Staff Product Manager

Role Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. Thousands of Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Responsibilities

• Own with High Agency: Take end-to-end ownership of critical GRC and Privacy capabilities, frameworks, and platform investments. You will operate with high agency and accountability—writing clear product documents, driving cross-functional execution, and making sound trade-offs to ship secure, scalable, and compliant solutions across Dropbox’s product surface.
• Prioritize for Impact: Balance the roadmap between foundational work (e.g. compliance enablement, audit tooling, data governance infrastructure) and near-term deliverables that support regulatory needs and internal efficiencies. You will ensure prioritization aligns with risk reduction, trust-building, and business value.
• Understand the Customer: Collaborate closely with Legal, Compliance, Security, Engineering, Design, and Product teams to deeply understand user and regulatory needs—from enterprise customers seeking granular control to internal teams requiring audit and deletion safety nets. Use these insights to define product direction and inform prioritization across initiatives that protect data, mitigate risk, and reinforce trust.
• Drive Results: Navigate ambiguity and unblock teams through clear problem framing, risk trade-offs, and structured decision-making. You will forecast resource needs, align leadership, and communicate progress with clarity—ensuring successful delivery of critical infrastructure and cross-org programs.
• Lead Through Collaboration: Drive cross-functional and cross-organizational alignment to ensure shared understanding and collective ownership across teams. You will build trusted partnerships with Legal, Security, Compliance, Platform, and Business stakeholders—ensuring that GRC and Privacy priorities are embedded into broader product and infrastructure strategies.
• Build the Future Vision: Define and evolve the long-term vision for data protection, trust tooling, and governance experiences at Dropbox. Identify areas where Dropbox can lead with a principled approach to privacy, security, and transparency—shaping the future of compliant innovation.
• Market and Regulatory Awareness: Stay current on regulatory developments (e.g. GDPR, CCPA, AI governance), industry best practices, and customer expectations. Use this awareness to anticipate needs, guide investment, and ensure Dropbox’s platforms remain defensible and trusted across geographies and industries.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Business, Applied Mathematics or Statistics, or relevant field. MBA is a plus.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years of PM experience.
• Ability to define and evolve multi-year platform strategies across Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Privacy domains—balancing foundational infrastructure, regulatory compliance work, and forward-looking innovation.
• Proven experience operating in fast-paced environments and managing diverse sets of internal partners (e.g., Legal, Compliance, Security, Infra, Product).
• Demonstrated empathy for internal developer needs and enterprise customer behaviors—especially around control, transparency, and trust.
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to frame complex trade-offs, incorporate cross-functional perspectives, and drive clarity amidst ambiguity.
• Proficient in using both quantitative and qualitative signals to inform roadmap decisions and product direction.
• Clear, structured communicator with strong influencing and storytelling skills; able to align across legal, engineering, and executive audiences.
• Deep technical and domain expertise in platform infrastructure, compliance tooling, or trust frameworks.
• A consistent track record of end-to-end product delivery—from initial concept through design, launch, and scale—with measurable impact.
• Comfortable with strategic and financial concepts such as portfolio management, cost/benefit analysis, risk assessment, and investment planning.
• Ability to zoom out to industry trends, regulatory shifts, and evolving platform ecosystems, while staying grounded in implementation realities.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience, including at least 3+ years owning platform, infrastructure, or compliance-related products.
• Prior experience in regulated industries or domains (e.g., financial services, healthcare, or enterprise SaaS) with an understanding of evolving privacy laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).
• Experience building developer-facing platforms, internal tools, or policy enforcement frameworks with strong empathy for internal engineering and security teams.
• Familiarity with frameworks like SOC2, ISO 27001, NIST, or similar—especially in the context of product design and implementation.
• Experience leading cross-functional efforts involving Legal, Security, and Compliance teams to deliver scalable, auditable systems and controls.
• Prior work aligning product goals with risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and trust-building for enterprise customers.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex technical or regulatory topics in simple, strategic terms.
• MBA, MPP, or equivalent business/technical degree a plus, but not required.

Compensation