Product Manager

Who are we?

Checkmarx is the leader in application security and ensures that enterprises worldwide can secure their application development from code to cloud. Our consolidated platform and services address the needs of enterprises by improving security and reducing TCO, while simultaneously building trust between AppSec, developers, and CISOs. At Checkmarx, we believe it’s not just about finding risk but remediating it across the entire application footprint and software supply chain with one seamless process for all relevant stakeholders.

We are honored to serve more than 1,800 customers, which includes 40 percent of all Fortune 100 companies, including Siemens, Airbus, Salesforce, Stellantis, Adidas, Walmart, and Sanofi.

We’re excited to expand our global presence with the opening of a new site in Pune, India—an innovation hub designed to attract top talent and fuel the future of application security. Joining our Pune team means working on cutting-edge technologies in cloud, DevSecOps, and AI-driven security and being part of a high-impact engineering culture where your code helps secure the software that powers the world.

Product Manager

We seek a product manager with strong inbound and outbound capabilities to join the Checkmarx Product Management team. This role requires a vision for delivering impactful customer experiences, a broad understanding of the roles and daily activities of CISOs and AppSec managers, and an understanding of their KPIs.

The product manager should be collaborative, data-driven, action-oriented, and comfortable interacting with customers globally. The ideal candidate will possess a solid mix of technical and business skills and be able to transition easily between working with development, design, instructional content creation, customers, and field-facing teams. Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment within a corporation is highly advantageous.

What will you do?

Initiate product strategy, roadmaps, and thought leadership for at least two engineering teams by thoroughly understanding their roles and needs while aligning with Checkmarx’s overall strategy.

Execute the roadmap with a large team of developers, a QA partner, and a program manager to deliver value to our customers.

Work with the Director of Product Management to define and prioritize a backlog of work, including creating epics and user stories. Be data-driven in prioritizing features and quality improvements.

Collaborate with customer developers, sales, R&D, support, and other product managers to deliver product releases aligned with business needs and Checkmarx’s unified platform-based portfolio for an integrated end-user experience.

Requirements:

• At least four years of relevant work experience as a product manager—a must
• Experience with AppSec—a significant advantage
• Experience with data-based products—a significant advantage
• Technical background (engineering, DevOps, security)—a huge benefit
• Experience working with B2B SaaS/Cloud products
• Strong inbound skills—prior experience working with software developers and communicating technical requirements to development teams and other product units. Experience working with R&D, PGM, and QA teams.
• Outbound skills—experience working with top-tier clients.
• Strong understanding and practical experience with data tools like Gainsight, Pendo, etc.
• Experience with agile methodologies and an MVP approach.
• Demonstrated intense, structured, data-driven problem-solving and prioritization skills for complex, multi-dimensional problems.