Director, Product Operations

At Arctic Wolf were not just navigating the cybersecurity landscape - were redefining it. Our global team of dedicated Pack members is driving innovation and setting new industry standards every day. Our impact speaks for itself: weve earned recognition on theForbes Cloud 100 CNBC Disruptor 50 Fortune Future 50 and Fortune Cyber 60lists and we recently took home the2024 CRN Products of the Yearaward. Were proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services and earning a Customers Choice distinction from Gartner Peer Insights. Our Aurora Platform also received CRNs Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company thats not only leading but also shaping the future of security operations.

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. Were looking for a Director Product Operations to be part of making this happen.

Location: This role is open to Hybrid-Eden Prairie-MN-US Remote-US Hybrid-Waterloo-ON-CA Remote-CA.

The Director of Product Operations role exists to define drive adoption and accountability of an efficient software development lifecycle at Arctic Wolf. This individual will own codification of the product management outcomes through the SDLC ensuring consistency in product management-specific documentation standards and training; owning the strategy and implementation for any product management specific SDLC tooling and to drive consistent adoption and accountability. This role will monitor the implementation of the SDLC to ensure the product management organization is consistently driving to the standard identifying gaps and driving solutions in collaboration with PM leaders.

The Director of Operations is a strategic and executionfocused leader responsible for driving operational excellence across the organization. This role oversees crossfunctional processes ensures alignment between product engineering and business teams and establishes scalable operational frameworks that enable growth and efficiency. The Director of Operations will partner closely with senior leadership to define operational strategy optimize performance and ensure organizational readiness as the business evolves.

A key component of this role is serving as a subject matter expert (SME) in the Aha! product management platform or demonstrating significant experience with a comparable product management tool ensuring strong transferable skills in product planning roadmapping workflow management and crossteam coordination.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop implement and continually refine operational strategies processes and systems that support organizational goals.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives that drive efficiency operational alignment and predictable delivery.

• Establish and manage performance metrics operational dashboards and reporting frameworks to monitor progress and inform decisionmaking.

• Partner with Product Management Engineering and Program Management to streamline workflows prioritize initiatives and support successful execution of product roadmaps.

• Identify operational bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve throughput quality and scalability.

• Lead operational planning cycles including annual planning resourcing and sequencing of strategic initiatives.

• Standardize processes documentation and governance to ensure clarity accountability and operational consistency across teams.

• Manage risk assessment and mitigation strategies ensuring operational reliability.

• Serve as the organizational subject matter expert in Aha! or a similar product management tool enabling teams to drive adoption optimize usage and leverage data for decisionmaking.

• Support onboarding training and bestpractice integration for operationsrelated tools and processes.

• Influence and support changemanagement efforts to ensure smooth integration of new systems tools and methodologies.

• Influence

  • Provide scalable solutions like recorded training best practices templates targeted coaching to product managers to facilitate the creation of high quality epics throughout the product lifecycle; supporting clear understanding of problems suggested implementations and success metrics and an effective refinement process with engineering

  • Ensure product managers are creating and using effective meaningful success metrics; In partnership with PMO drive a process that regularly reviews deliverables against success criteria

  • Assist product management leaders with best practices and tactics to drive product manager involvement throughout the entire SDLC to enable consistent communication of value rapid problem solving and quick scope adjustment

  • Assist product management leaders with standard process for user acceptance test (beta EAP Design partners) and enabling cross-functional collaboration

  • Ensure Product Marketing are embedded early and often in the product development lifecycle and the software development lifecycle

  • Drive processes to enable high-impact UX engagement throughout the SDLC process so that UX time can be invested on the highest value work

  • Foster an environment with early and often cross-functional collaboration and involvement (IT ProdSec Legal GTO S2 etc)

  • Facilitate quick decision-making by acting as the point of contact for prioritization assistance

• Own

  • Product Organization Fiscal Year Annual Operating Planning process

  • Product Organization Quarterly Business Review process

  • Product Development Process and tools Product Manager of the Product Management process and implementation; identify hotspots in the process to address and identify coaching opportunities; Develop a cadence of spot-checking product management processes as teams move through the development process to identify areas of growth for the teams and undesired friction in the process

  • Identify opportunities to bring knowledge and data that provide value across all product management teams; implement ways to enable self-serve access to that knowledge and data

