Product Manager

At F5 we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create secure and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers and their customers better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

The Product Manager plays a pivotal role in product development for F5s App Security product portfolio. This position requires an in-depth understanding of market dynamics in Cybersecurity as well as strong leadership communication skills partnering and analytical abilities to help build a shared vision and execute to establish a market leading position for F5s Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) portfolio.

F5 is seeking aProduct Manager to drive the vision strategy and roadmap forWeb Application Firewall (WAF)capabilities in ourDistributed Cloud WAAPportfolio. This role is instrumental in delivering next-generation application security as a globally scalable SaaS offering protecting Web and API traffic from OWASP threats abuse zero-day exploits and L7 DDoS. With the increasing use of AI in applications you will get to be a part of defining new ways to protect these advanced applications.
As the WAF Product Manager within the Distributed Cloud team you will be responsible for advancing capabilities to protect applications. You will collaborate cross-functionally with threat researchers engineering UX GTM teams and customers to create an intelligent and highly usable security platform for modern SecOps teams.

Primary Responsibilities

Product Delivery:

• Own theend-to-end product strategyfor key areas within our Web Application Firewall (WAF) offering in the F5 Distributed Cloud Platform.
• Define prioritize and deliver features.
• Collaborate withengineeringto build scalable WAF engines optimized for global performance and low-latency mitigation.
• Partner withThreat Research & AI/ML teamsto integrate LLMs behavioral detection ML and anomaly models into protection logic.
• Work closely withUXto deliver a user experience that empowers the SecOpsusers.
• Supportgo-to-market execution documentation training and enablement for field partners and customers.
• Measure product success usingdata-driven KPIs(adoption effectiveness false positives customer satisfaction etc).
• Collaborate with F5s broader portfolio (BIG-IP NGINX) for unified WAAP positioning.
• Ensure accountability for product success and present data-backed findings during business reviews and QBRs

Customer Engagement & Feedback:

• Engage with customers to understand their goals constraints and requirements
• Prioritize product capabilities based on customer feedback and business value

Market Analysis:

• Position F5 WAF offering with a competitive edge in the market
• Validate market demand based on customer usage
• Conduct in-depth research to stay abreast of developments in Application Security

Team Collaboration:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to make informed decisions on product backlog prioritization
• Foster strong relationships with engineering sales marketing and customer support teams
• Work with technical teams to ensure seamless product rollouts
• Work with key decision makers in marketing and sales to ensure smoot product delivery to customers

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Technical Skills:

• Proficient with Application Security products such as Web Application Firewalls DDoS protection API Security Bot protection or proxies & corresponding core security and networking concepts
• Well versed with Threat Intelligence and Threat Research domains
• Knowledgeable about the needs of the SecOps user persona with respect to delivering and securing Applications and APIs.
• Familiar with LLM Machine Learning Anomaly Detection and key data science concepts
• Well versed with SaaS security services and approaches

Stakeholder Management:

• Demonstrate strong leadership negotiation and persuasion capabilities
• Effectively manage and navigate expectations from diverse stakeholder groups
• Uphold a data-driven approach amidst a fast-paced changing environment

Analytical Skills:

• Ability to generate data-driven reports and transform complex data into actionable insights
• Proven skills in data analytics and making data-backed decisions
• Strong awareness of technology trends and potential influence on F5s business

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a engineering or a relevant field is required
• Cybersecurity technical background is required
• Prior software development or technical experience is required
• 5 years of product management in Cybersecurity
• MBA preferred

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

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