Product Manager - Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Overview

If you're out to disrupt #CloudSecurity, come join us working for the largest security company in the world, on the leading planet-scale products! 🚀

At the Microsoft Cloud Security team, we take immense pride in developing a diverse set of security products and services that are leaders in their respective market segments. Our innovative solutions have set new industry standards, earning global recognition safeguarding critical infrastructure at the highest scale. 

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) designed to protect cloud-based applications running in all major cloud providers, including cloud security posture management (CSPM) that finds weak spots across cloud configuration, helps strengthen the overall security posture and identify risk, and cloud workload protection (CWP) which identifies real-time attacks and helps the SOC respond and mitigate.

We’re a diverse group of talented professionals consisting of software engineers, security researchers, product managers, data scientists and UX designers, collaborating to develop products that secure our customers, including the biggest companies in the world.

You will work in a supportive and inclusive environment where you will learn and work alongside the best and brightest minds in the industry, and can make a significant impact, grow your skills and advance your career.

Responsibilities

• Drive product areas end-to-end within Microsoft Defender for Cloud, including building vision and strategy, define roadmap, help define business model and marketing messages and drive execution for successful results.
• Define features and own their backlog, works with Software Engineering (SWE) and design teams to align on tradeoffs, and partners with Product Marketing on the disclosure of the roadmap and outbound communication.
• Analyze customer and market signals to identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs and market opportunities for enhancements or development of multiple feature areas.
• Collaborate with others to identify the potential customer segments and investment opportunities. Evaluate tradeoffs, and prioritizes investments in consultation with cross-functional partner.
• Work closely and build trust with customers to help direct product roadmap and improve customer experience.
• Drive business impact across the organization and track success criteria and performance metrics. Be data driven with ongoing analysis of usage data.
• Communicate clearly about projects, risks, and accomplishments on behalf of the team.
• Guide and mentor other team members.
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager.
• Strong security background – must
  
  

Other Requirements

• Strong cloud background – Advantage
• Knowledge in architecture and design of scalable and high-performance cloud services – Advantage
• Devops/cloud operations experience - Advantage
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical equivalent, MBA - Advantage
• Team player, confident, independent, and enthusiastic!
• Great listener - deep customer empathy and ability to identify customer needs
• Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills in English
• Proven track-record delivering software products/services to market
• Experienced working with customers
• Proven technical, hands-on skills and/or experience
  
  

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Additional information

• Watch Microsoft Defender for Cloud overview video:
• Explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud 
• Learn What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud? 
  
  

Try out Defender for Cloud on your multi-cloud workload

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.