  • Implement and maintain a road-mapping process that allows for efficient support of greenlight process requirements and consistently communicates and delivers customer and stakeholder value

  • Own Product Management specific tooling (usage contracting mgmt); Drive consistent standardized and efficient usage our tooling (Aha! Jira Confluence XLS) determine what the right tool is for the outcome

  • Own the pieces of the SDLC with product involvement; enable a culture of continuous learning and improvement; monitor the effective implementation of the SDLC identify opportunities for tooling process and people improvements and drive a metrics-oriented view of the health of the PM components of the SDLC

  • Own and drive a set of metrics in support of the SDLC and at the discretion of the product SVP to support the product lines as a whole function

  • Own the business case template and lifecycle from pitch through launch ensuring clear reporting against goals throughout the lifecycle

  • Own the product line strategy templates and lifecycle Ensuring strategies include 3yr plan where are you going how you are going to win supporting research; clear reporting against strategic goals for AWN

Key Skills

• Strong operational strategy development and execution abilities

• Exceptional Product Management Knowledge This role is the Product Manager of the Product Management process; must have a deep experiential knowledge of product management and be able to translate that experience into best practices templates and standardization

• Excellent cross-functional leadership communication and stakeholdermanagement skills

• Expertise in scaling processes optimizing workflows and implementing operational frameworks

• Ability to analyze complex data identify trends and make datadriven decisions

• Strong problemsolving critical thinking and organizational skills

• High proficiency with operational and productivity tools

• Deep experience with Aha! or strong transferable expertise from similar tools (e.g. Jira Advanced Roadmaps Productboard etc.)

• Ability to influence without authority and build strong relationships across teams

• High EQ; able to build consensus without direct authority through disagree and commit style agreements; Exemplary communicator across all mediums (Slack Video Email Powerpoint Word); Ability to influence and align across many stakeholder groups

• Strong presentation and executive communication skills

• Continuous Learner researching new things to get better

• Left Shift the problems driving towards continuous improvement as a culture Streamline Process to get the right outcomes identify bottlenecks and come up with solutions to remove the bottlenecks; implement scalable processes across product teams

• Extensive Agile SDLC experience frameworks and tools

• Tempo Setter not just a braintrust evangelist of the process driving culture and setting a tone; Advocate for excellence in the process create a sense of spirit across teams; celebrate accomplishment & achievement reinforcing good behaviors

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Operations Product Management or related field

• 8 years of experience in operations program management product operations or a similar discipline

• Proven experience leading crossfunctional initiatives in a complex fastpaced environment

• Demonstrated ability to build and optimize operational processes

• Experience with Aha! or equivalent productmanagement tools

• Strong analytical and reporting capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree (MBA or related discipline)

• 1012 years of experience in operations leadership roles

• Experience supporting product or technology organizations at scale

• Certification in Lean Six Sigma Agile or similar methodologies

• Prior responsibility for tool governance configuration and enablement of Aha! or comparable platforms

• Experience in change management organizational design or operational maturity transformation

• Background in software or technologyfocused environments

About Arctic Wolf

At Arctic Wolf we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that thrives on diversity of thought background and culture. This is reflected in our multiple awards including Top Workplace USA (2021-2024) Best Places to Work USA (2021-2024) Great Place to Work Canada (2021-2024) Great Place to Work UK (2024) and Kununu Top Company Germany (2024). Our commitment to bold growth and shaping the future of security operations is matched by our dedication to customer satisfaction with over 7000 customers worldwide and more than 2000 channel partners globally. As we continue to expand globally and enhance our technology Arctic Wolf remains the most trusted name in the industry.

Our Values

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate thatby protecting peoples and organizations sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages including:

• Equity for all employees

• Flexible time off and paid volunteer days

• RRSP and 401k match

• Training and career development programs

• Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical mental health dental disability life and AD&D and value-added services

• Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with mental health services

• Fertility support and paid parental leave

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex orientation national origin age disability genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal provincial or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming accessible respectful and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such we strive to make our entireemployeeexperience as accessible as possible and provideaccommodationsas required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing

Security Requirements

• Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWNs Information Security policies standards processes and controls to protect the confidentiality integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).

• Background checks are required for this position.

• This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Please note that if applicable an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations.