Principal 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.

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.

We are looking for a Principal Product Manager to join the F5 Distributed Cloud Product Management team. We're looking for someone with a proven application security background who is passionate about creating great products!

What you will be doing as a PM?

• Deliver Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) products with a primary focus on AI/ML on F5's Distributed Cloud SaaS platform.

• Define problem statements and product requirements led by customer focus.

• Design and prioritize product features, taking into consideration market trends, customer needs, and competitive differentiation.

• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver new features with velocity.

• Define priorities to ensure successful product launches on time and with quality.

• Collaborate across Sales, Marketing, and other functional teams to drive GTM activities and sales enablement.

• Drive usage and adoption of our products with customers.

• Evangelize features internally and externally to ensure that the value to customers is well understood and Sales and Marketing is enabled to drive wins.

• Engage with customers to drive adoption of products, identify unmet needs, and confirm use cases are achieving the intended goals.

• Establish clear and measurable metrics and KPIs for transparent tracking of what success means now and into the future.

• Be accountable for the success of Web App and API Protection (WAAP) products and capabilities with visibility for business reviews.

Required Skills, Experience, And Qualifications

• BA/BS in a relevant field, MBA desirable.

• 10+ years of experience in application security.

• Solid understanding of application delivery and application security concepts including OWASP Top Ten (Web Applications and API Security).

• 10+ years of experience as a product manager, technical product manager, or equivalent.

• Strong customer orientation, able to listen, prioritize and champion key initiatives and projects for product development.

• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technology clearly.

• Flexible, self-motivated, positive teammate.

• Ability to work independently or lead others on projects.

• Excellent leadership, negotiation & persuasion skills.

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.

The annual U.S. base pay range for this position is: $170,192.00 - $255,288.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Yello/Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.