Darktrace is a global leader in AI for cybersecurity that keeps organizations ahead of the changing threat landscape every day. Founded in 2013, Darktrace provides the essential cybersecurity platform protecting nearly 10,000 organizations from unknown threats using its proprietary AI.
The Darktrace Active AI Security Platform™ delivers a proactive approach to cyber resilience to secure the business across the entire digital estate – from network to cloud to email. Breakthrough innovations from our R&D teams have resulted in over 200 patent applications filed. Darktrace’s platform and services are supported by over 2,400 employees around the world. To learn more, visit http://www.darktrace.com.
Job Description:
We’re looking for a Director of Product to play a key role in shaping our product capability within our Platform Services division.
This is an opportunity for a highly experienced product leader who brings strong product craft, external perspective, and a passion for driving impact at scale. You’ll lead a small team of product professionals, while also influencing product strategy, ways of working, and outcomes across a broader set of teams and senior stakeholders.
This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of working two days per week from our Cambridge office.
What you’ll be doing
Own and evolve your product area, developing a deep understanding of customer needs, use cases, and value drivers
Ensure the product delivers maximum value through strong feature design, performance, and customer enablement
Lead, coach, and develop a small team of Product Managers/Product Owners, building a high-performing and collaborative environment
Lead through influence, partnering with senior stakeholders to improve product practices and outcomes across Platform Services
Bring fresh thinking and external best practices to continuously raise the bar on product strategy and execution
Work closely with Engineering to shape and deliver a high-quality product roadmap
Partner with Product Marketing and go-to-market teams to ensure clear, compelling product positioning
What we’re looking for
Significant product management experience, ideally within Enterprise SaaS
A track record of applying learnings from different environments to improve product outcomes
Ability to drive alignment at senior levels through influence
Experience leading and developing product talent (even within smaller teams)
Strong collaboration across Engineering, UX, and commercial teams
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Benefits:
23 days’ holiday + all public holidays, rising to 25 days after 2 years of service,
Additional day off for your birthday,
Private medical insurance which covers you, your cohabiting partner and children,
Life insurance of 4 times your base salary,
Salary sacrifice pension scheme,
Enhanced family leave,
Confidential Employee Assistance Program,
Cycle to work scheme.
Darktrace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Darktrace is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact your Talent Partner.
Skills Required
- Significant product management experience
- Experience leading and developing product talent
- Ability to drive alignment at senior levels through influence
- Strong collaboration across Engineering, UX, and commercial teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Product experience within Enterprise SaaS (ideal)
Darktrace Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Darktrace and has not been reviewed or approved by Darktrace.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is considered strong in the U.S., with employer-paid medical, dental, and vision noted alongside good networks. Plan quality stands out as a core strength of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off typically includes around 20–21 days of PTO plus paid holidays, with mentions of an additional birthday day. Parental and family leave are also described as part of the offering.
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Affordable Benefits — Employer-paid health coverage for employees—often extended to dependents—reduces premium costs. This makes core medical benefits more financially accessible.
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What We Do
Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, delivers world-class technology that protects over 5,500 customers worldwide from advanced threats, including ransomware and cloud and SaaS attacks. The company’s fundamentally different approach applies Self-Learning AI to enable machines to understand the business in order to autonomously defend it. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company has 1,500 employees and over 30 offices worldwide. Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine’s ‘Most Influential Companies’ for 2021.
