Staff Product Manager, Governance and Security

Summary

At Temporal, you'll change what's possible for software teams. Our customers are software architects, engineering Leaders and development teams inside the world's most innovative companies are looking for answers to accelerate and scale software delivery without the pain and cost of operationalizing distributed systems. 

The Staff PM for Governance and Security role is a new role we are creating in our fast-growing organization. This position is a high-profile, business-critical role driving initiatives to continually evolve and improve how organizations adopt and use our metered cloud service.  This role is a key piece of our growing Product Management team to lower the friction of customer acquisition and account growth by making it simple and powerful to integrate Temporal into the fabric of a customers’ identity, access, and governance machinery.

What You'll Do

• Develop and own the security product strategy and roadmap for solving problems around access and integration efforts that drive adoption of our core product.
• Work closely with enterprise customers to understand their needs for managing identity and access controls, resource provisioning, compliance, and integration into their systems and processes.
• Collaborate with cross functional leaders in  GTM, Engineering, and Security teams to understand customer security needs and challenges. Translate these insights into security features that enhance trust and usability.
• Serve as the internal and external advocate for security features, ensuring that all stakeholders understand the importance of security and how it’s integrated into our product.

What You'll Bring

• Strong understanding of Product Management fundamentals, including product lifecycle management, market research, roadmap development, prioritization, and translating customer needs into actionable product requirements.
• 8+ years of experience in product management, with at least 3 years focused on security, compliance, or governance in a SaaS or tech environment.
• Deep understanding of security practices, including data protection, authentication mechanisms, encryption standards, and security certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.).
• Hands-on experience ensuring product compliance with privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) and other industry-specific security requirements.
• Experience in developing or significantly revising features or machinery for managing users, access controls, resource allocation, and/or compliance. 
• Strong knowledge of how large enterprises and customer info-sec teams think about adopting new technology relative to their policies around user access and integration with security or governance regimes. 
• Proven experience working closely with customers to solve complex security and governance challenges while maintaining ease of use and a positive user experience.
• Strong candidates will have either had engineering orgs as a customer before or have other background around software delivery in a business.

Compensation

• The estimated pay range for this role is $196,000 - $245,000 depending on experience and geographical location.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.