Senior Product Manager – Zero-Day Protection

Cloudflare

. Own the strategy and roadmap for WAF Managed Rules and Cloudflare’s broader zero-day protection experience.

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $156,000 - $216,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong product management capabilities with a focus on strategy, roadmap ownership, and cross-functional collaboration in security environments. Possesses technical fluency in HTTP applications, vulnerabilities, and detection systems, along with excellent communication skills for diverse audiences.

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Product Management ExperienceTechnical Fluency in HTTP ApplicationsCross-Functional LeadershipCustomer EmpathySecurity Research Experience

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Hard Skills

Product StrategyRoadmap OwnershipVulnerability ManagementThreat IntelligenceApplication SecurityCode ScanningSecurity OperationsExploit DevelopmentDetection EngineeringPolicy Controls

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationExcellent Verbal CommunicationCustomer JudgmentAdaptability in Ambiguous EnvironmentsSynthesis of Input

Tools & Technologies

WAFsAPIsSIEM IntegrationsAutomation ToolsTelemetry Systems

Industry Keywords

Zero-Day ProtectionManaged RulesSecurity Community EngagementCoordinated DisclosureEmergency Protections

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the strategy and roadmap for WAF Managed Rules and Cloudflare’s broader zero-day protection experience.
Partner with product and engineering teams to help customers identify exposure, deploy mitigations, investigate attacks, and remediate vulnerable software.
Define integration of Managed Rules with code scanning and exposure discovery.
Prioritize shared security primitives, telemetry, and APIs for automating emergency protections.
Define workflows for creating, testing, deploying, and auditing ad-hoc emergency policies.
Translate threat intelligence, vulnerability research, and detection opportunities into product priorities.
Partner with Security, Legal, and external researchers during coordinated disclosure processes.
Discover and prioritize Enterprise operational needs with customers and cross-functional teams.
Own the end-to-end customer journey for identifying applications, deploying protections, testing enforcement, reviewing events, investigating incidents, configuring exceptions, and confirming remediation.
Establish customer feedback loops and turn recurring friction into product priorities.
Support vulnerability-response work with product context and customer perspective.
Coordinate responsible disclosure and external vulnerability communications.
Write technical posts, customer guidance, and product communications.
Represent Cloudflare in the security community, conferences, and online as a product and technical spokesperson.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong product-management experience, including strategy, roadmap ownership, discovery, prioritization, and cross-functional delivery.
Technical fluency to understand HTTP applications, vulnerabilities, exploits, and detection systems.
Ability to synthesize input from security analysts, engineers, customers, and commercial teams into clear product decisions.
Customer empathy and strong product judgment, especially for complex technical workflows.
Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfort operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous security environment.
Strong cross-functional leadership across Security Analysts, Engineering, Support, Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, Legal, Communications, and other product teams.
Security research, exploit-development, or detection-engineering experience is nice to have.
Experience with WAFs, managed rules, security-rule rollout, false-positive management, application security, threat intelligence, security operations or vulnerability management is nice to have.
Experience with Enterprise security operations, including APIs, automation, auditability, policy controls, logs, and SIEM integrations is nice to have.
Experience with code scanning, software supply-chain security, or exposure discovery is nice to have.
An established presence in the security research community, conference speaking, technical writing, or press engagement is nice to have.
Any offer may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity plan participation
Medical/Rx Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Commuter Spending Accounts
Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
Global Travel Medical Insurance
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave