VP Product - Pentera
We are looking for a VP Product the team will look up to and follow. A product leader who can lead a team of 12 PMs and make a difference, while making sure every product manager becomes the best version of themselves.
If you have the flare, the cyber knack, and the drive to lead product at a category leader with thousands of customers - keep reading.
The company
Pentera created the Automated Security Validation category. Our platform attacks organizations the way real adversaries do, so they find their weaknesses before someone else does. 350+ people, 1,300+ customers, 60+ countries. Backed by Insight Partners, K1, and Blackstone.
The role
You own the product. From strategy to sprint to revenue.
- Set the product vision and own the roadmap
- Lead, grow, and level up a team of 12 product managers
- Be the voice of the customer - to our research and development teams
- Work shoulder to shoulder with R&D to ship what matters, on time
- Drive our AI product strategy - this is where the category is going, and you'll take us there
- 10+ years leading product in enterprise B2B software, including managing managers
- Cybersecurity product leadership - with good technical understanding
- Proven track record of embedding AI/ML into products
- Battle-tested in complex enterprise sales cycles and hybrid SaaS + on-prem environments
- Good presentation skills - internally and externally - you are the voice of the product
Bonus points
- Security validation, pentesting, or attack simulation background
- High-growth, VC-backed experience
Pentera is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of product leadership experience in enterprise B2B software, including managing managers
- Proven track record in cybersecurity product, deep domain understanding
- Hands-on experience building or shipping AI-powered products
- Strong technical foundation; able to work deeply with engineering and research teams
- Experience serving global enterprise customers across complex sales cycles
- Experience in hybrid SaaS and on-premises software environments
- Familiarity with security validation, penetration testing, or attack simulation concepts
- Background in high-growth, VC-backed companies
Pentera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pentera and has not been reviewed or approved by Pentera.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay ranges and third-party salary snapshots are presented for multiple roles (e.g., senior backend engineering and SDR/AEs), suggesting compensation is positioned as competitive and legible by role. Aggregate compensation-and-benefits ratings are described as strong, reinforcing an overall positive pay signal.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching is repeatedly listed as part of the package, indicating support for long-term savings. Retirement coverage is also referenced in “retirement plans” language in job-post style descriptions.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Company equity/stock options are explicitly included in the total rewards description, indicating ownership-based compensation beyond salary. Equity is framed as part of a broader “comprehensive total rewards package,” implying it is a standard component rather than an exception.
Pentera Insights
What We Do
Pentera is the leader for Automated Security Validation, allowing every organization to test with ease the integrity of all cybersecurity layers, unfolding true, current security exposures at any moment, at any scale. As a result, thousands of security professionals and service providers worldwide use our platform to guide remediation and close security gaps before they are exploited. We are a unicorn with more than 380 employees around the globe, with over 1,000 customers in production in more than 60 countries! Pentera has won various Industry Awards, including the Frost & Sullivan “Best Practices Award for Global Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) Market Leadership 2022 and the 2020 Gartner Cool Vendor Award. We are backed by Top tier investors such as Insight Partners, K1 Investment Management, The Blackstone Group, and AWZ. Penterians are one team with a shared mission. Become a Penterian – change the way the world does cyber!
Why Work With Us
We believe that Penetration Testing (PT), as it stands today, is obsolete. Software and algorithms can do a better job at penetration testing and help businesses continually assess and improve their cyber risks using the threat-oriented approach.
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