Tripwire is a leading provider of security, compliance and it operations solutions for enterprises, industrial organizations, service providers and government agenciesTripwire solutions are based on high-fidelity asset visibility and deep endpoint intelligence combined with business context; together these solutions integrate and automate security and it operationsTripwire’s portfolio of enterprise-class solutions includes configuration and policy management, file integrity monitoring, vulnerability management, log management, and reporting and analyticsLearn more at tripwire.com, get security news, trends and insights at tripwire.com/blog or follow us on twitter @tripwireinc.
Tripwire is just one of the many brands that make up belden’s impressive portfolioBelden is a multi-billion dollar global organization of 8,000 talented people that supports the mission-critical network infrastructure and audio visual broadcast needs of many of the world’s best-known brands, placing us at the heart of the global transformation to a truly connected worldWe are seeking driven, results-oriented team members to help us continue to grow and succeed.
This position offers the flexibility to work from home anywhere in the u.sSee https://www.tripwire.com/company to learn more about tripwire and our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusiveness.
As a member of the product leadership team, the technical product manager is responsible for guiding the evolution of our compliance and security-related products in the foundational controls product line, that are well established in the security and vulnerability management marketThe technical product manager works with stakeholders inside and outside of tripwire # strategic product managers, user experience designers, architects, services and support engineers and customers - to form solutions critical to user and market problems and drive alignment in bringing them to marketThe successful candidate will provide product leadership to the engineering team by articulating customer needs, facilitating the requirements of solutions, prioritizing investments and negotiating trade-offsThis role reports to a director of product management.
Responsibilities: working independently and within an array of teams at tripwire, the technical product manager resolves a wide range of diverse problems utilizing personal judgment and experienceThey interact with employees at all levels of the organization and take personal responsibility for meeting the needs of the customer while demonstrating an understanding of business objectives and necessary tradeoffsThey effectively communicate research findings to the organization and collaborate with product development to establish plans for implementation.
Serves as a contributing member of tripwire`s product team.
Supplements tripwire`s product management team in portfolio management, customer-facing analysis and customer communication.
Partner with user experience professionals to define feature goals, value and design.
Provide leadership to development teams through the articulation and prioritization of a product backlog.
Translate functional and nonfunctional requirements into written epics, user stories and detailed acceptance criteria.
Manage, prioritize and sequence backlog for assigned programs and products.
Support teams to groom the product back log so that epics are sized appropriately and have enough definition for accurate estimation.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, development, design and qa teams to derive appropriate acceptance criteria.
Communicate the functionality and value delivered by the product.
Sell the value up, down and across in a distributed organization.
Represent the customer during implementation to help the team deliver valuable software.
Identify areas of process improvement and potential solutions and effectively participate in approved process improvements initiatives.
Required skills and experience
Successful technical product managers at tripwire have a variety of different backgrounds and skillsThe successful applicant to this role will have some of the following:
Bachelor`s degree or equivalent demonstrated experience in an applicable field.
Applicable industry experience in one of more of the following: it-security, infosec and/or operations, software development, industrial control systems.
Technical aptitude to pick up on new and complex concepts.
Passion for creating awesome products that customers love to use.
Ability to context switch and handle high cognitive load.
High degree of organizational and project management skills.
Proven ability to self-manage and drive results; organize, prioritize, time manage and focus.
Experience working on or around a commercial software development team; utilizing agile software development practices, is a plus.
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence othersDecision-making ability (make hard tradeoffs).
Authorization to work in the usNo visa sponsorships.
Desirable (not required): a bachelor`s degree or equivalent demonstrated experience in an applicable field.
Experience in a product management role such as a technical product manager, product manager, product owner, business analyst, or relevant transferable professional experience is highly valued.
Software engineering background - experience with devops and/or devsecops
Experience: typically requires at least 5-10 years of experience and a university degree or a combination of education and experience
At tripwire our culture is one where you perform at your best, where you trust your teammates, and where work doesn’t feel so much like workWe recognize and appreciate the contribution of all our employeesWe value customer service, working with teams and thriving in an environment of continuous changeWe play to win!
Tripwire provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected statusWe prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions or any other condition of employment or career development.
