Staff Product Manager

Location

This is a hybrid role that requires on-site work at our London office three (3) days a week. Our office is conveniently located in WeWork at 1 Mark Square, London, EC2A 4EG.

Elevator Pitch

Stacklok is seeking a Staff Product Manager to define product strategy for Stacklok Insight, a package intelligence service that helps developers make safer dependency choices by understanding the activity level and risk profile of an open source package. Stacklok Insight is a critical part of Stacklok’s mission to make it easier for developers to securely develop software. You will play a pivotal role defining compelling and competitively differentiated capabilities, communicating our roadmap to internal and external stakeholders, understanding our customers deeply, and bringing new capabilities to market. This is a unique opportunity to drive product strategy in the confluence of security, AI/ML, and developer tools, and have an outsized impact on product direction at a fast-paced startup.

Role Success: 6-12 Month Expectations 

• Understand the market, competition, and user requirements in depth within the first 3 months of joining. This will require you to consume material voraciously, get hands-on experience with existing tools, and drive strategic discussions with customers.
• Partner with Stacklok founders and VP of Product to refine and map the corporate strategy to a go-forward strategy for Stacklok Insight within the first 6 months of joining, leveraging your understanding of the market and Stacklok’s core differentiators. This will require you to identify differentiating capabilities, understand user needs deeply, and clearly communicate how your vision will drive adoption and business impact.
• Partner with engineering to deliver and launch new features within the first 6-12 months of joining, evaluate their performance, and iterate quickly. This will require a data-driven approach and an ability to collaborate closely with and influence teams including engineering and marketing.

In this Role, You will have the Opportunity to:

• Use your deep insights into target markets, the competitive landscape, customer needs, and industry trends to inform product strategy and drive short- and long-term feature definition.
• Collaborate closely with our customers and own a handful of strategic customer relationships end-to-end.
• Establish and track key performance indicators and success metrics for Stacklok Insight, and use data and feedback to inform product decisions and priorities.Partner with engineering to drive successful feature releases. You will be engineering’s connection to our customers and will be responsible for bringing them along for the ride.
• Collaborate closely with and influence cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and product marketing.

We know from experience that not ticking every box on the skills sections stops many from applying. Please apply regardless of your self-assessment -- we want to hear from you! We have seen team members succeed with a diverse range of skills and experiences.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering multiple products from concept to adoption in the security and/or developer tools domains in fast-moving environments.
• Evidence of bringing “outside in” perspective to drive product roadmaps, including a deep understanding of how customers use the product.
• Analytical horsepower demonstrated by leveraging quantitative insights for products with tens or hundreds of thousands of users.
• Experience owning customer engagements end-to-end, including collaborating with C-level executives at customers across financial services, retail, technology, and other verticals
• Experience partnering with technical leaders with an ability to deep-dive into complex technical concepts across multiple domains.
• Strong technical background with fluency in security and data and ML concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

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