Vice President, Network Security Product Management

Vice President, Network Security Product Management

Join Aryaka's dynamic team as a Vice President, Network Security Product Management to expand our Cloud & Edge Security portfolio. With over 15+ years of product management experience and a passion for network security, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping Aryaka's future in the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) landscape.

What You'll Do:

• Lead Security Services Portfolio: Manage Aryaka's growing security services portfolio, defining new offerings and product enhancements. Create detailed PRD/MRDs to guide engineering teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Aryaka's sales, service delivery, UI/UX, and engineering teams across the globe (California, Germany, and India) to design and launch security products and services.
• Technology Partnerships: Work with technology partners to negotiate contracts and manage relationships, ensuring synergy and alignment with Aryaka's strategic goals.
• Customer Engagement: Actively engage with customers to identify use cases and technical requirements. Assist them in adopting and deploying new functionality and services. Drive beta testing and incorporate feedback for continuous improvement.
• Sales Support: Assist sales teams in evangelizing and deploying new products and Go-To-Market initiatives. Create compelling business cases for new product initiatives and present them to Aryaka's executive team.
• Marketing Collaboration: Collaborate with product marketing teams on marketing campaigns and messaging to drive product growth.

Your Performance Objectives:

• Define requirements and business cases for Security Services, solidifying Aryaka's position as a leading SASE provider.
• Drive adoption and measure the success of Aryaka's security services, addressing any adoption barriers.
• Collaborate with UI/UX product managers and engineering teams to enhance the MyAryaka customer portal.
• Manage partner relationships on contractual, development, commercial, and go-to-market levels.
• Stay updated on market trends and competitive moves in the security domain.
• Create relevant collateral and content for product launches and field training in coordination with product marketing and sales engineering.

Your Short-Term Goals:

• Within the first 30 days, take control of partner relationships and customer trials, immerse yourself in Aryaka's strategy, and understand the technology stack.
• In the first quarter, take ownership of new features and services, engage with customers to determine MVP, and shape the security vision and roadmap.
• Within the first six months, measure success by customer adoption, influence Aryaka's security development, and work closely with key stakeholders to evangelize Aryaka's SASE portfolio.

Experience:

• Technical Experience: 15+ years of experience in the networking security industry that includes progressively responsible roles in product management, engineering, or related areas. Additionally, you will have a deep understanding of network security technologies, including software-defined perimeter, encryption, next-generation firewalls, and secure web gateways.
• Curiosity and Energy: Your inquisitive nature, high energy, and collaborative spirit are your assets for success. You're driven by a sense of urgency and a passion to excel.
• Global Mindset: You have worked seamlessly across different time zones, from North America and Europe to the Asia Pacific regions.

What's in it for You:

• Exciting Role: You'll work at the forefront of cloud-delivered security solutions integrated with SD-WAN and Edge Security, gaining valuable experience in Enterprise SaaS and managed services.
• Global Impact: Aryaka serves a globally distributed customer base, offering you the chance to make a substantial and visible impact on a global scale.
• Experienced Team: Collaborate with a team of seasoned product managers and professionals.

Who are we –  

Aryaka is the leader and first to deliver Unified SASE as a Service, the only SASE solution designed and built to deliver performance, agility, simplicity and security without tradeoffs. Aryaka meets customers where they are on their unique SASE journeys, enabling them to seamlessly modernize, optimize and transform their networking and security environments. Aryaka’s flexible delivery options empower enterprises to choose their preferred approach for implementation and management. Hundreds of global enterprises, including several in the Fortune 100, depend on Aryaka for cloud-based software-defined networking and security services. For more on Aryaka, please visit www.aryaka.com. 

Why Aryaka – 

We have won “Great Places to Work” World-Wide for 4 consecutive years because we have an amazing company culture that is inviting, collaborative, supportive, and inclusive to our employees.  We encourage our employees to expand their knowledge base and provide the tools to help them get there.  We are always innovating and looking at ways to improve and expand, and we listen to our employees and their ideas.  We have an amazing group of very respected “Thought Leaders” who are always open to mentoring.  Our Benefits are World-Class, and we have a flexible work structure to allow you to maximize on your work/life balance.   

Compensation: Base salary range $240,000 - $290,000 + Bonus + Equity + Benefits

Aryaka Networks, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and supporter of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. All candidates from all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, and gender identities are strongly encouraged to apply. Aryaka considers the "whole person" without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. 

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