Identity is having a moment. Every company is deploying agents spinning up service accounts and realizing their IAM stack cant keep up. Were building AI-native security that scales with this chaos and companies like Databricks Cloudflare and Figma are betting on us to get it right.
You will define and lead Opals product vision and strategy as our first Chief Product Officer. Youll build and scale our product organization work directly with security and engineering teams at Fortune 500s and startups alike understand their messy reality and cement our position as the leader in AI-native IAM. Youll report directly to our CEO and serve on the executive leadership team partnering closely with our CTO on technical strategy and our go-to-market leaders on positioning and growth.
Please note: Weve built a team that works exceptionally well together and has fun doing so. Were looking to bring on new teammates who will both add to and grow with what were building
Own Opals product vision and multi-year strategy. Define where we play how we win and what makes us the definitive IAM platform.
Drive category creation and position Opal as the authorization intelligence layer for modern enterprises
Partner with CEO and executive team on company strategy
Own what we build and where we expand. Work directly with customers to validate direction partner with engineering on technical strategy and ensure our roadmap positions us to win.
Partner deeply with engineering to drive technical strategy platform architecture and engineering roadmap alignment.
Recruit develop and retain exceptional product talent as we scale.
12 years in product management with at least 3 years in product leadership roles (VP Product Head of Product or CPO)
Track record building and scaling product organizations through hypergrowth
Deep experience with highly technical products in security infrastructure or developer tools
Proven ability to drive category creation or significant market redefinition
Experience building 1-to-n products that became market leaders or category standards
Strong technical background - either CS degree or you categorize yourself as an honorary engineer who can hold their own with principal engineers
History of successful executive partnership especially with Engineering and GTM leaders
Experience presenting to boards investors enterprise customers and external audiences
Strongly Preferred:
Security or identity domain expertise (IAM PAM IGA or adjacent spaces)
Platform product experience with API-first thinking
Enterprise SaaS experience selling to security buyers
Previous startup experience from early stage through scale
Track record of recruiting and developing exceptional product leaders
Required Experience:
Chief
Opal is the identity security platform for modern enterprises. With Opal, companies can implement least privilege, automate access reviews, and accelerate access requests.