Technical Product Manager
Salt Security
Salt Security is the original API Security vendor pioneering the market as the first vendor in 2018. Since then we have exhibited hyper-growth in a number of customers, threats stopped, and revenue. We saw API security as the security battleground of the future years ago as APIs started to form the foundation of the application innovation needed to drive business success today. Across banks, retail and transportation, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities, every modern app depends on APIs. Attackers realize APIs are the conduits to all sorts of valuable data and services – within the year, APIs are predicted to be the number one application threat vector. Without secure APIs, businesses cannot rapidly innovate. Salt Security has delivered the only patented solution to discover all APIs and their exposed data, stop API attackers, and provide remediation details for dev teams to write more secure APIs.
At Salt, we’re passionate about what we do. We work as a team and embrace new ideas, wherever they come from. We also enjoy all the benefits of a startup environment, including quickly seeing the results of your work, making an outsized impact on our company, and solving diverse challenges.
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About the position:
Salt is expanding and seeking an outstanding Product Manager to join our product group. If you have strong leadership skills, a proactive problem-solving approach, an entrepreneurial mindset, attention to detail, and a steep learning curve - we are looking for you.
You will play a pivotal role in driving our data collection capabilities, which are vital components enabling our entire API security value chain - from APIs discovery to APIs vulnerabilities detection, and all the way to API thread monitoring. You will get to demonstrate your deep understanding of cloud architecture, API architecture ecosystem, excellent relationship-building skills with partners and internal stakeholders, and your ability to translate complex technical situations into smart product solutions.
What will you do:
- Take full ownership of our Salt data Collectors from third-party vendors, managing their full life cycle from streamlined deployment to accurate and efficient data acquisition.
- Develop, cultivate, and nurture technical partnerships with key stakeholders, including engineering teams, cloud service providers, and third-party integrators, to enhance data acquisition capabilities.
- Leverage your in-depth understanding of cloud technologies and ecosystem components to guide the evolution of data collection strategies.
- Collaborate with dozens of industry partners from the cloud, security, and API management ecosystems, to strengthen the technological and go-to-market partnerships, and ultimately create integrations that scale across billions of API calls.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, design, and other cross-functional teams to define and prioritize technical requirements, ensuring alignment with product roadmap and business goals.
- Collaborate with the Product Management team to contribute to the creation and refinement of the product roadmap, incorporating data acquisition strategies and improvements.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, market demands, and competitor offerings to inform data acquisition strategy and product enhancements.
Requirements:
- Proven experience (3+ years) in technical product management or related roles, with a focus on data acquisition, API technologies, and cloud technologies
- Experience in working with B2B SaaS/Cloud products
- Strong technical background or hands-on experience in software development
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc., and experience with APIs and data collection methodologies
- Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills to foster partnerships with technical stakeholders and external partners
- problem-solving skills with a track record of translating complex technical concepts into actionable product strategies
- Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to create clear technical documentation and present complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
- MS/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent - Advantage