Staff Product Manager, Rapid Response
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San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Get to Know Us
Horizon3 is a fast-growing remote cybersecurity company dedicated to the mission of enabling organizations to proactively find and fix and verify exploitable attack vectors before criminals exploit them. Our flagship product the NodeZeroTM platform delivers production-safe autonomous pentests and other key assessment operations that scale across the largest internal external cloud and hybrid cloud environments. NodeZero has been adopted by organizations of all sizes from small educational institutions to government agencies and Global 100 enterprises. It is used by ITOps/SecOps teams consulting pentesters and MSSPs and MSPs.
We are a fusion of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators startup engineers and formerly frustrated cybersecurity practitioners. Were committed to helping solve our common security problems: ineffective security tools false positives resulting in alert fatigue blind spots checkbox security culture cybersecurity skills shortage and the long lead time and expense of hiring outside consultants. Collectively we are a team of learn it alls committed to a culture of respect collaboration ownership and results.
About the Role
The Staff Product Manager for Rapid Response will own the product strategy roadmap customer experience and operating model for NodeZero Rapid Response. This leader will partner closely with the Attack Team Engineering Data Design Sales Marketing Customer Success Channel and Support to define how Horizon3 monitors emerging threats determines which vulnerabilities matter maps those threats to customer environments validates real-world exploitability and helps customers take action before attackers do.
Own the product vision strategy roadmap and measurable outcomes for NodeZero Rapid Response helping customers understand and respond to emerging vulnerabilities based on real exploitability and customer-specific risk.
Establish the end-to-end operating model for Rapid Response from initial threat signal through research prioritization customer relevance analysis exploit/test development notification remediation retesting and verification.
Set clear ownership decision rights service-level expectations and operating rhythms across the teams required to deliver Rapid Response at speed.
Drive standardization and scalability across Rapid Response research customer communications integrations and operational workflows.
Establish and grow exploit-intelligence relationships with security vendors researchers and other relevant intelligence providers to identify emerging Rapid Response opportunities as early as possible.
Define the threat intelligence strategy for Rapid Response across vendor advisories CVEs CISA KEV public research exploit repositories attacker activity and other sources of vulnerability and exploit intelligence.
Develop a prioritization framework for determining which vulnerabilities warrant immediate Rapid Response coverage based on exploitability attacker utility prevalence customer footprint potential impact and evidence of exploitation in the wild.
Partner directly with vulnerability researchers and attack engineers to assess exploit prerequisites affected products and versions attack techniques mitigations and the evidence and production-safety controls needed to validate exploitability in customer environments.
Build capabilities that identify which customers environments and assets are potentially affected by an emerging threat using asset intelligence technology fingerprinting exposure context historical NodeZero data and other relevant signals.
Drive the product onboarding and Customer Success motion required to get 100% of customers to run EAD and keep discovery current so Rapid Response notifications can be relevant and actionable.
Drive automation that accelerates exploit and test development including reusable research and exploit-development workflows AI-assisted analysis automated data collection quality gates and production-safety checks.
Define and monitor operational metrics such as time from disclosure to threat assessment time to customer relevance determination time to test availability alert precision validation coverage remediation rates and retest rates.
Track Rapid Response test rates by event customer segment and technology to ensure the offering is delivering measurable customer value and to identify adoption gaps that require product or go-to-market action.
Own Rapid Response attach-rate analysis and define customer-level triggers for renewals new ARR and expansion when an event is relevant to a customers technology stack industry or exposure profile.
Partner with Alliances Channel and Marketing to turn Rapid Response intelligence and event content into partner plays enablement packaging and campaigns that accelerate attach rates and qualified demand.
Define the measurement funnel from threat event to awareness customer notification test execution remediation pipeline influence retention and expansion and use those insights to improve the product and go-to-market motion.
Own the quality of the Rapid Response user experience and reporting ensuring customers can quickly understand whether they are affected see proof take action communicate results internally and confidently demonstrate the value of the product.
Define how Rapid Response fits into customer security operations through notifications APIs ticketing SIEM/SOAR vulnerability management and other security and IT workflows.
Partner with Sales Marketing Customer Success Channel and Support to drive launches enablement customer education adoption event response and feedback loops for Rapid Response.
Engage directly with CISOs vulnerability management teams SOC teams incident responders security researchers prospects and partners to understand emerging-threat response workflows and unmet needs.
Hybrid role is located in San Francisco New York or Washington DC. Role may require up to 20% travel to be successful.
7 years of Product Management experience building deeply technical B2B SaaS products with significant cybersecurity experience and depth in one or more domains such as vulnerability management exposure management offensive security incident response SOC operations attack surface management endpoint security or threat detection and response.
Threat intelligence experience is required. You have hands-on experience working in or closely with cyber threat intelligence vulnerability intelligence threat research emerging-threat response or a closely related discipline.
Strong technical understanding of the vulnerability and exploitation lifecycleincluding CVEs CISA KEV vendor advisories proof-of-concept exploits exploitation in the wild affected products and versions exploit prerequisites mitigations and remediationwith enough depth to work directly with vulnerability researchers and attack engineers on safe exploitability validation.
Experience translating threat intelligence into actionable customer outcomes rather than simply presenting feeds scores or lists of vulnerabilities.
Experience building products that combine multiple sources of telemetry intelligence and customer context to make high-confidence decisions.
Strong product judgment and the ability to make decisions quickly when information is incomplete the threat landscape is changing rapidly and emerging vulnerabilities require response outside normal business hours.
Proven ability to work closely with engineers designers researchers and security practitioners to translate complex technical capabilities into scalable product experiences.
Strong communication stakeholder-management and data-driven decision-making skills with experience using customer feedback threat data product analytics and operational metrics to prioritize investments and communicate clearly with customers executives and go-to-market teams.
Perks of Horizon3
Inclusive Team: We value diversity and promote an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
Growth Opportunities: Be part of a dynamic and growing team with numerous career development opportunities.
Innovative Culture: Work in a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and out-of-the-box thinking.
Hybrid & Remote Work: We embrace a mix of remote and hybrid work models depending on role and location including our Chicago office where some roles require regular in-office presence.
Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive salary equity and benefits. Our benefits include health vision & dental insurance for you and your family a flexible vacation policy and generous parental leave.
Compensation and Values
At Horizon3 we believe that our people are our greatest asset and our compensation philosophy reflects this core value. We are committed to fostering an environment where all employees feel valued respected and rewarded for their contributions. Our compensation structure is designed to be fair competitive and transparent ensuring that every team member is recognized and compensated equitably across roles levels and locations.
In accordance with various States transparency regulations we provide the following salary range information for this position:
Base salary range: $225250 - $265000 annually. The exact salary will be determined based on the selected candidates location qualifications experience and relevant skills.
Additional compensation: All full-time roles are eligible for an equity package in the form of stock options.
You Belong Here
Horizon3 is not just an equal opportunity employer - we are a community that values diversity equity and inclusion as fundamental principles of our culture and success. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected regardless of race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information marital status or any other legally protected status by law.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion means we strive to attract develop and retain a workforce that reflects the varied communities we serve. We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and strengthen our ability to create cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. At Horizon3 every team member is valued and supported in an environment that encourages personal and professional growth.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply. Come be a part of Horizon3 where your unique contributions are recognized and your potential is limitless.
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About Company
Horizon3.ai enables organizations to continuously assess the security posture of their enterprise across many attack surfaces.
