Product Manager - Vault

at Pangea

US Based (Remote or HQ California)

Pangea is a well-funded startup whose leaders and investors rank among the most successful veterans of the security industry. Pangea provides developers and security teams the industry’s Security Platform as a Service that uniquely empowers developers to build Secure by Design applications faster. 

About Us
We live and breathe our company values:

Team - Every team member relies on each other, and we build a strong bond through open and transparent communication. By doing this well, we deliver for our customers, and they can confidently rely on us. Trustworthy teams are how we can build an incredible company together.

Culture - Our team is best when every individual brings their own uniqueness with confidence. We never stop learning and never stop questioning. Every interaction with our teammates or customers is an opportunity to learn something. Work hard and have a great time while we accomplish great things together.

Innovation - Speed matters. We obsess over our customers and react to their needs quickly to give them an exceptional experience from the products that we build. We do this by connecting our own builders directly with customers, taking calculated risks, and making good decisions quickly.

Leadership - We thrive on open communication and teamwork. Managers are at Pangea to manage complexity, and not control. Managers give their team the tools, the opportunities, and support needed to deliver, and provide them with the freedom to succeed. We win as a team.

We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to help drive the direction of Pangea’s Vault service, which is a critical offering in Pangea’s broader Security Platform as a Service (SPaaS). Pangea’s Vault service is a developer-friendly offering that makes storing, generating, and managing cryptographic keys and secrets very easy. In this role, you’ll help define and execute on the product strategy, including definition of Vault features, influencing the UI design, definition of API endpoints, working on the strategy, KPIs and roadmap for the Vault service. You’ll focus specifically on the developer experience and ensuring it’s aligned with the mental model of our user personas.  

You’ll spend your time:

• Defining the features and developer experience of our Vault service
• Managing the Vault backlog of epics and user stories, as well as the product release cycle with engineering
• Conducting developer and market research in the areas of secrets, key, and certificate management
• Defining the API endpoints for new APIs
• Monitoring KPIs in usage dashboards and Full Story, and making recommendations on how to improve engagement in the product
• Build UI wireframes for product concepts 
• Engaging with the developer community on vault-oriented and general security topics
• Managing pricing for the Vault service 
• Contribute blogs on relevant topics within the Vault product category, as well as the emerging trends in programming, APIs, and security.
• Be in the constant know of emerging use cases and developer challenges in and around Vaults
• Study and understand the independent as well as the enterprise developer mindsets and personas in the context of Vault
• Competitive analysis

You should apply if you:

• 4 years of experience as a Product Manager.
• Have a proven track record with delivering SaaS products to market from business case thru to GTM and successful customer adoption
• Love the art and science of product management
• Are customer-obsessed! Have in-depth understanding of how successful developer/user experience are defined
• Have a deep understanding of Vaults, how developers user them, and what operating environments they must integrate in
• Have a keen ability to synthesize a mass of data including market research, user feedback and asks, industry standards and general trends and then translating this into experience strategy and roadmap
• Are comfortable influencing and leading with a wide range of different internal stakeholders, from internal engineers to executives
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, and enjoy helping others to learn new things
• Are comfortable in a distributed work environment to  collaborate across time zones and cultures, and working with technical oriented teams
• Conducting ongoing customer and prospective customer conversations to acquire a deep understand of their needs and pain points to identify new opportunities for Pangea
• Working in a fast-paced, empowered, distributed environment that respects the team, our customers, and our partners.
• Working collaboratively, communicate proactively, take a team-first mind-set, and skillfully give and receive difficult feedback when necessary
• Familiar and excited to be working with an early stage start-up, and drive flexible processes to meet our product adoption needs

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Equity – stock options
• Flexible PTO
• Remote work with team meetup opportunities
• Health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family

The base compensation range for this role, not including bonus, is $120,000-$160,000. The base salary range is specific to the United States.  The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, work location, specialty and training. If the final candidate has a different level of experience, the base salary target range may be lower or higher than what is published.

Pangea is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.