Workiva

Principal Product Manager – Platform Security

Workiva

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $177,000 - $284,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own and drive the end-to-end product strategy for a paid Platform Security offering.
  • Define vision, roadmap, and success metrics for capabilities including BYOK, HYOK, audit logging, and related security features.
  • Identify market opportunities and customer needs to shape a differentiated enterprise security product.
  • Lead product development from ideation through launch and scale, partnering closely with engineering to deliver secure, scalable, and performant solutions.
  • Make principled tradeoffs between speed, risk, and long-term platform integrity.
  • Act as a thought leader across the platform organization, driving improvements in authentication, authorization, multi-tenant architecture, and organization management.
  • Influence platform standards, patterns, and best practices.
  • Work directly with enterprise customers to understand security requirements and validate solutions.
  • Partner with internal solution/product teams to ensure platform capabilities meet downstream needs.
  • Partner with Sales and Marketing to define packaging, pricing, and positioning for the security offering.
  • Enable Sales through clear value propositions, messaging, and supporting materials.
  • Drive successful product launches and adoption strategies.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of Product Management experience, with significant time in platform or infrastructure products.
  • Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Track record of delivering 0→1 products and scaling them in market
  • Experience launching enterprise or SaaS security products such as encryption, key management, or audit/compliance.
  • Prior engineering experience.
  • Deep understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Authentication & Authorization frameworks (OAuth, SAML, RBAC/ABAC), and Multi-tenant system design.
  • Expertise in encryption and key management concepts including BYOK, HYOK, and KMS integrations.
  • Ability to operate as a platform-level thought leader influencing teams across engineering, design, security, and go-to-market.
  • Strong intuition for balancing usability with robust security and compliance requirements.
Benefits
  • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
  • 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Product ManagementPlatform SecurityEnterprise Security ProductsSaaS SecurityEncryptionKey ManagementIdentity and Access Management (IAM)Authentication FrameworksAuthorization FrameworksMulti-tenant System Design
Soft Skills
LeadershipStrategic ThinkingInfluencingCollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingCustomer UnderstandingTradeoff AnalysisUsability BalancingThought Leadership
Certifications
Degree in Computer Science