Arctic Wolf, with its unicorn valuation, is the leader in security operations in an exciting and fast-growing industry—cybersecurity. We have won countless awards for our excellence in security operations and remain dedicated to providing an industry-leading customer and employee experience.
Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager – Data Platform to be part of making that happen.
About the Role
If you are creative and highly organized (yes, it is possible, please keep reading), a motivated self–starter, thrive in an energized atmosphere (aka something is always happening, and it’s usually quite loud), like to solve complex and interesting problems, don’t ever want to be bored at work, can speak engineer (and C-suite), and want to learn something new every day, then come join us at Arctic Wolf Networks.
In this position you will have an opportunity to help build an ever-growing and evolving, Big Data cloud platform. You will work with all platform groups - architecture and engineering, and internal consumers across all layers of platform, services, and features. You will need to organize your roadmap to deliver value, with quality and integrity, in small-ish, frequent, and incremental releases. This will be based on collected requirements and their priority, architecture and optimizations, engineering assessment and input, and your own metrics, KPIs, and success criteria.
If you are starting to see the sheer breadth and depth of this endeavour, and you are feeling slightly uncertain – That’s good! The right person for this job will be honest, transparent, kind, a fast learner, hardworking, and humble. You will be supported to learn new things, try different methods, think outside the box, and be part of the solution.
About You
To succeed in this role, you'll need:
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Product Management experience, preferably on Platforms (3+ years)
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Knowledge and experience in cloud tech stacks and software, from ideation to EOL
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Experience working with Data and Software Architects, tech leads, and agile engineering teams
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Ability to group and frame requests into generic requirements
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Must have a BS/BA degree in Engineering, Computer Science/IT, or Science.
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Desire and willingness to learn (a lot of) new stuff.
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Excellent communication skills – at all organization levels
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Knowledge of and experience in Cyber Security space (preferred)
Key Responsibilities
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Partner with Engineering directors and team managers to prioritize and streamline current backlogs, and set up for future backlog grooming; know and understand the nuances of current state of all in-flight projects and blockers or risks that need immediate resolution or escalation; collaborate with tech leads to reduce interruptions to engineering teams
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Align priorities and dependencies with platform architecture and engineering, and with PMs of consumer services and features to ensure system integrity and value focused roadmap. Balance value with technical challenges to produce a fast moving, incrementally deliverable, quality product.
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Present value-based roadmaps, plans and structure for “next” big project, propagate strategy and roadmap information to teams
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Capture, document, and communicate detailed and measurable goals and objectives. Define and track product telemetry to validate costs, growth and usage projections (and adjust if necessary).
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Build collaborative relationships with other teams and stakeholders within the organization.
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Mentor junior PMs and Interns
About Arctic Wolf
At Arctic Wolf, we recognize that success comes from delighting our customers. We believe in being lean – in constantly building, measuring, and learning in all aspects of our business. And, we truly value people. All wolves are welcome to join the Arctic Wolf pack, with compelling compensation packages, benefits, and equity for employees.
Our Values
Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.
We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.
We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.
All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:
Equity for all employees
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Flexible time off, paid volunteer days and paid parental leave
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RRSP and 401k match
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Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
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Health Savings and Flexible Spending Agreement
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Voluntary Legal Insurance
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Training and career development programs
Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing [email protected].
Previous security experience is preferred but not required. We provide all the cybersecurity training you need during onboarding and on-the-job training.
Security Requirements
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Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).
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Background checks are required for this position.
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Please note that, if applicable, an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations.
What We Do
The cybersecurity industry has an effectiveness problem. Every year new technologies, vendors, and solutions emerge, and yet despite this constant innovation we continue to see high profile breaches in the headlines. All organizations know they need better security, but the dizzying array of options leave resource-constrained IT and security leaders wondering how to proceed. At Arctic Wolf, our mission is to End Cyber Risk through effective security operations. To achieve this, we believe that organizations must do three key things:
