Senior Product Manager, VMDR

About Qualys:

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based security, compliance, and IT solutions with over 10,000 subscription customers worldwide, including most of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. We help organizations streamline and automate their security and compliance solutions onto a single platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings.

As an integral part of the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, VMDR helps customers to continuously measure known and unknown risks, prioritize and communicate risk across vulnerabilities, and patch any device anywhere to remediate, mitigate, and block the attack paths to eliminate risk.

Brief Description:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Product Manager to join our VMDR team at Qualys. As a Principal Product Manager, you will play a crucial role in driving the strategy and execution of our flagship offering – Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection & Response (VMDR). You will bring a strong background in cybersecurity, a deep understanding of the vulnerability and threat landscape, a proven track record in leading successful product initiatives, and a “can do attitude” to help thousands of global enterprise customers secure their entire attack surface.

You will be responsible for managing roadmap, requirements, gathering customer feedback, prioritizing and launching product features for Qualys VMDR.  As a successful candidate, you will have the ability to interface and influence cross-functional teams throughout the company in a globally distributed environment. You will work closely with engineering, product design, product marketing, sales and solution engineering, and be a key member interfacing with product leadership and executive staff.  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, or engineering; MBA or equivalent experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in product management or 8+ years of experience in technical leadership, solution architect, or pre-sales engineering, with a focus on cybersecurity products and solutions.
• Strong technical background with a deep understanding of cybersecurity concepts, vulnerabilities, and incident response.
• Experience in Vulnerability Management (VM), Asset Management (AM), Attack Surface Management (ASM), Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), Exposure & Risk Management, application security, secure configuration management, policy compliance, file integrity monitoring, log management, SIEM tools and other adjacent cybersecurity domain expertise is preferred.
• Accomplished in product management skills (time management, data analysis, project leadership, stakeholder management, authoring documentation, and specifications) 
• Experience in defining roadmaps, technical requirements, especially for multiple teams in a cross-product matrix environment. 
• Experience leading technical teams and managing product owners. 
• Excited to work in a fast paced, high growth environment. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, utilizing data-informed insights for decision-making.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both technical and non-technical, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience with coordinating and communicating across multiple time zones.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for Qualys VMDR, ensuring alignment with company goals, customer needs, and industry trends.
• Foster strong relationships with customers to gather feedback, understand pain points, and translate insights into product requirements.
• Stay informed about cybersecurity trends, emerging threats, and competitor products to informed strategic decision-making.
• Define product themes, epics, and user stories as input to the product development.
• Collaborate with engineering, product design, and program management teams to prioritize, iterate and refine product plans.
• Identify, prioritize, and resolve tradeoffs and issues that might impede product delivery. 
• Define, acquire, and analyze metrics to guide product priorities and direction.
• Support Product Leadership with compelling product positioning and go-to-market.
• Collaborate with Marketing team for product positioning and launches.
• Support our Sales team with product pitch and demos for key accounts.

Join Us:

This is an extremely visible, hands-on leadership role where you will be part of a dynamic product team defining the future of Qualys VMDR. If you're excited about making a difference and playing a key role in the cybersecurity market and establishing yourself as a subject matter expert within a world-class enterprise technology company, we want to hear from you.