Senior Product Manager

Who is Meridian Softworks ? Meridian Softworks simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Meridian Softworks ’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you! Meridian Softworks is seeking a highly experienced Senior Platform Product Manager to lead the strategy, evolution, and execution of our global cloud services platform. This role will focus on cloud service availability, scalability, regional expansion, and new and emerging privacy and compliance requirements across our product portfolio. As a senior individual contributor, you will own critical platform capabilities that enable multiple Meridian Softworks products and customers worldwide. You will operate at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, security, compliance, and business strategy, influencing executive decisions and driving long-term platform investments. Key Responsibilities Platform Strategy & Vision: Define and own the long-term vision and multi-year roadmap for Meridian Softworks ’s cloud services platform, with a focus on availability, resilience, scalability, and regional expansion Translate business growth, customer requirements, and regulatory demands into platform-level product strategy and prioritized initiatives Establish clear success metrics (availability SLAs, latency targets, regional coverage, compliance readiness Cloud Availability & Expansion: Lead platform initiatives to improve global service availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and operational resilience Drive cloud expansion strategy, including new regions, data centers, and sovereign or regulated environments Partner with Engineering and Operations to ensure architectural decisions support uptime, performance, and scale Privacy, Compliance & Data Residency: Own platform requirements related to privacy, data protection, and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, data residency, sector-specific regulations, emerging regional mandates) Anticipate and evaluate new and evolving compliance requirements, translating them into scalable platform capabilities rather than one-off solutions Partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and Compliance teams to ensure platform designs meet regulatory and contractual obligations Leadership & Influence: Serve as a senior product leader and trusted advisor to Engineering, Operations, Security, and executive leadership Influence architectural and investment decisions without direct authority Communication & Alignment: Communicate platform strategy, roadmap, and trade-offs to executive leadership and key stakeholders Lead platform roadmap reviews, risk discussions, and executive briefings Support customer, partner, and field-facing conversations related to availability, expansion, and compliance posture Qualifications: 8+ years of product management experience, with significant focus on platform, cloud, or infrastructure products Solid understanding and experience in product management processes. Know how to create MRDs/PRDs, perform competitive analysis, feature/function prioritization and assessment, and go to market plans. Business focus with strong technical background and well-developed analytical skills Proven teamwork and interpersonal skills Proven experience owning highly available, distributed cloud services at global scale Strong understanding of cloud architectures, availability patterns, and operational excellence (SLAs, SLOs, DR, resiliency) Deep familiarity with privacy, data protection, and compliance frameworks and how they impact cloud platform design Excellent strategic thinking, prioritization, and decision-making skills in complex, regulated environments Exceptional communication skills, including executive-level presentations and customer-facing discussions Demonstrated ability to lead through influence in matrixed organizations Nice to Have: Experience with SSE, SASE, DLP, or CASB platforms Experience with sovereign cloud, data localization, or regulated industry deployments Familiarity with global cloud providers and hybrid / multi-cloud environments Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Meridian Softworks is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team. The policy of Meridian Softworks is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,