Product Manager IV - IN

Role: Product Manager IV – Cybersecurity Shift Time: 2 pm to 11 pm IST Job Profile Summary The Product Manager (PM) ensures achievement of strategic revenue and growth objectives for Rackspace's managed cybersecurity portfolio, with primary focus on the Rackspace Cyber Defense Center (RCDC), Managed security offerings, AI augmented security capabilities, and strategic technology partnerships. Researches market trends, competitive dynamics, and customer needs within the managed security market. Translates findings into differentiated product requirements and go-to-market strategies. Plays a proactive role in product planning and solution design, working at an architectural level to evaluate and direct security technology investments. Develops content for marketing collateral, sales enablement, and partner materials. Involved throughout the entire product lifecycle from initiation through delivery and eventual retirement, working closely with engineering, security operations, alliance, and other internal stakeholder teams. Career Level Summary Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in cybersecurity product management and the managed security services market Leads others to solve complex problems spanning product strategy, security architecture, and customer outcomes Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations May provide functional leadership to teams or projects across the PM discipline Critical Competencies Excellence: Exceeds expectations by consistently demonstrating accountability, discipline, high performance, and a proven track record of exceptional results in product delivery. Customer-driven: Prioritizes customer security outcomes and satisfaction through collaborative and proactive problem-solving, with an unwavering commitment to customer success in an adversarial threat environment. Expertise: Possesses deep understanding of the managed security market, customer security program maturity, and the security detection and response technology landscape. Continually grows skills to provide customer-focused solutions. Agility: Quickly adapts to dynamic threat landscapes, evolving customer needs, and shifts in the competitive security market through innovative product solutions. Compassion: Cultivates a positive and supportive environment to effectively work toward a common goal, fostering trust within Rackspace and with external stakeholders including technology partners and customers. Key Responsibilities Own the product strategy and roadmap for managed security offerings and capabilities. Define and maintain product requirements grounded in customer security outcomes, threat landscape trends, and competitive positioning in the managed security markets. Evaluate and direct security technology investments at an architectural level — assessing solution sets, platform capabilities, and integration feasibility — in collaboration with engineering, delivery teams, and alliance partners. Facilitate build vs. buy vs. partner analysis for new security capabilities, weighing factors such as detection coverage, platform integrations, and operational delivery impact. Develop business cases for new managed security offerings, including revenue modeling, competitive differentiation, and go-to-market strategy. Partner with Product Marketing to develop messaging, collateral, and sales training materials that communicate the value of Rackspace security products to enterprise buyers. Serve as the PM voice in operational reviews, ensuring product direction aligns with SOC and engineering delivery capabilities and customer SLA commitments. Manage cross-functional product lines spanning detection engineering, threat intelligence, IAM, network security, cloud security, application security, onboarding, and partner-delivered capabilities. Mentor or coach other product managers within the PM team. Represent Rackspace security products in alliance, partner, and analyst forums Security Domain Knowledge Working knowledge required across the following domains. Engineering depth is not expected; candidates should understand the threat landscape, key solution patterns, and how each domain intersects with managed security delivery. Detection and response (XDR/SIEM/SOAR): telemetry collection, detection pipelines, alert triage, SOC workflows, and MTTD/MTTR performance levers. Threat intelligence: intelligence lifecycle, structured feed formats, indicator management, and operationalization within detection platforms. Identity and access management (IAM): authentication, authorization, privileged access, identity governance, and common identity-based attack patterns. Network security: segmentation, edge and perimeter controls, intrusion detection, DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust / SASE access frameworks. Application security (AppSec): web application vulnerability classes, common attack patterns, WAF and API security controls, and runtime protection approaches. Secure SDLC: threat modeling, De