Finite State - Director of Product Management
Requirements
• 12+ years in product management with at least 5 years in B2B enterprise software in cybersecurity or an adjacent area, including experience managing or mentoring other PMs. You must be comfortable leading teams working on complex technical products. • 12+ years in product management • Domain experience in security-adjacent products. You have deep working knowledge and experience in Cybersecurity and have worked on products where security, compliance, or risk management are a core part of the value proposition — not just a feature. • Domain experience in security-adjacent products. • Market intelligence as a leadership skill. You're an exceptional researcher and synthesizer, and you've built processes that give your team a continuous, clear view of the competitive landscape, customer needs, and regulatory shifts. • Market intelligence as a leadership skill. • AI aptitude. Our team uses AI for research, content generation, synthesis, and analysis. You are an AI Native thinker and you have built AI capabilities into products, used AI to automate product workflows, and can coach others to do the same. • AI aptitude. • Executive communication skills. As a fully remote organization, we rely on clear written communication and data to make decisions. You're comfortable presenting to and influencing C-level stakeholders. • GTM partnership mindset. You understand how product decisions connect to revenue and have a track record of partnering with sales, marketing, and customer success at a strategic level. • GTM partnership mindset.
Responsibilities
• Own a product area end-to-end — and lead the team doing it. Set the vision, define key outcomes and metrics for product and customer success, and guide your team of PMs and cross-functional partners to build the right things at the right time. • Own a product area end-to-end — and lead the team doing it. • Be the authority on your domain. Develop and champion a deep understanding of the product security assurance challenges our customers face, and bring that perspective into executive and go-to-market conversations. • Be the authority on your domain. • Drive strategic prioritization. Make clear, defensible calls on what gets built and what doesn't — balancing customer needs, market opportunities, and business goals at a portfolio level. • Drive strategic prioritization. • Lead AI-powered product operations. Champion the use of AI automation to ensure the team always has the latest data driving product decisions, and build repeatable workflows your team can scale. • Lead AI-powered product operations. • Own product messaging at a strategic level. Partner closely with our go-to-market leadership to shape how we position new and improved capabilities — from customer narratives to analyst briefings. • Own product messaging at a strategic level. • Build across software and services. Our combination of software and services is key to our success. Partner with our services leadership to deliver exceptional outcomes for customers and identify new revenue opportunities. • Build across software and services. • Develop your team. Hire, coach, and grow product managers. Create clarity on roles, raise the bar on craft, and build a high-performing PM culture. • Develop your team.
Benefits
• Our salary ranges are based on experience and geographic location: • $219,000 - $300,000 • At Finite State, we're on a mission to secure the connected world. Our platform empowers product security teams to detect vulnerabilities, manage software supply chain risks, and ensure compliance across complex device ecosystems. From IoT to critical infrastructure, we provide unparalleled visibility into firmware and software components, helping organizations protect their products and customers. • We move with urgency and intent — we’re transparent, own outcomes, put customers first, speak up, and learn fast — turning evidence into action. CLARITY is how we move fast without breaking trust. • C - Customer first - Learn from customers. Ship with urgency. • L - Leverage - Outsource the routine. Own the result. • A - Agency - We take responsibility—end to end. • R - Results - Ship value. Improve fast. • I - Integrity - Speak up. Experiment boldly. Be kind. • T - Transparency - Clear context. Faster decisions. • Y - "Why" - Our mission—securing the connected products humanity depends on—is the reason Finite State exists. CLARITY is how we make that mission real, every day, at speed • Bold Innovation – We push boundaries, explore new ideas, and take initiative to solve complex problems. • The Finite State platform brings visibility and control to the supply chains that create connected devices and embedded systems—all in a simple to use platform and at the scale manufacturers need to keep device production on time and on budget. After unpacking and analyzing every file, configuration, and setting in a firmware build, the platform generates a complete bill of materials for software components, identifies known and 0-day vulnerabilities, shows a contextual risk score, and provides actionable insights that product teams can use to secure their software • We are proud to be an Equal Employer Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Finite State is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
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