Salary
💰 $180,000 - $210,000 per year
About the role
- Own all aspects of the identity business including a clear product line growth strategy
- Drive field success within WatchGuard sales and the partner community.
- Work closely with the Senior Vice President of Product Management and other senior leadership.
- Responsible for using the product line P&L to lead all aspects of the identity business.
- Report to upper management on a bi-weekly basis on alignment with company OKRs and financial metrics.
Requirements
- General Manager or equivalent experience
- Deep expertise in modern authentication and authorization protocols (e.g., SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, FIDO2).
- Hands-on experience with identity platforms such as Okta, Duo, ForgeRock, Ping Identity, or SailPoint.
- Demonstrated ability to align identity strategy with broader enterprise security architecture and business objectives.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams and working with engineering, sales, marketing, compliance, and audit stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of Zero Trust principles and implementation across identity workflows.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with experience presenting to executive leadership and board-level stakeholders.
- Experience with compliance and regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, ISO 27001) as they relate to identity.
- Proven experience leading M&A integration efforts from an identity perspective.
- Familiarity with identity threat detection technologies and identity-centric security operations.
- Ability to influence and drive change across organizational boundaries and hierarchical levels.
- Telecommuting within commuting distance of the Seattle office is permitted.
- Comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Healthcare FSA
- FSA with employer contribution
- 13 holidays, including a floating holiday, Juneteenth, and your birthday
- 15 days of paid annual leave
- 9 days of paid sick time
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) with employer match
- Education assistance program
- Dependent Care FSA match
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility care support
- Backup care for family and pets
- A growing network of employee resource groups
- Employee referral program
- Employee Assistance Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
modern authentication protocolsauthorization protocolsSAMLOAuthOpenID ConnectFIDO2identity platformsZero Trust principlesidentity threat detection technologiesidentity-centric security operations
Soft skills
communication skillsstakeholder managementinfluencing skillschange managementcross-functional team management