
- Own the product lifecycle for our Runtime Application Security capabilities, including leading your team to understand customer and user needs, translate those needs into a prioritized roadmap, and partner with design and engineering teams to deliver a compelling product experience
- Engage with customers, UX and field teams to understand personas in the space and identify product gaps and translate them into clear priorities and roadmap
- Assess the market landscape and identify key areas of competitive differentiation and market disruption
- Collaborate with product marketing, support and the sales team to drive GTM efforts and help accelerate the business and adoption
- Establish clear metrics and KPIs to continuously evaluate adoption and feature usability to inform product strategy
- Develop and nurture a world-class team
Our take
As cyberattackers become more sophisticated, security software needs to do the same to protect an organization's technological infrastructure. But rather than having security software that performs disruptive scanning or specialized security experts, it is better for software applications to protect themselves. Less holes can be exploited if attack prevention features are fully integrated.
Contrast Security is a software security platform pioneering a new era of self-protecting software. The company claims that only its software contains sensors that are embedded within applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise. This enables teams to accelerate development cycles at scale.
However, the reality of cybersecurity is that there is no silver bullet. Thus, despite demonstrating unique and impressive value, Contrast will always be fighting for dollars with competitors like Veracode. Nevertheless, the company's continued development of new capabilities is sure to keep it in the game.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2021
$150m
SERIES E
Feb 2019
$65m
SERIES D
Total funding: $269m
Company benefits
- Dental & vision cover
- Flexible paid time off
- Work from home opportunities
- Competitive compensation package (salary + equity)
- A fun and dynamic environment where you work with other like minded people on products which make a real difference to the security of our customers
- Free in-office lunches every day
- Healthcare packages
Company values
- Accountability
- Innovation
- Customers First
- Trust & Transparency
- Integrity
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Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
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Leadership
Arshan Dabirsiaghi
(Advisor)Initially served as Chief Scientist at the company before transitioning into their current role in September 2022. CTO of a current Stealth Startup. Former director of Research at Aspect Security, Master of Computer Science at Towson University.
Jeff Williams
(CTO)Former founder and CEO at Aspect Security, former director at Global Security Practice, Masters in Human Factors at George Mason University.
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